Sober admissions. Elizabeth Vargas complimented Bachelorette‘sZac Clark on his visibility regarding his sobriety, 7 years after she openly introduced she was an alcoholic in January 2014.
Clark, 37, that obtained involved to Tayshia Adams in the December 2020 ending of the ABC dating collection, spoke up regarding his ups and also downs with alcohol and also medications both on the collection and also on Vargas’ “Heart of the Matter” podcast on February 9.
“I remembered thinking, ‘First of all, good for him for being open,’ because it was a fantastic opportunity that he had in those episodes of the show,” the America’s Most Wanted host, 58, specifically informed Us Weekly while advertising Fox’s resurgence of the criminal offense program. “When he explained to Tayshia how he struggled and how he got sober and that he doesn’t drink, he did a real service.”
The previous 20/20 support clarified that there were numerous individuals viewing The Bachelorette, that “got to hear from somebody in recovery and see that their life isn’t ruined, they’re not a shell of a human being.” Instead, she claimed audiences saw “a real, full-fledged, fascinating, interesting, smart, cool, handsome guy who used to have a drug problem and now he doesn’t.”
Clark, that commemorated 9 years of sobriety in August 2020 complying with a DUI that brought about his separation from his partner, Jennifer Stanley-George, in January 2011, opened much more regarding his background with dependency on Vargas’ podcast previously this month.
“He was very honest and open about how far he went to score drugs, painkillers, when he was addicted to them. It made a lot of news,” she informed Us, keeping in mind that Clark, that currently functions as a dependency professional, confessed to fool a physician to eliminate his gallbladder simply to obtain medicines.
However, his previous connection with medications really did not completely hinder his life, which Vargas clarified is just one of the positives of him openly sharing his tale.
“Now, here he is, this handsome, smart, amazing man who’s engaged and just was on this big show and won. He’s also working deep into the recovery field,” she claimed. “It’s important that people see that people can recover from addiction and go on to lead extraordinary lives because then I think people will be less apt to write those who struggle off, which we still do all too commonly.”
The previous ABC News support explained that “people bail on people with addiction, companies fire them. They don’t do that to people whose cancer comes back. It’s not like they go ‘Oh, I’m sorry your cancer came back, you’re out.’”
Vargas, that composed Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and also Addiction in 2016, after her very own fight with alcohol addiction, clarified why she remains to inform her tale of healing.
“I think just the ability to actually do something to help others [is rewarding],” she informedUs “I’ve never felt so lonely as I did back when I was struggling with alcohol. It’s a very lonely, dark place and anything that I can do to help people get through that, because there is light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.”
Her podcast includes visitors that remain in healing in order to aid others “know and really understand” what it resembles to battle with sobriety.
In enhancement to mentioning her individual trip– which started in November 2013 when she mosted likely to rehab for alcohol addiction– Vargas has actually remained to expand properly.
She is the brand-new host of America’s Most Wanted, which initially ranged from 1988 to 2012 and also is being revitalized beginning in March.
“I was a fan of the show when it was on before and [I’m] tremendously excited to be part of a re-launch with such an iconic history on Fox,” Vargas informedUs “To bring it back after 10 years and the explosion of technology that is now available to us, it was just really exciting. I’m having a ball to be honest!”
America’s Most Wanted premieres on Fox Monday, March 15, at 9 p.m. ET.
With coverage by Diana Cooper
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