Life hasn't been a bowl of cherries for Trailer Park Boy Bubbles since his popular mockumentary reality TV type show went off the air. Fans will remember the show as running for seven years and covering the comings and goings of Sunnyvale Trailer Park residents. Think of it as Coronation Street on drugs. Anyway the show became a cult hit here in Canada, and around the world after being picked up by BBC North America. The American's really took to it. That lead to fan convention appearance across the continent and an eventual spot on Jimmy Kimmel; with his partners in crime; Ricky & Julian!Bubbles survived and even thrived in the difficult trailer park environment. He remained relatively unaffected by the crime & drug use around him. He seldom drank and only did pot occasionally. He liked to stay sharpe for his beloved Kitty's. However Bubbles was to find life in the big time to be far more treacherous. In fact fame was to take the beloved personality down and apart, as it has to so many others.
After participating in the boys get rich quick schemes since high school Bubbles found that he finally had it made. Money was rolling in, girls were calling him night and day, plus Ricky & Julian were co hosting a constant non stop party with him. Close friends started getting concerned when Bubbles began neglecting his cats. Most weren't to worried since they felt that Bubbles was over do for some fun. Let him enjoy his moment seemed to be the consensus. Enjoy it he did - eventually drifting into harder drugs like cocaine, crack, and eventually crystal methamphetamine!
After Bubbles broke up with his partner - Ricky's former girlfriend from the series, things went down hill. Bubbles began regularly using, and lost weight rapidly. He also started blowing through his money. When he began selling his beloved cats on Ebay the problem was obvious. By then though Bubbles was far down the wrong path.To make matters worse, with the series now off the air, Bubbles was defenseless against his nemeses Randy & Mr. Leahy. Now free from the prying eyes of TV fans, the pair schemed until they managed to get Bubbles evicted. Now homeless on the streets of Halifax and facing winter, he was at his lowest.
Having hit his personal rock bottom Bubbles was now ready to face his demons and take some responsibility for his actions. So he checked into rehab. Besides he was broke, it was winter, and the food was pretty good. It also gave him time and opportunity for soul searching as he participated in the numerous daily group sessions and meetings. Bubbles has stated in interviews that he began to realize during that period that his major problem was his tendency to follow along. He even went so far as to suggest that alter ego Conky (and to answer the question everyone keeps asking "Yes Conky was played by veteran marionette actor Brains from the Thunderbirds"! Brains struggled with his own substance abuse issues starting back in the 70's - an unfortunate wood varnish addiction, but finally made a come back!)may have been an attempt by suppress parts of himself to break through into consciousness. "My fuck bye, if Ricky and Julian hadn't been there to knock me back unconscious with the booze and dope I don't know what I would've have done!"
Bubbles is still clean and still fucked up in new series!
Fans will be happy to hear that Bubbles has completed his rehab and has been living drug free for some months now. Resident in a residential treatment facility in down town Halifax, Bubbles credits his new outlook on life for helping him to stay clean during the difficult readjustment phase. "Once I might have just gone out an used right. But now I know that's part of my problem, that I'm reacting instead of doing stuff. So instead I'm working on my new series. It's like a sequel to the Trailer Park Boys that follows me after the Trailer Park. We go through the rehab, and me trying to get jobs." Be sure to watch and look for cameo from Bubbles many rehab celebrity acquaintances! Sounds like a great attitude that just might make a great series. Stick with it Bubbles, and see ya soon!
