In July 2014, police officers arrested Kevin McEnroe for purchasing six envelopes of a white powder. The famous tennis athlete’s son breathed a sigh of relief when it was discovered it was baking powder. But his lawyer still had to save him as the pills found in his car were not that innocent. He avoided jail time only by going to drug rehab.
The multi-millionaire singer Phil Collins seemed to have failed as a father when, in 2014, his son was arrested on suspicion of dealing hard drugs. Phil himself had a history of drug addiction and rehab, and it appeared his son was following in his footsteps. Their lawyers felt relieved later though, as the police announced they found no evidence, and the case was dropped.
The daughter of Hollywood powerhouse Tom Cruise and famous actress Katie Holms is too young to interest the tabloids yet, although with other celebrities doing drugs and going to rehab as young as nine years old, nothing is out of the table. Still, despite her upbringing, Suri gives the impression of an ordinary, albeit very wealthy 11-year-old.
With their parents’ very messy and public divorce, along with the usual risks of being the child of a superstar, we are worried about Sean’s and Jayden’s future. Born of pop superstar Britney Spears and dancer Kevin Federline, the boys should not follow the same road of substance abuse and notoriety like the offsprings of other celebrities.
Perhaps Chloe envied her mother’s tight body in Grease. For whatever reason, Olivia Newton-John’s daughter developed an eating disorder when she was a teenager. Similarly, like her mother’s character Sandy, she turned out to be a “bad” girl, with a drug addiction and heavy alcohol abuse that led her to an alcohol and drug treatment center.