“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 17 star Lexi Love enters 30-day rehab for substance abuse: ‘We respect the help’ (unique)

• Lexi Love's supervisor tells EW the RuPaul's Drag Race star is in 30-day therapy for substance abuse.
• "I’m in rehab and will probably be gone for some time," the season 17 finalist wrote on Instagram.
• "Her household, pals, and followers all know the love and lightweight that Lexi has," Lexi's supervisor added.

RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 finalist Lexi Love is present process a 30-day rehab program to hunt therapy for substance abuse in addition to emotional remedy, her supervisor completely shares with Leisure Weekly.

After the 34-year-old drag artist posted Saturday to her social media profiles a message explaining that she'll be in rehab and "gone for some time," TJ Liedel, Lexi's longtime buddy and supervisor, tells EW that previous trauma led to current points with substance abuse and her present therapy at a facility in Texas.

Whereas Lexi opened up on RuPaul's Drag Race about her previous habit to meth, Liedel says that meth is just not an element right here. He provides, nevertheless, that full sobriety is Lexi's aim, and that she could enter an extra 30-day program following her first month on the Texas facility.

"Her household, pals, and followers all know the love and lightweight that Lexi has. We all know how troublesome it’s to face these items head on. We're extraordinarily pleased with the braveness she has to face publicly, and to be a consultant for therefore many locally," Liedel tells EW. "Sadly, individuals demonize these items, however the one manner we will get higher about it’s to be public, share tales, and actively work towards more healthy, happier instances. We respect the help of everybody. Know that Lexi appreciates everybody of their help, and she or he will probably be again quickly. We Lexi Love you."

Lexi initially posted a message on social media addressed to "curious cats," wherein she defined, "I used to be courageous sufficient to take my psychological, [physical], and emotional well being severe for the primary time ever," earlier than revealing that she was in rehab.

She promised to return, nevertheless, and voiced a promising outlook on her scenario as she informed her followers to "prepare for what’s coming."

9 days after she tied with fellow competitor Sam Star for third place on Drag Race's season 17 finale, Lexi introduced April 27 on X that she would take a break from performing to look after her psychological well being.

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"I’m taking a step again to nurture my psychological, bodily, and emotional well-being. It’s time to rework my relationship with my interior saboteur — to grasp it, disarm it, and step absolutely into my energy," Lexi stated.

She added that the "journey isn’t one I can take alone" and that she'll "need assistance, steerage, and style alongside the way in which" whereas she recovered.

"Once I return, I’ll be able to tackle the world — greater, higher, and stronger than ever," she continued. "And to those that doubted me — thanks for reminding me that resilience is a selection, and I select to rise."

Throughout her time on Drag Race's most up-to-date common version, Lexi impressed the judges along with her runway fashions in addition to her performances on stage — notably her roller-skating-centric lip-sync quantity in the course of the Drag Queens Acquired Expertise selection present at the start of the season.

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She additionally opened up about her previous trauma, meth habit, and her journey towards popping out as trans. Lexi's story on this system reached an emotional peak on the March 28 "Drag Child Mamas" makeover episode, which noticed Lexi's organic mother be a part of the present to be remodeled right into a drag goddess by the hands of her daughter.

The episode noticed Lexi get emotional over her mom — whom she stated had a troublesome time accepting her id earlier in life — lastly utilizing she/her pronouns to talk about Lexi, who’s a trans lady, because the pair stood on the Most important Stage to obtain critiques from RuPaul.

In case you or somebody you already know is scuffling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

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