Jimmy Barnes’ wife Jane speaks about husband’s addictions

Last week, Jimmy Barnes opened up about his 40-year-battle with alcohol and illicit drugs during an emotional appearance on Q&A.

And on Saturday, the rock star’s wife Jane spoke out about how the couple’s three daughters blamed HER after Jimmy checked into rehab in 2003.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Sunday, Jane revealed: ‘They thought I was the bad influence who had driven him off the edge. That was really shocking to me.’

 

Speaking out: Jimmy Barnes’ wife Jane has revealed in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph that the couple’s three daughters blamed her Jimmy’s drug and alcohol addiction, after she herself ended up in rehab in 2003

 She added: ‘I did feel there was an injustice. It wasn’t all me.’

Jimmy and Jane married in 1981, and had four children- son, Jackie, and daughters, Mahalia, Eliza-Jane and Elly-May.

The family lived in France for much of the 1990s, before returning to Australia and taking up residence in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.

Devoted mum: Jane shares four children- son, Jackie, and daughters, Mahalia, Eliza-Jane and Elly-May (pictured in an old photograph)- with Jimmy 

Devoted mum: Jane shares four children- son, Jackie, and daughters, Mahalia, Eliza-Jane and Elly-May (pictured in an old photograph)- with Jimmy 

Close bond: An old photo of Jimmy with daughter Mahalia 

Close bond: An old photo of Jimmy with daughter Mahalia 

It was then that Jane began to start partying, ending with her own stint in rehab in the 2003. 

She told The Telegraph that because Jimmy had always been the wilder parent and she had always been the more sensible one, her daughters chose to point the finger at her after they both spent time in treatment centres.

‘Jimmy was always the same to them and they said ‘Oh, mum’s changed’, Jane explained to the publication.

'Jimmy was always the same to them': Jane with Jimmy and daughter Elly-May 

‘Jimmy was always the same to them’: Jane with Jimmy and daughter Elly-May 

However, despite the drama and the difficult times, the family are all still incredibly close. Jimmy and Jane are devoted parents and grandparents, and celebrated their 36th anniversary in May

Meanwhile, Jimmy documents the first time he set eyes on Jane in his highly-anticipated new memoir, Working Class Man, due for release on Monday.

The Cold Chisel frontman reveals how he was dating TWO other women when the pair first met in 1979.

Grandparents: Jimmy and Jane have been married 36 years and are now grandparents 

Grandparents: Jimmy and Jane have been married 36 years and are now grandparents 

‘I’d met a lot of girls in my life but no one had ever stopped me in my tracks like that girl did… She was way out of my class but I loved her from the minute I saw her. Jane would change my life,’ he writes in an excerpt of the book published in The Daily Telegraph.

However, at the time Jimmy- then aged 23-was dating his housemate Bernadette, and was also linked to a woman named Jan who he had been ‘seeing on and off for a long time’. 

In the first extract of his new autobiography, 61-year-old rock star last week revealed  he tried to kill himself in an Auckland hotel room in 2012.

'I loved her from the minute I saw her': In his new autobiography, Jimmy reveals he was dating two other women when he first met Jane in 1979 (pictured in 2001)

‘I loved her from the minute I saw her’: In his new autobiography, Jimmy reveals he was dating two other women when he first met Jane in 1979 (pictured in 2001)

Jimmy revealed he woke up one morning after a night of heavy drinking, not remembering he tried to take his own life the night before.  

‘Suddenly I saw a dressing gown cord tied around a rail in the dressing room and I hadn’t remembered doing it. It came back to me and I remember getting out of bed and going in and thinking ‘maybe it’s easier to die’,’ he wrote.

‘I lay with a rope around my neck trying to die.’

In Working Class Man, the legendary rocker said that was the moment he turned his life around. 

If you are experiencing mental health difficulties, or know someone who is, phone Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636. 

Emotional: Jimmy spoke candidly about about his drug and alcohol addictions on Q&A (pictured) and writes about his suicide attempt in his new autobiography 

Emotional: Jimmy spoke candidly about about his drug and alcohol addictions on Q&A (pictured) and writes about his suicide attempt in his new autobiography 

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