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Maite Kelly Says Sudden Success Warped Her Family, Details Father’s Addiction and Recovery

In a new interview, Maite Kelly recounts how fame distorted her family, shaping her sense of self.

Overview

  • In an interview with Die Zeit published Nov. 9–10, 2025, Kelly revisits the Kelly Family’s 1994 breakthrough that brought a destabilizing rush of money.
  • She says the sense of grandeur that came with success swept up relatives, including her father Dan, whom she no longer recognized at the peak.
  • Kelly describes Dan quitting alcohol abruptly with support from Alcoholics Anonymous and walking for hours daily through a 40‑day withdrawal.
  • Coverage notes he died in 2002 from long-term effects of addiction after a brain hemorrhage and multiple strokes.
  • She discloses she is neurodiverse with mild ADHD and synesthesia, and she faults the lack of a manager and poor advisers for intensifying family disputes.