Fashion’s Victim
‘A WEEK is a long time in the life of Kate Moss, who has mutated from Cocaine Kate to Brave Kate in the Sun. The Sun will be rooting for you, Kate. You can do it, cheers the paper in its editorial.
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What happened? One moment Moss was the pariah of the Western world, the fashion leader who would turn every impressionable teen into a twisted, drug-addled menace. Now shes brave, and the Sun is wishing her its best of British?
The answer comes on the Suns front page. And in KATE IN REHAB readers learn that Moss is now spending more than the £200 a day she spooned out on cocaine for a £20,000 30-day course to kick her habit.
The Sun is right behind her. Not that she can hear the papers words of encouragement, because The Meadows centre, Arizona, where shes undergoing treatment, allows her no links with the outside world.
And that might be a good thing, because the last thing Clean Kate needs is a relapse brought about by watching the TV show Kate Moss: Fashion Victim, which the Sun says will show Kate snorting cocaine. And for those of you interested in seeing such things, the show will be broadcast on Sky One, the channel owned by Sun owner Rupert Murdoch.
But while Kate the bad alters into a victim, the Mirror, which broke the story of her predilection for cocaine, has a word with a woman who knows her best. No, not her dealer. Her mum.
My Kates great, says the woman whos been surrogate mum to the supermodel for 18 years, runs the headline and blurb atop the papers Page 3.
This stand-in mum is called Sarah Doukas, and shes taken a keen interest in her protege ever since discovering her 18 years ago at JFK airport.
It was Sarah who broke the news to the model that Cocaine Kate was all over the front pages. I called her immediately, says Sarah. She was gutted, absolutely devastated.
And Sarah was shocked. Ive never seen that side of her that theyve written about, says she of Kate, a fantastic mother. I didnt feel it was my business to probe…Weve spoken to each other every day for 18 years but there are some things I know I can never discuss with her.
What mother ever knows everything their child gets up to? Even if their surrogate scion is in Milan, a place Sarah is terrified of and where she initially sent Kate to with a chaperone.
But models come under enormous pressure. And, as Sarah says: The most vulnerable time is the bloody shows.
So there you have it. Rather then being feared, Moss should be understood and perhaps even pitied. Moss is not simply getting off her face; Moss is a victim.
And by the time she graduates from The Meadows, she will very possibly be a shining example to all young women and models everywhere…’
Posted: 29th, September 2005 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
