'I would rather it come from me than let him go out and look for it on the street': Jo Wood explains why she offered her 16-year-old son drugs

By Sarah Fitzmaurice

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Jo Wood has explained why she offered her son drugs when he was just 16 years old.

The former wife of Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood told Alan Titchmarsh her unusual parenting technique while speaking about her new autobiography on Monday.

Speaking about her decision to offer illegal substances to her children Jo said: 'I knew that they were looking for it, and I just thought I would rather it come from me than let him go out and look for it on the street.'

Opening up: Jo Wood has revealed that she offered her son Tyrone drugs when he was 16 years old

Opening up: Jo Wood has revealed that she offered her son Tyrone drugs when he was 16 years old

When Alan asked Jo if she could monitor what her children were taking she said: 'Yes, I have a very open and honest relationship with all my kids and yes I was able to see what they were doing, check on them. They were at home all the time you see.'

The 57-year-old admitted that she was 'very lucky' that her technique seemed to work and did acknowledge her approach could easily have 'backfired'.

She said: 'I was very lucky and I think the way I did it – I was honest and open and I'm lucky, I’m really lucky.'

Interesting parenting technique: Jo, seen with then husband Ronnie and their daughter Leah in 1979

Interesting parenting technique: Jo, seen with then husband Ronnie and their daughter Leah in 1979

When Alan suggested that she could have killed her children she replied: 'I didn't, I didn't'.

Jo blamed her hectic lifestyle on the decisions she made and said that despite the chaos her children are very grounded.

She said: '“I was in an extreme environment. I was in a world that not many people live in and I think I was very fortunate that my kids turned out really grounded and really well. I was very fortunate in that. But it could have easily backfired…I'm fortunate, I'm really lucky it worked well for me, it could have easily not.'

Jo and Ronnie, who were married for 26 years, have two children together Leah and Tyrone. The former model also has Jamie from a previous relationship and is stepmother to Ronnie's son Jesse.

Alan asked Jo what her son Tyrone thought about her tell-all book that describes when she offered him drugs.

They support her: Jo said her children, Leah, Tyrone, Jamie and stepson Jessie support her tell-all book

They support her: Jo said her children, Leah, Tyrone, Jamie and stepson Jessie support her tell-all book

She said: 'I went to each one of them and said I said to my younger son, "Is it all right that I talk about that I offered you drugs when you were just 16?" And he [Tyrone] said, "Yes mum, it was rock and roll." So I had the OK from him.'

Jo's new book entitled Hey Jo: A Rock And Roll Fairytale also speaks out about her own drug use.

Last week Jo appeared on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and confessed:  ‘I was an after 2 o’clock mother. Jay, the nanny would do the morning, I’d do the afternoon.’

‘I lived a life that was, I was up until four, five every morning, go to bed about then, get up at about two,’ she added. ‘I had a great nanny for years, my life was upside down for years.

Speaking to Alan on Monday Jo explained how because of her hedonistic past she was now committed to clean living.

She said: 'I went from one extreme to another. Now I think about everything that I put in my body. I grow my own vegetables in the garden, I enjoy all that. And I think maybe it’s because I led a not very clean life, now I just want to wake up and feel healthy.'

 

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She is so blessed that all of her kids turned out normal and healthy. They all look like genuinely happy family members in the photo of her and all of her children. + Now she seems to live a squeaky clean life so she'll probably transfer that to her grandchildren. Growing up as a teen model (lecherous world in her time) + being married to one of the world's most famous rock stars/drug users during a time when there was not all the education we have now= she did the best she could?

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Some people should not be allowed to have children. What an idiot!

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I wonder how many 1 drop rule people are walking around in a white body??

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as a born again christian i am against this.

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Right, because they are the only two options. Terrible idea.

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She should just tell him that if he wants to end up as ugly as his father that's the way to do it!!!

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Tyrone is gorgeous!

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She says they were at home all the time so she could watch them but she was worried they'd go out looking for drugs. Tripped herself up there with her own logic. I'm sorry, what was I thinking, did I just use the word logic??

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How ridiculous of her to imply that every teenager is going to take drugs as though it's normal behaviour. I hope he simply isn't interested and turns her down. Anyway, where is she getting the drugs from herself? There's no such thing as a safe source.

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Hands down, she is "mother of the year"!

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