Friends of Kate Moss fear her life could spiral out of control after the resignation of her personal assistant left the troubled supermodel devastated.
Just weeks after starting a detox diet intended to turn her life around, Kate has been in tears over the departure of Fiona Young, who she has described as the rock of her life, after seven years as her PA.
Sad parting: Kate Moss with her PA of seven years Fiona Young, who's leaving at the end of the month to have a baby. The supermodel is interviewing for a replacement
"Kate got completely drunk and started crying about Fiona leaving," my well placed source reveals. "This woman is like a sister to her – she has held her life together through thick and thin. Kate is beside herself."
Fiona, who is leaving at the end of the month to have a baby, has told Kate she may not return to her job.
"Kate has been saying her life will spin out of control when Fiona leaves and she does not know how she will cope," said the source.
Toppled: Kate looking haggard earlier this week on a night drowning her sorrows after she lost her top spot in Tatler's Best Dressed List to fresh-faced 25-year-old Agyness Deyn
"Her partner Jamie Hince is on tour with The Kills, her mother Linda is renovating her home and her long-term nanny Jade Davidson quit in December. Now Fiona, the rock of her life, is leaving."
Panic-stricken Kate, 34, who was pictured on newspaper front pages allegedly taking cocaine in 2005 and subsequently spent time in rehab, has been interviewing for a replacement, so far without success.
Kate with boyfriend Jamie Hince in recent weeks. As she says she doesn't know how she will cope without her PA Fiona, she's also missing the support of Jamie, who's on tour with The Kills
"Her PA is the person closest to her, even closer than her partner. That trust is a very delicate thing," said the source.
"Fiona orders Kate's groceries, pays her bills, organises her daughter Lila's life and negotiates her contracts. When Kate was hiding out in New York after the scandal, the only person with her was Fiona."
Rowdy: Kate making a raucous exit from club Punk with boyfriend Jamie last week. She's afraid her life with 'spin out of control'
Fiona, 31, shares the model's working-class background and understands her problems, having nursed her own father through drink and d rehabilitation.
In Kate's desperation to find a replacement, she has even approached her friend Fran Cutler about the live-in position, but she could not manage the job full-time.
Good intentions: Kate is reportedly still smoking 30 a day despite buying bumper packs of nicotine patches. Just weeks before the news of Fiona's departure, she apparently started a detox diet intended to turn her life around
• As Kate Moss searches for a new aide, is it coincidence that Sarah Doukas – founder and MD of Storm model agency and the woman who launched Kate's career – is also looking for a new PA?
"It's so top-secret, applicants aren't being given job details," says my source. Perhaps because the role has more to do with assisting Miss Moss than Miss Doukas?
Kate enjoys a sneeky smoke a couple of weeks ago outside a Greek restaurant in London's Primrose Hill. The supermodel recently started a detox diet intended to turn her life around.
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How many times have they said she was detoxing...they've said it for years!