Troubled former reality star Jack Vidgen has returned to social media with the sad news he is back in a rehabilitation centre for the seventh time.
The 28-year-old posted a tearful message on Saturday to announce his health update telling followers he has suffered a relapse and is once again fighting addiction.
‘Hi, this is not the video I was hoping to make five months down the track after [not] posting anything on Instagram,’ Jack said.
Choking back sobs, Jack detailed his recent experience.
‘I relapsed, that was two months ago,’ he said.
‘Just like that – i feel like I’ve let a lot of people down and I wasn’t going to talk about it again, because half of me is like “oh shut up Jack no one wants to hear it.”‘
Troubled former reality star Jack Vidgen has returned to social media with the sad news he is back in a rehabilitation centre for the seventh time. Pictured: A scene from Jack’s emotional video he shared with fans on Saturday
Jack also set out to clarify his health status after followers commented on his appearance and how ‘happy’ he looked after Jack uploaded his first story in five months last week
Jack also revealed he made a police ‘report’ over an unspecified matter that has led him to ‘feeling scared’.
‘But I just feel like I need to tell someone that I have a situation coming up in a couple of months…
‘I just feel think I’m just really scared. I’ve been really scared for so many years’ he continued.
‘I made a police report five years ago and it’s just been lingering like this dark cloud over my life for so long and I just want it to be over and I think I just wanted to do a reach out.
‘If you’re a victim you understand. If you’re a victim through addiction you’d understand even more.
‘It’s just been really hard and i don’t know I just want to talk about it because I want to talk about it with people but they don’t get it.
‘Anyway the point of this video was just to check in and say hello and just let you know that i’m not doing okay but I will be doing okay.’
He also set out to clarify his health status after followers commented on his appearance and how ‘happy’ he looked after Jack uploaded his first story in five months last week.
The 28-year-old posted the tearful message to announce his health update telling followers he has suffered a relapse and is once again fighting addiction
‘I was not happy I just had a spray tan and I was wearing a fake smile and I was flexing my arms,’ he said.
‘That’s all it was – smoke and mirrors.’
He signed off by telling followers that he was not ‘doing okay’ but he would be ‘okay’.
‘I just wanted to say I love you all and just continuously thank you for the love and support and i’m in a safe space now and I just and I have to choose life. I love you guys.’
Jack, who has often taken to social media over the years to share his addiction troubles also posted a lengthy caption for the video.
‘Not the video I was hoping to be posting after my Instagram hiatus but here I am, again,’ he said in the post.
‘This is now my 7th rehab admission. That sentence fills me with so much embarrassment but at the same time I’m trying to tap into the strength that people tell it takes to keep trying.
‘This relapse was a really sad one as I feel like lost contact with most of my friends and pushed away the people I loved as I left like there was not much hope for me.
‘It fills me with compassion for people who don’t have the resources to just check in to a rehab when they need it.
‘I’m scared for the future. As I mentioned I have a situation coming up in the next couple months that’s been lingering for the last 5 years. Something that I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. I’ve been so terrified but it’s time I step into my strength and my truth.
‘As a victim of sexual abuse I will get through this. Alive.
‘I love you all. Jack x.’
The performer’s post attracted words of support from singer Rhonda Burchmore who messaged Jack, ‘Sending big love and strength.’
Jack has often taken to social media over the years to share his addiction troubles with fans
Former Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan also posted his best wishes.
‘Hang in there Jack, you’ve got this,’ he said.
Entrepreneur Samuel Levi also sent a message to Jack
‘You have more people in your corner than you may realize. Sending lots of love and positive energy your way Jack,’ he said.
It comes after Jack revealed on Boxing Day that he had been readmitted to a rehabilitation centre.
Jack, who has been in and out of treatment five times in the last few years, emotionally revealed that he spent Christmas in rehab.
The performer rose to fame after winning the fifth season of Australia’s Got Talent in 2011.
After bowing out of the spotlight for a few years, he returned to prominence in 2019 as a contestant on The Voice.
He made it all the way to the semi-finals before being eliminated.
