Wayne Carey confesses he has drug and booze problems
By Fiona Byrne
March 16, 2008 11:12am
DISGRACED former footballer Wayne Carey has admitted he has a drug problem.
He has revealed he abuses cocaine and needs help to control his drug and alcohol use after he "hit rock bottom". His girlfriend, Kate Neilson, has also admitted to using drugs.
"We realise when we do drugs we're as silly as one another," Carey said.
"If we are to go forward together, we have to make those important changes.
"I really think I had to hit rock bottom, which I have now, before I was forced to make these changes."
Carey and Miss Neilson have made the startling revelations in a joint interview with New Idea magazine.
They are believed to have been paid about $180,000 for the tell-all, which will be released early this week.
They are believed to be ready to seek help for their problems.
The troubled couple posed for loving pictures and spoke of their tumultuous and fiery relationship to the magazine in an interview conducted in secret in Melbourne, soon after they returned from a holiday in Thailand.
The couple, who do not live together, were seen leaving Neilson's home in Port Melbourne on Thursday.
Their tell-all comes after reports of numerous clashes between the pair.
In January, Carey was subdued with capsicum spray and escorted by police from his luxury Port Melbourne penthouse after officers responded to a call from the fallen champion to have Miss Neilson and her flatmate, Sabella Sugar, removed from his home.
When police arrived, he allegedly lashed out at the officers, who sprayed and handcuffed him.
In October, Carey was arrested at a Miami hotel after he allegedly smashed a wine glass in Miss Neilson's face.
Miss Neilson has since claimed the incident was sparked by a "simple misunderstanding". Carey has pleaded not guilty to attacking two police officers at the hotel after the incident between himself and Neilson and is due to face a Miami court on the charges next month.
In October, 2006, Carey allegedly hit himself over the head with a champagne bottle and wrestled with a security guard after an alleged domestic dispute with Miss Neilson in a New York hotel room. A security guard alleged he saw Carey "smacking" Miss Neilson in their room at the W Hotel and tried to intervene.
Also in late 2006, Miss Neilson ran into an African wildlife reserve full of lions and leopards after a row with Carey while the pair were on holidays.
In October, 2004, Carey allegedly shoved and punched a security guard at a Las Vegas casino during a brawl. He was held in custody overnight after the alleged incident.
Despite their public stoushes, Miss Neilson has stayed with Carey.
She professed her love for him on her MySpace page last year.
"Love from my point of view - it thrills us, takes your breath away, throws us for a loop," she wrote. "It tickles us pink, makes us green with envy, sometimes causes the blues."
"To be in love is to be on a rollercoaster of exhilarating highs and exasperating lows."
The couple started seeing each other in 2006, after Carey split from his wife, Sally, just weeks after the birth of their daughter, Ella.
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