How Grant Denyer was forced to deny ‘false claims he went to rehab’

In his heart-wrenching Gold Logie acceptance speech on Sunday night, Grant Denyer emotionally touched on a time in his past when he was ‘unwell’.

The Channel Ten presenter broke down during his speech as he alluded to his stint in a Thai health facility in 2013 as he admitted he had been ‘very unwell’ and ‘in a hole’ before Family Feud came along.

And in February 2014, Woman’s Day falsely accused Grant and his wife Chezzi of checking into a rehab for a $200,000-a-year meth addiction – claims Grant has always strenuously denied.

REVEALED: How Grant Denyer was forced to deny ‘false claims he went to rehab for a $200,000-a-year meth addiction and weighed just 45kg’ after Sunrise… as he reveals prescription drugs nearly killed him (Pictured left during Sunday’s Gold Logie acceptance speech and right in 2013 on Sunrise)

The magazine’s ‘source’ described Grant as a ‘mess’ and went on to claim ‘He was 45 kilos, really drawn around his face and looked sick. It was a shocking sight.’

While Grant admitted that he and his wife did visit The Cabin in Thailand, he strongly denied they were there to treat meth addictions and threatened to sue the magazine. 

Footage from Grant’s final days on Sunrise in 2013 also showed the TV personality looking gaunt, twitchy and distracted during the ‘difficult days’, which were seemingly referenced in his Logies speech.  

Tough times: Footage from Grant’s final days on Sunrise in 2013 showed the TV personality looking gaunt, twitchy and distracted during the ‘difficult days’

At the time, the former Sunrise presenter released a statement via his ex-manager Titus Day to hit back at the allegations.

‘Claims that the couple have a drug addiction and that Grant recently lost his Channel 7 contract are both false,’ the statement read.   

‘Grant and Chezzi Denyer are saddened by the highly defamatory article in this week’s Woman’s Day Magazine. The couple have been under immense stress in recent months due to Grant dealing with chronic fatigue brought on by exhaustion and an ongoing unknown stomach illness. Chezzi has also been dealing with PTSD and anxiety issues resulting from Grant’s condition.’ 

Touching on his struggles: As 

 Previously, the 40-year-old also suffered a blow in 2008 when he experienced a near-fatal car crash and admitted that in the aftermath prescription drugs ‘nearly killed him’.

Speaking to Confidential after his Logies win, Grant revealed that he didn’t care if he ‘líved or died’ in the wake of the horrific accident.

‘It was a time where I didn’t really give a s**t whether I lived or died,’ Grant said. ‘I felt like I had nothing to live for.’

‘I felt like I had nothing to live for,’ Grant spoke to Confidential after his Logies win about his near-fatal crash which took place in 2008, revealing that he didn’t care if he ‘líved or died’ in the wake of the horrific accident

Meanwhile, the Family Feud host’s threats to take legal action against  Woman’s Day never eventuated.

Just 18 months  after the scandalous story hit newsstands, the publication and the couple seemed to have kissed and made up

In October 2015, Grant and Chezzi appeared in its pages to mark to arrival of their daughter Scout – a sibling to their first child Sailor, now seven. 

All’s forgiven? Despite threatening legal action against the magazine, Grant and Chezzi appeared in Woman’s Day in 2015 to mark to arrival of their daughter Scout – a sibling to their first child Sailor, now seven (Pictured: Grant with Sailor and Scout in 2018)

On Sunday, Grant broke down in tears as he accepted the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards.

Speaking onstage at The Star Gold Coast, he dedicated the honour to his wife-of-eight-years Cheryl and their two daughters, Sailor and Scout.

He also thanked Cheryl for sticking with him through the ‘best and worst times’. 

Paying tribute: Accepting his Gold Logie at The Star on the Gold Coast, Grant thanked Cheryl (pictured) for sticking with him through the ‘best and worst times’

‘Family Feud is important,’ he said. ‘It came along for me in my life at a time where I really wasn’t quite sure if I would ever work again or if I wanted to.

‘I wasn’t very well. I was pretty sad and a bit lost and I was in a bit of a hole.

‘Family Feud gave me the ladder to crawl out of that hole. It gave me mojo. It gave me courage. It gave me confidence. Family Feud, thank you so much, you saved me.’

‘Family Feud gave me the ladder to crawl out of that hole’ As well as thanking his wife, Grant also expressed gratitude to the show that ‘saved him’

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