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.