Drita D’Avanzo, Renee Graziano. Getty Pictures (2)
Drita D’Avanzo is sounding off on Renee Graziano’s revelation that she suffered from an unintended fentanyl overdose final yr.
“I don’t like her,” D’Avanzo, 48, completely advised Us Weekly on Thursday, March 7 whereas discussing her current Mob Wives aesthetic dinner at Ainslie. “Nevertheless, in capitals, I want her to seek out well being and peace of thoughts and don’t want nothing dangerous on her.”
If Graziano, 55, was fighting habit, D’Avanzo believes her former Mob Wives costar deserves help as a substitute of criticism.
“If she’s doing good for her life and making an attempt to get higher, I really feel very sorry for anyone with an habit,” she defined. “Folks will rip her on that and I feel it’s actually f–king incorrect. I don’t like that. Everyone’s obtained an habit to one thing. You might be hooked on espresso. You could be hooked on consuming. You might be hooked on cigarettes.”
She continued, “You could be hooked on understanding — there are thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of addictions and it’s a tough factor to beat and if she will be able to overcome it, I want the very best for her.” (D’Avanzo famous that she hadn’t been conscious of Graziano’s overdose earlier than talking with Us.)
D’Avanzo and Graziano appeared on six seasons of Mob Wives collectively. All through the Vh1 sequence, which aired between 2011 and 2016, cameras rolled because the pair’s friendship went by dramatic ups and downs.
Whereas D’Avanzo is providing some supportive phrases, she desires to make it clear that she continues to be not in a superb place with Graziano because the present wrapped.
“Do I just like the motherf–ker? Hell no,” she advised Us. “You’ll be able to finish it like that. However I don’t want dangerous on no one. I actually do want her effectively although.”
Whereas showing on Bunnie XO’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast on Wednesday, March 6, Graziano revealed that she suffered from an unintended fentanyl overdose final yr that almost killed her.
“I couldn’t come up for air,” she stated when reliving the expertise. “I simply misplaced, like, my s–t, man. September 18th, somebody gave me a bag of fentanyl when it was speculated to be [an undisclosed drug].”
“I died in a restaurant in Florida,” Graziano continued. “I used to be lifeless, intubated for 3 days. Nobody in my household got here to the hospital and I spent 9 days there studying methods to stroll once more. That was it for me.”
After her restoration, Graziano determined to get clear and sought out assist from the Odom Restoration Group in November 2023, per TMZ.
On Friday, March 8, the previous actuality star revealed on Instagram that she is 4 months sober.
“I’m A GOAT !!!!!!! Now Whatcha All Gonna Say About That,” she wrote. “#reneegraziano #ontopoftheworld #sober #blessed #stunning #sensible #resillience #reneemeansreborn #rebirth #watchme.”
A number of of Hollywood’s greatest stars have been candid about their sobriety journeys through the years. Kelly Osbourne, who beforehand talked about being sober for six years, revealed in April 2021 that she had suffered a relapse and was engaged on subsequent steps. “Not pleased with it. However I’m again on monitor,” she wrote through […]
Whereas Graziano is concentrated on her sobriety, D’Avanzo is engaged on just a few particular — and private — initiatives that followers might be able to expertise sooner or later. Along with planning one other upcoming look at Ainslie, the fact star teased a scripted sequence is within the works.
“Mob Wives introduced a lot adverse vitality in my life however due to [the show], I met probably the most unimaginable individuals and one specifically is one in every of my closest pals, Stacey Levin,” D’Avanzo advised Us. “We had been in a position to launch and shut a cope with a serious studio for the scripted sequence on my life story — it is going to be one thing else!”
With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton
