David Bowie’s Daughter Lexi Jones Opens Up About Her Harrowing Teen Intervention

 The world first knew her as David Bowie’s daughter, but Alexandria “Lexi” Jones, now 25, is telling her own story of struggle, trauma, and survival. In a candid Instagram video, Lexi opened up about a pivotal moment at age 14, when two men arrived at her home to take her to a treatment facility for depression and an eating disorder.

“They told me I could do this the easy way or the hard way,” Lexi recalled. “I chose the hard way. I resisted. I screamed. I held onto the table leg.” The intervention came after years of quietly battling anxiety, self-harm, and bulimia—challenges that began before she was ten and intensified during her teenage years. Teachers and parents had noticed early signs, but Lexi described feeling isolated and out of place in her own life, burdened by the expectations of being the child of two high-profile parents.

Her father’s 2014 liver cancer diagnosis pushed her to a breaking point. “Everyone around me was experimenting,” she said. “But for me, it wasn’t about fun. I wasn’t experimenting, I was escaping.” Lexi admitted that she continued drinking and using drugs alone, while her peers moved on, and that her behavior often became cruel toward those who didn’t meet her expectations.

During the intervention, Lexi vividly remembers her father reading a letter to her before the two men arrived: “I don’t really remember what it said, but I do remember the last line. It said, ‘I’m sorry we have to do this.’” She described being forcibly taken into a black SUV, completely alone with strangers, terrified and unsure where she was being taken.

She spent 91 days in a wilderness therapy program, enduring harsh conditions, little privacy, and strict monitoring of basic activities. Lexi connected this period of treatment to long-standing struggles with body image, self-harm, and learning disabilities that had made school and daily life feel impossible.

Now, Lexi is reclaiming her narrative, speaking not as David Bowie’s daughter, but as a young woman reflecting on her trauma, grief, and the difficult choices families make in crisis. Her story is one of survival, resilience, and the ongoing journey to find her own voice amid a life that has always been in the public eye.