Secrets of I'm A Celeb's Janice
EXCLUSIVE SECRETS OF I'M A CELEB JANICE Jerry warned her off Jagger She bedded Stallone & Beatty Her spiral into drink and drugs
By Grant Hodgson And Ravi Somaiya
Grant.Hodgson@Mgn.Co.Uk
I'm A Celebrity star Janice Dickinson is a sex-and drugfuelled wildcat. And that's according to her own sister.
Alexis Mayer says the jungle's "queen of the bitches" had passionate flings with some of the biggest rock and fim stars including Mick Jagger, Sylvester Stallone and Warren Beatty... who tried to seduce her too.
"I feel sorry for the snakes and spiders in the jungle, never mind the contestants stuck there with Janice," says Alexis, 57, whose husband once banned the drugcrazed model from their home. "In her time, Janice has taken on the biggest party animals in New York and Hollywood.
She is already the queen of the jungle."
Janice, 52, has shocked viewers with her bitchy arguments with fellow contestant Lynne Franks and her outlandish claims including: "I'm more famous than the Pope". But Alexis says Janice's outbursts come as no surprise.
They are nothing compared to the wild life she led in New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
"Janice was appearing on the front covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar and we hung out in Studio 54 nightclub, which was wild," says Alexis, who is an estate agent in New York nowadays.
"Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger, Sylvester Stallone and the artist Andy Warhol were always there.
People used to strip and have sex on the balconies and clubbers used to ride on to the dancefloor on motorbikes.
Janice met Mick there. She said he was the best kisser ever, and one of the best lovers she had ever had.
"Afterwards, she said she was warned off Mick by his girlfriend, Jerry Hall. Janice says Jerry told her that she had a gun and knew how to use it. She got the message.
"Drugs were a huge part of the scene then and Janice was already into cocaine and marijuana." As Janice reached the height of her career, she dated stars including Nicholson, John Cusack and Liam Neeson.
"People worship Jack, but Janice said to me, 'Yeah, he was fun, he and I s*****d'. She was so blase. She said Liam was truly blessed but he was still in love with Julia Roberts and upset because they had split up." Alexis tells how Beatty tried to seduce her over a meal while Janice was away modelling. "When the starters arrived he lowered his eyes and said, 'So, are we going to sleep together tonight?' I said, 'No!' Later I told Janice, but she didn't care."
Alexis witnessed the lengths some celebrities would go to in an effort to date her sister. "Bill Cosby from The Cosby Show once called and I listened in. He was begging her to go over to his place." Janice has also said she had a threesome with singer Grace Jones and her then boyfriend, actor Dolph Lundgren. She has also claimed to have had an affair with Woman In Red actress Kelly LeBrock. "Just about anything is possible with Janice. She hasn't told me about threesomes and lesbian relationships, but I doubt there's anything she hasn't done," says Alexis. That "anything" includes being married... three times. In the 1970s there was Ron Levy, who was blues star BB King's piano player. In 1987 she married British film and TV producer Simon Fields and the couple had a son, Nathan, now 20. They divorced in 1993 and Nathan was raised by ex-husband Simon after a bitter custody battle.
"The outcome was a bitter blow to Janice," says Alexis. "It was all down to drink and drugs."
Janice's second child, Savannah, was born in 1994 after she dated film star Sly. "Janice was sure Stallone was the father," says Alexis. "He even left his girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Flavin, to be with her, but DNA showed the baby wasn't his. Janice was shocked."
Janice married nightclub owner Albert Gersten in 1995 - just after losing custody of Nathan. "She was at a low point and Albert cheered her up. But the marriage was doomed. She was feeling insecure and started having plastic surgery. Prescription drugs had also become a problem.
"She also kept turning up at my house drunk or off her head on drugs, demanding liquor. My husband eventually refused to let her in," says Alexis.
"But seven months after the wedding she sorted her life out.
She ended the marriage and signed up to Alcoholics' Anonymous. She's been clean since. In the last few years she's really pulled herself together.
"She's close to Nathan, is a successful photographer and wants to open a restaurant when she's out of the jungle.
"I wish I could watch I'm A Celebrity in the States, It sounds hilarious. But it is a bit unfair that Janice has had to do so many of those damn trials.
"I can't wait to meet her when she comes out and find out all about it."