Melissa Etheridge is using her own tragedy in hopes it will help other families. The singer-songwriter’s 21-year-old son, Beckett, died in May after a fatal overdose amid a years-long struggle with opioid addiction.
In a new interview with Tamron Hall on Friday, Etheridge explained why she decided to open up about her son’s death and addiction. “I wanted to share it, but I knew that this was his life and I didn’t want to draw any attention to him,” the music legend said on the “Tamron Hall Show”. “But when he passed away, it became something, I knew once I announced it, it would be in the world.” “I have always walked my path openly and I make mistakes,” she continued. “I’m up and down, but I do the best I can and maybe showing the mothers
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