Nigella drug use

Right Ho !

What is your take on Tony & WeNdi ? probably nonsense Eh !!

All very grubby, isn't it? It'll be interesting to see what the truth is, if indeed it ever comes out. As I understand it, the allegation is that Nigella - a media pet and under relentless scrutiny - was "off her face" every day over a period of many years on cannabis, cocaine and prescription drugs. I can't help but think that she'd need an army of minders circling round and round her like Injuns round a covered wagon to keep that secret.

I don't care if she was off her face every day and night, it still didn't give the old sleazeball any right to have his hands around her throat.

What a bizarre story.
Don't the defendants in the court case (the two sisters)
realise that actually what they are saying is
that their 'defence' is that they were tacitly blackmailing Nigella.
(Which is a crime in itself.)

I think it is very believable and it may explain parts of the various media scrum stories.

Maggiemaybe - my point entirely! No one, including her at-the-time husband, apparently noticed that she was consuming vast amounts of Class A drugs every single day despite her tv programmes, media interviews etc....

It does sound to me as though Saatchi is just grasping the opportunity to try and take the heat off him.

The best stategy for defence is attack.

Apparently several of the tabloids are running this today as their front page news. This is appalling! Vicious witch hunt. Is he trying to influence his divorce settlement?
There may be a grain of truth - maybe she had the odd spliff in the kitchen. Maybe she shared one or two with an 19 year old family member. So what. No different to sharing a couple of gins really is it. Many people use alcohol or cannabis to numb emotional pain. Hardly front page news. grrrrrrr

Well said, jess. Hugs for Nigella, I say.

Yes, elegran. I wonder if nigella will resort to nasty-satchi methods or go the tao way and let it wash past her. He seems like a right bastard. Enough to drive anyone to drugs.

When I was married and living in west London, Nigella and her then husband John Diamond lived nearby (my house was posher ).

That all changed of course when I divorced and moved to a 2-bed flat and she married Saatchi and went off to live in Eaton Square!

Something went wrong!

I hope Saatchi's current girlfriend is observing all this and realising what an utter bastard this man is. But also, how do these people manage their finances, to not notice that all that money draining out of a credit card account? Sounds like it suited him until he lost control of his wife, then the lashing out started. All his actions are reinforcing she was right to end the marriage. IF there was a serious drug problem, clearly Saatchi was not the husband she could turn to for help and support, but I doubt it's been as he has described it. How on earth did they last for as long as they did?

I think Saatchi is clutching at straws, now that the divorce is getting near, he's worried about how much this may cost him. Never mind Nigella, most men love you, good looking, sexy and a good cook. What more can a man ask for.

I agree Jess. Can't believe how people are piling in to judge her on this "evidence". I thought the divorce was all over and settled though.

I am also shocked at how someone's personal life so easily becomes public property. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't - so far it is hearsay. And pedants, please note Saatchi's of "where" for "were" - m'lud I rest my case.

Mamie JessM berdie the divorce is done and dusted. There would be no reason for Saatchi to throw dirt at her in order to better his position divorce-wise, it seems to now be attached to him as having made the accusation because he wrote to Nigella in an email about the allegations made by her PAs. I don't particularly like the man, just stating what I think is correct. Her PAs have made these allegations.

As for it being such big news - high trees catch the wind. It comes with the territory. I do feel sorry for her, but I feel sorrier for her kids.

gknot, so do you think the PAs are trying to get money out of Nigella? Or are they just nasty pieces of work as well? I suppose the meeja is paying them. [yuck emoticon] but the price of freedom, etc.

gm, eh? wheres weres what?

She had a bad bout of depression after the death of her first husband, John Diamond. And she did rather rush into marriage with Saatchi. People who are very high profile are often far more insecure than you and I.

thatbags look at his reported email where he calls her Higella and says she abd daughter Cosima referred to as Mimi "where (sic) so off your heads on drugs you allowed the sisters to spend whatever they liked"

One thing I do feel sorry about is the naivety of otherwise intelligent people who trust PAs with too much. Cherie Blair and Carole Kaplan(sp?) Princess Diana and her butler Paul Burrell spring to mind.

bags not sure whether the media is paying them, they've not given any interviews. As far as I can make out, they made these allegations as part of their defence case in the case against them for fraudulent use of credit cards. All of which as been going on for quite a while. Then, yesterday, the judge in the case ruled that this information can be made public.

I worked in SA in the criminal justice system for some time, and that's what interests me about this case, not the celeb media circus really. So for me, until it runs its course, the jury is still out.

As an aside, when you've seen the face of humanity in a particular circumstance, e.g. in the criminal justice system where you listen to people's stories and/or versions of events day in and day out, you start developing a sense of when something has a 'ring of truth' about it. Or I did anyway.

The sad face of humanity. I think I'll go and do some cleaning.

me too.

Saatchi accepted a police caution, on the advice of his legal team, who knew the photographic evidence would convict him in any court. Since then, his behaviour suggests he's attempted to bully Nigella in to telling everyone she drove him to it. He appears not to accept he behaved badly. He has long been quoted in the press as saying he has 'dirt' on Nigella, and the "Higella" email seems to me to be an attempt at public humiliation as well as further bullying. What an odious individual.

She may well have used cocaine, smoked cannabis and I agree with JessM, so what. As others have pointed out, it seems unlikely his accusation that she was "off her face" on cocaine, cannabis and prescribed drugs, every day is true. She may well be a user, but like many people who drink copious amounts of alcohol yet forge successful careers, was was functioning well. Does he seriously expect people to believe he lived with her, and didn't notice she was 'off her face' until the time she was leaving him.

I don't think you can compare someone's behaviour on Class A drugs with alcohol because one is legal and the other isn't. That's why Nigella was open to blackmail.

Blackmail, bullying and dismissal of your talents. She must be counting her blessings that these people are out of her life now, and reflecting on how she got dragged down.

I see she has tweeted polite thanks for support when adding a recipe this morning. She's right to maintain her dignity.