The moment troubled Jeremy McConnell was found sleeping on a park bench after falling off the wagon at booze-fuelled party – just two days after he vowed to quit
An onlooker said Jeremy “looked dirty and dishevelled, and reeked of booze.”
THIS is the moment Jeremy McConnell was found asleep on a London park bench after The Sun Online revealed he’d starting boozing again.
The troubled star, 27, was pictured in the early hours of Thursday morning dressed in his party clothes from the previous night.
An onlooker said Jeremy “looked dirty and dishevelled, and reeked of booze.”
After seeing the picture, Jeremy's representative Ed Hopkins told The Sun Online: “We will not be commenting on Jeremy's illness.
“His well-being is our main concern. We are working with the relevant professionals to provide him with all the support he needs.”
A source said: “Jeremy was in high spirits when he arrived and started drinking.
“He didn't seem to care who saw him and knocked back a lot of booze.
“He was pretty worse for wear by the end of the night.
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“It's sad really because most of the people around knew he was clean and had been trying to stay sober.
“But it seemed nothing would stop him having a few drinks.”
A second insider added: “Jeremy’s publicist turned up at the event and removed him from the party.
“However, Jeremy came back less than an hour later and continued partying.”
Jeremy also appeared to have a bruised eye, it’s unclear how he got it, however it is thought it could be the result of a non-surgical facelift he had on Tuesday.
Tragically his boozing comes just days after troubled Jeremy gave The Sun Online his first interview since entering rehab in March and two weeks after his devastating relapse – vowing to never drink again.
On Monday he said: "I felt massively terrible [about my relapse]. It's the last time I ever lift a drink again.
"I was two-and-a-half months sober, which for me was a massive achievement in my sobriety.
"That won't happen again, I will never forget the first time I saw my son and Stephanie after our time apart.”
The father of six-month-old Caben-Albi’s life has been overshadowed with tragedy and addiction.
He lost his mother, brother and sister when he was a teen, and in March this year his father suddenly died followed by the passing of his aunt just days later.
Fighting back tears, he said: “I found out the Caben situation, I was obviously delighted, but then my dad passed, my auntie passed a few days after, then I had trouble with Steph…
“I had tried to move my life over to Liverpool, but then I had to come back as my dad’s dead.
“I was sitting in my room and having déjà vu, not processing the deaths, not grieving.
“I’m still grieving my mum, brother and sister to be honest. I put on this happy front but deep down I’m a hurt boy who hasn’t processed any of the deaths and I’ve lost my family.
“Suddenly I thought ‘I’m going to crack’. I knew it was time, before Caben can remember and grow to see his dad like this.
“I knew ‘I have to do something about this, I have to go in’.”
Jeremy admitted he is desperate to stay off alcohol to be the family man his son deserves.
“Alcohol just doesn’t agree with me, I don’t need it. My personality and charisma without it are good.
“All I want to do is be a family man and provide for my family, and leave that party boy behind.
“I want to be a father figure, and be a dad. With Caben, my mother, my brother, my sister, my dad, they’re all living through him.
“That’s my bloodline. That’s Caben. I grew up in a broken home, I don’t want that for my son.”
A representative for Jeremy declined to comment.
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