Lady Blossom Recalls Helping Come Up With ‘Stone Cold,’ Talks Painkiller Addiction

– Jeannie “Lady Blossom” Clark spoke with Wrestling Inc for a new interview promoting her new autobiography. The highlights are below:

On inspiring Steve Austin’s “Stone Cold” name: “We were just sitting on the couch flipping through channels, and it was very much a fluke again. We saw this show and this man was called ‘The Iceman.’ Steve was like ‘that’s the kind of character I want to be.’ He was a hitman or something and put people in the fridge. Steve told the WWF offices and they brought back names like Ice Dagger, Fang McFrost. I remember Brian Pillman on speakerphone in absolute hysterics over these names. Steve just couldn’t get it. He would drink hot tea, and he was sitting by the edge of the bed and I just said ‘don’t worry, you’ll think of something. Now drink your tea before it gets stone cold. There it is, there’s your name.’ He had this big smile.”

On the passing of Prince and Chyna and the possibility of pankillers being involved: “If you’ve got the money, you can get them anyway. I was an addict, very manipulative in sourcing my pills. You can’t cope with withdrawals. It’s not as easy in the UK, because it’s socialized medicine, but you can still find a way. There’s always doctors that if you give them money, they give you the pills. When I was in rehab, Ambien and Valium can take longer to detox from than heroin.”

On her own addiction issues: “I have a story in my book. I actually was at my house after my divorce, and I had a nanny. My daughters were very young, and nobody could wake me up. Ambulances and three firefighters actually showed up on the scene, and I was just about dead. Ambien and Xanax, the same drugs Chyna died on. They’re so addictive, you have withdrawals as soon as you wake up. I know what it’s like to be on those pills, you can’t really get off without professional help. It’s so sad, Toni, Chyna, women in the industry that have died”