Alex Scott reveals she sought therapy due to fears she would follow the same path as her alcoholic father following traumatic childhood with domestic abuse [Video]

19:43 EDT 01 Jun 2024, updated 06:24 EDT 02 Jun 2024

Alex Scott has discussed how she had therapy after fearing she would follow the same path as her alcoholic father.

The football pundit, 39, claims her father Tony was a ‘controlling, violent drunk’  who was ‘stupidly cruel’ and would abuse, both physical and mental, she, her older brother, Ronnie, and mother, Carol.

Tony previously vehemently denied the allegations when she made the claims in her memoir How (Not) To Be Strong, released in 2022. 

Alex explained how she felt she was trying to solve problems by turning to alcohol and sought out help from a therapist to address her concerns.

When Alex was eight years-old her mother left her dad, but the sport star remained with deep psychological wounds which she only addressed in 2018 when she decided to start therapy.