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Macklemore says his 7-year-old daughter attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with him

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Published 08:34 6 Mar 2023 GMT

Macklemore says his 7-year-old daughter attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with him

The rapper wants to be transparent with his daughter.

Ali Condon

Ali Condon

Rapper Macklemore has said that he brings his 7-year-old daughter with him to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

The 'Thrift Shop' singer has spoken before about his struggles with addiction and sobriety over the course of his career.

And now, it appears he wants to be just as transparent with his eldest daughter as he is with his fans.

Macklemore tells his daughter about his struggles with addiction and sobriety.
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Macklemore, real name Benjamin Haggerty, has previously admitted to relapsing back in 2014 due to the stress of his newfound fame - a decision that led to him being 'sneaky' and 'deceitful'.

But, when his wife Tricia Davis fell pregnant with his first child, he decided to commit to getting sober.

Unfortunately, the uncertainty of the Covid pandemic in 2020 sparked yet another relapse.

Now, to hold himself accountable, and to maintain an open and honest relationship with his child, Macklemore has started taking his daughter Sloane along to meetings with him.

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"Sloane's been to meetings with me. She asks me questions like, 'Daddy, how's your sober meetings going?' We talk about it, and I don't want to hide that because it's not something that I need to feel guilt or shame or secrecy around," he told Audacy's Check In podcast.

The rapper and his wife Tricia share three children together.
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"The whole intention is to put it out into the open. Like I'm not a finished products, this is what I'm working on, these are my struggles."

He continued: "These are things we might have in our family that we have to keep an eye on. Just be honest. It's a conversation. There's no rulebook here.

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"We're at a new point in parenting ... I think that having that conversation early on is important."

With his wife Tricia, Macklemore is now father to three children: his eldest daughter Sloane, his daughter Colette, 4, and his son Hugo, 1.

In an interview with People, Macklemore shared that he had been open with Sloane about his struggles since she was about three or four years old.

Macklemore has been taking his daughter with him to meetings.
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"Why would I hide it? It is who I am," he said at the time.

"In terms of Daddy's sober meetings that he needs to go to, she's well aware and has been for quite some time."

That being said, the rapper acknowledged that his kids can't be the ones to keep him on the straight and narrow.

"I remember being like, 'I don't ever want my kids to see me loaded'.

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"There was this relief like, 'Okay, now I can stay clean for someone else'. But that's not how this disease works. My kids can't keep me clean. I have to do the work."

Featured Image Credit: Macklemore/Instagram

Topics: Music, Celebrity, Drugs

Ali Condon
Ali Condon

Ali is a journalist for LADbible Group, writing on all things film, music, and entertainment across Tyla, LADbible and UNILAD. You can contact Ali at [email protected].

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