Keyshia Cole Relives Her Mother's Addiction and Death in Her New Biopic
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Keyshia Cole is set to make her acting debut in the Lifetime movie, 'Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story', which will also share the story of her late mother's death from an accidental fentanyl overdose on her 61st birthday on July 18, 2021. The 41-year-old singer will relive her mother's addiction and death in the biopic.
Speaking to PEOPLE, Keyshia said: “This is like my way of making peace with a lot of things. I was able to relive those moments and make peace with it all. That was my goal.” She added that she hopes the movie "helps people", who are dealing with similar struggles.
Keyshia shared that she was initially hesitant to share details about her mother's addiction, saying: “Part of me was like, ‘I don’t want to show her in that way'. But she had fans as well and I thought it would be kind of selfish at this point. And there’s a lot of great things about my mom that they have never seen. She was always joking or always going crazy, one or the other.”
Making the movie helped her to come to terms with her mother's death. She said: “A lot of the moments felt like she was there. I felt I was able to tell my mom goodbye because I didn’t get to tell my mom goodbye. In an eerie way, I was able to speak with my mom. Maybe she could hear it. We had those conversations all the time. I tried my best not to judge her. She’d say, ‘You always did right by me, never made me feel unloved because of my addiction.’"
Keyshia has also found healing in her relationship with her own children. She said: “I’m good. I just pray and I’m so thankful to have my kids because they are my light. Just being near them and being able to take them to school, pick them up, be a regular parent, that is a lot of my healing, being able to give my children something that I didn’t really experience.”
Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story will be a powerful biopic that will not only tell the story of Keyshia's mother's addiction, but also her own journey of healing and acceptance. It will be an emotionally-charged movie that will remind us all of the importance of family, love, and forgiveness.
