#OnThisDay in 2000, #PaulaYates, English #TVpersonality (The Big Breakfast), died of a #drugoverdose at 41.
#RIP πŸ•ŠοΈπŸͺ¦πŸŽšοΈπŸ•―️

Nailed it Zoe.

Paula also mentioned she’d never been a very good sleeper.

Imagine being unable to sleep, with all that media crap running through your head, knowing you have something that can make it all go away for a while?

She probably would have stayed on the wagon without all that pressure.

Such a shame 😒

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/15/paula-yates-diana-press-documentary-tabloids-woman

#mastodon #fediverse #uk #media #PaulaYates

It’s a good time to think again about Paula Yates. She was the other Diana: hounded by the press for being herself

A new documentary reveals how the tabloids turned on their one-time darling – for daring to be a woman who didn’t shun the spotlight, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian