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Alexa Curtin has recently opened up about her battle with fentanyl addiction, shedding light on her tumultuous journey since parting ways with her family in Lancaster, California. Her mother, Lynne Curtin, a former star of “Real Housewives of Orange County,” and her father, Frank Curtin, are part of a strained familial relationship that Alexa candidly discusses.
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In a candid encounter at a dilapidated motel notorious for its ties to prostitution and drug activity, Alexa, now 33, appeared visibly worn and emotionally drained. Reflecting on her life since her departure from the Bravo series, she described her experiences as “beyond horrific.” She openly admitted that her addiction had led her to a destructive path and estrangement from her parents.
During an interview with the Daily Mail, Alexa recounted how her substance abuse began shortly after high school. “The drug use started right after high school, and I started drinking heavily,” she revealed. “It snowballed and got worse when I started using pills. And then the pills switched over to the hard drugs.”
Fans of “RHOC” might remember Lynne joining the cast in 2008 for its fourth season when Alexa was just 15 and already displaying signs of rebellion. Alexa now reflects on that time, admitting that the stress from being on the show and the criticism she faced exacerbated her turn to alcohol as a coping mechanism.
As RHOC fans may recall, Lynne joined the show in 2008 for season four, when Alexa was a 15-year-old rebellious teen. Looking back, she confessed to being stressed while filming and noted that the criticism she faced during her time on the show fueled her drinking.
“I don’t really talk about it, and I don’t even try to think about [RHOC]. I just feel like the show kind of portrayed me and my family in a really bad way. It was just it being played out in the public forum like that… was really hard for me, like really difficult because all my friends in school were watching it and they really weren’t too nice to me,” she shared. “I just like felt really isolated and I think that’s what made me turn to the drugs. I was really young at the time… at such a young age that’s like a vital time to portray someone in the wrong way, especially a minor.”
Years after her family, including her older sister, Raquel, 36, an OnlyFans model, left the show, Alexa is working to pay for her drug habit.
“I’m here, and I’m alive, but I don’t want to be. I’m not trying to get no one’s attention. I am f*cking being tortured. This is a cry for help,” she stated.
During the interview, Alexa suddenly got up, walking into a corner with other users and smoking a substance for 20 minutes. When she returned, the Daily Mail noted that her eyes were “bloodshot” before sharing that she later stormed off and got into someone’s car.
As the discussion continued, Alexa moved on to her parents, getting visibly irritated as she suggested her face was “shifting” and claimed she was an alien, but also God himself.
“Why can’t we love our flaws because if you’re going to have flaws, you might as well like them, right? I have a lot of them,” Alexa, who lost two fingers in a car accident, explained.
She then began to cry after being asked if she’d tried to harm herself in any way.
“I don’t even have parents anymore,” she said, revealing that she had lost touch with Lynne and Frank in 2019 following an argument about her car.
Continuing to get more upset, Alexa threw her arms in the air as she took aim at her father.
“F*ck you, Frank Curtin, you b*tch! I hate you,” she said as she lifted her shirt, exposing her bare chest.
After the outburst, Alexa fell asleep briefly before sharing that she had been handcuffed and raped for hours by a man who threatened to take her life months prior.
Previously faced with drug-related arrests and time behind bars, Alexa now spends her days trying to find “dates,” selling clothes for money, and frequenting a known crack house. At times, when she can’t afford a motel room, she’s forced to take cover in motel hallways with other homeless men and women and uses drugs to cope.
“I’ve destroyed my life, I’ve destroyed my future, and I don’t really care because I’m just going to keep doing the devil dance,” she concluded.