Naomi Campbell candidly opens up about her drug and alcohol abuse in new documentary, The Super Models

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00:00 And I mean, I've not always displayed my anger

00:04 in the appropriate or time.

00:06 It's always been in the inappropriate time.

00:09 But it's a manifestation of a deeper issue, I think, anger.

00:13 And that for me, I think, is based on insecurity,

00:16 self-esteem, and loneliness.

00:19 - And being abandoned?

00:21 - Being abandoned.

00:22 That's what I mean, that's what my core issue

00:24 is abandonment and rejection.

00:26 And that puts me in a real vulnerable space.

00:30 And everyone thinks, oh, Naomi's a really tough girl

00:33 and really strong, but that's what I want to appear

00:36 to people to be like.

00:38 Because I fear that if I don't,

00:40 they're gonna just walk all over me if they really knew.

00:44 - When you try to cover something up, your feelings,

00:47 you spoke about abandonment.

00:48 I tried to cover that with something.

00:51 You can't cover it.

00:53 I was killing myself.

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