ELLE BROOKE has bravely revealed how a party lifestyle drove her to drugs and depression – but now she is fighting fit through sobriety.
The OnlyFans star is 3-1 as a boxer since making her debut in July 2022 against Love Islander AJ Bunker.
And the two prepare to rematch at Misfits 12 in Leeds on Saturday.
Much has changed since their first fight but nothing more so than Brooke’s lifestyle out of the ring.
She told SunSport: “I’ve said this before but I was a party girl.
“I was a really bad party girl, any substance I could find I was putting up my nose, I was taking it to the max.
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“Whereas now, I don’t drink, I’ve had 18 months sober, or a year, and now I just live a boring life.
“I don’t go out on the weekends because I’m too focused on my eating and my training habits.
“My circle has got a lot smaller, I don’t see as many people as I did once before because I’m just not in that lifestyle of partying and going out anymore.
“So my life has got so boring, I’m married to my house. I’m honestly in these four walls constantly, it’s work, work, work for me.”
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Brooke admits to suffering from depression before boxing helped turn herself around.
“It’s two polar opposites really,” she says when comparing her past and current life.
“From going out every week to the pub, going clubbing, sniffing tons of cocaine, ketamine, anything you can find to the other side, watching what you put in your body, dieting, health and exercise, regular routine.
“Routine is my favourite things about boxing because it gives me a reason to wake up in the morning. It gives me structure for the day.
“I think I would 100 per cent be living the same lifestyle. Maybe not as crazy because I’ve aged 18 months, I’m not in my early 20s anymore.
I was a really bad party girl, any substance I could find I was putting up my nose, I was taking it to the max… Whereas now, I don’t drink, I’ve had 18 months sober, or a year, and now I just live a boring life.
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“But 100 per cent I’d still be going out, to Ibiza and stuff like that. I’ve had to cancel so many holidays and that kind of thing. It’s been a complete 180 really.
“I was at one point on antidepressants, taking sertraline before I started boxing.
“So I was relying on a pill everyday to make me happy and so I didn’t have like dark, suicidal thoughts whereas now I have those good days and I have those bad days but it’s more about training and what I’m focusing on.
“So boxing really has changed my life. From being depressed and – I wouldn’t say a drug addict because I wasn’t a drug addict – but a party animal, to where I am now, it’s been a journey.”
Brooke, 26, has rivalled Bunker, 31, ever since her original win nearly two years ago with the bad blood brewing.
She said: “We know of each other now. When we first fought it was just someone else in the influencer scene to take on that fight.
“Whereas now she’s champ, I’ve already beat her and it’s her opportunity for redemption, my opportunity to win the belt and that’s the story.
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“We also aren’t that fond of each other, so it’s got great ingredients for a good fight.”
- You can watch Elle Brooke vs AJ Bunker, and the rest of the X Series 012 card in Leeds, live on DAZN on Saturday, January 20. Tickets are available at www.MisfitsBoxing.com
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
