After years of sobriety and over a dozen stints in rehab, Heather Locklear is drinking again, sources tell DailyMail.com.
“Heather drinks,” said a source. “The family is very concerned. Everyone feels helpless. richie [Sambora]her family, especially her daughter Ava, whom she loves so much.’
This comes after DailyMail.com published photos last week showing Locklear behaving erratically – balancing on a ledge, sprinting across the street and talking to herself outside a Malibu office building last week.
The insider also revealed that Locklear, whose struggles with mental health issues and addiction are well-documented, is taking the popular diabetes drug that has become a weight-loss wonder, Ozempic, and has lost 40 pounds.
“Tequila has always been her drink. She can’t stay away from it. She also takes Ozempic and is obsessed with her weight. “She’s lost 40 pounds,” they said.
Heather Locklear, 61, is drinking again despite being sober in 2019 and after 20 stints in rehab and multiple arrests, sources tell DailyMail.com
DailyMail.com discovered last week that Locklear was exhibiting erratic behavior as she tried to balance on a ledge while talking to herself
The video shows the distraught-looking actress as she sat at the top of a flight of stairs reading from her personal diary
Locklear’s downfall began with drinking while under the influence after she and ex-husband Richie Sambora split in 2006.
The next decade was marked by hospitalizations, multiple arrests, and stints in rehab.
In February 2018, she was arrested for domestic violence and assault against a police officer who reported an incident at her Thousand Oaks, California mansion.
Locklear is seen in a police booking photo after she was arrested in June 2018 for double assaulting a police officer and a paramedic
In June of the same year, she was arrested again for allegedly verbally and physically abusing a paramedic who came to her home after a call for help.
Then, in November 2018, she was rushed to the 5150 emergency room — where patients can be hospitalized for 72 hours if they are determined to pose a danger to themselves or others — after her therapist determined she was suffering a nervous breakdown.
In August 2019, Locklear pleaded no contest to eight misdemeanors: five counts of assault against a peace officer, one count of assault against an emergency medical worker, and two counts of resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer.
Those were two separate incidents, with police officers being called to her home in Thousand Oaks after complaints of arguments with her fiancé, Chris Heisser. She reportedly bit his nose during the altercation.
She was ordered to complete a 30-day inpatient rehab stay at a psychiatric facility with a 120-day suspended sentence.
The insider now says it was the lack of harsh punishment that caused Locklear to fall back down a dark path.
“Heather got off so lightly, with no parole or responsibility, after beating up cops and then threatening ambulance drivers.”
“The lack of responsibility has allowed her to continue to hide out on her mountain estate and drink her tequila body into a much larger, happier figure,” they said.
Heather’s fall from grace began with drinking while under the influence after she and Sambora split in 2006. Pictured in 2008, she was pulled over and arrested after taking a breathalyzer test
“Heather also takes Ozempic and is obsessed with her weight.” “She’s lost 40 pounds,” the source said. She is pictured with Heisser in 2021 looking bloated
The actress has had her own experiences with drug abuse and arrests, but as of 2019, she was thought to be on the wrong track
Her fiancé, Chris Heisser, waited in the car for about an hour, giving Locklear a seat before she jumped into his SUV and they drove off
The source says Locklear’s behavior towards her former motocross rider fiancé, Heisser, was “unfair” because “he also struggles with alcohol.” Heather, Ava and Chris are pictured together in a social media snap
Locklear’s crash began with drinking while under the influence after she and her ex-husband Richie Sambora split in 2006. The couple are pictured with daughter Ava
The source says Locklear’s behavior towards her former motocross rider fiancé, Heisser, is “unfair” because “he also fights alcohol.”
‘[Chris] “He has to drive her to obligatory errands and try to keep his career going while lying to family and friends while constantly hiding her drinking and drug problems.”
‘[The couple] told friends she started drinking again months ago and would return to rehab to no avail.’
The insider says it’s been particularly tough for Locklear’s 25-year-old daughter, Ava, who has reportedly been on the front row to struggling with her mother’s addiction problems.
Ava’s unwavering support of her mother reportedly helped the star get sober in 2019.
Last week, DailyMail.com discovered Locklear was dropped off at around 1pm by a man believed to be her fiancé for an undisclosed appointment that lasted an hour.
As she exited the building, she made Heisser wait in his car and was seen walking along the building’s ledge and sprinting across the street.
Locklear, dressed in army sweat pants and a strapless t-shirt, sat at the top of a flight of stairs for a while reading from a journal and began talking to herself while looking distressed.
Locklear looked nervous as she held on to the pillars to keep from falling steeply into the parking lot and dumpster below
The video shows the confused actress as she sat at the top of the stairs reading from her personal journal.
At one point, she can be seen pointing angrily at something in the journal and gesturing vigorously before shoving it firmly back into her purse.
She sat at the top of the stairs for an extended period of self-reflection.
During her balancing act, Locklear — who People reported in 2019 was in rehab more than 20 times — appeared nervous as she held onto pillars to avoid a steep descent into the parking lot and dumpster below.
Finally, after being alone for well over an hour, Locklear ran to Heisser, 61, who had been waiting patiently in the car.
He seemed happy to give her the space she wanted and the two drove off together in his SUV.
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