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Her documentary Vicky Pattison: My Dad, and Me, airs on Tuesday night.
And ahead of its release, the former star, 34 — who was known for her excessive drinking on the show — has admitted that she is ‘really ignorant and has been naive’ about her father’s alcohol struggles and her own issues with booze.
Vicky confessed in a new interview, that she has ‘buried her head in the sand’ and just hoped things would improve, but thankfully now has ‘a better understanding.’
Candid: Vicky Pattison, 34, has admitted that she is ‘really ignorant and has been naive’ about her father’s alcohol struggles and her own issues with booze
Speaking to about how she has handled her dad’s alcoholism, Vicky admitted: ‘I would be the first to admit, I’m really ignorant. I’ve buried my head in the sand with my issues with alcohol and my dad, just hoping naively that it would get better.
‘We all need a bit of tough love. It’s so hard to be that person to someone you love, because you do just want to be the best daughter to them, the best sibling, the best whatever.
‘But actually, sometimes being the best daughter or being the best father is delivering some painful home truths. I think we both had to do it for each other throughout the documentary and bookmarker we’re closer for it.’
The reality star also acknowledged that there will still be times her father relapses, but insists: ‘I have a better understanding of it now, I’m really mindful. So our relationship’s better than it’s ever been.
Working through it: Vicky confessed in a new interview, that she has ‘buried her head in the sand’ and just hoped things would improve, but thankfully now has ‘a better understanding’
Speaking of her upbringing, Vicky confessed that it was sprinkled with moments she thought were normal at the time.
But, as an adult she has discovered they weren’t, and that not all houses are ‘loud and noisy and sometimes quite scary’ — which was her childhood experience.
The Geordie Shore star also admitted her disappointment that she remembers being aged eight or nine and feeling determined never in her life to have a drink, adding: ‘I hate that that was even something that was in my mind that young.’
Hard-hitting: ‘Sometimes being the best daughter or being the best father is delivering some painful home truths. I think we both had to do it for each other’ admitted Vicky
Her latest interview comes after Vicky spoke of the heartbreaking reason she’s not yet had children, saying she’s ‘scared’ to start a family in case her offspring feel ‘broken’ like her.
The reality babe worried she would ‘go the same way’ as her father and become an alcoholic, leading her own children to struggle growing up.
Speaking to Sky’s Beth Rigby, Vicky confessed that despite not wanting to emulate her father’s behaviour, there had been times in her life when she had been ‘exactly like him’.
Vicky Pattison: My Dad, Alcohol And Me airs on Tuesday, August 2 on Channel 4 and All 4.