Columnist Bryony Gordon has revealed a personal struggle she calls a "filthy secret habit" that she finds more humiliating than past battles with addiction. In a candid column for the Daily Mail, Gordon confesses to having taken up smoking again, a relapse she likens to the shame she once felt as a "porn addict."
Gordon described her experience of purchasing cigarettes, feeling the need to hide her face with a hood in an attempt to go unnoticed, drawing a parallel to a "dirty old man from the 1980s picking up his monthly copy of Fiesta."
She stated that her husband is unaware of this secret habit, and she is using the public forum of her column to finally confess. Gordon has previously written about her life and struggles, and this latest revelation adds another layer to her public disclosures.