Michelle Doedens, Ferry Doedens’ sister who speaks in the controversial documentary about his current condition, fears his death. “I don’t want to get that call,” she says.
From soap hunk to soap junkie: Ferry Doedens has completely declined in just a few years. According to his manager, he even lets his OnlyFans career slide because he is addicted. Addicted to bitcoins, addicted to crystal meth, addicted to other narcotics. Just before Christmas he even ended up in prison for driving under the influence.
No hope
The documentary Ferry Lost, which is currently showing on Prime, is causing controversy, because the fallen actor looks really bad in it, like a junkie. “It’s someone who dissolves is. The title explains it all. Sickening, I think. I really feel bad about seeing Ferry like this,” says reporter Aran Bade at the desk RTL Boulevard.
He continues: “I know him a bit from Boulevard behind the scenes, I have spoken to him a lot and so have colleagues. Then you actually see a very nice, cheerful and enthusiastic person who is actually being led to destruction by an addiction. He does that himself. The picture painted in that documentary is shocking. There is no hope.”
Knot in stomach
Documentary maker Sacha Visser initially said that the entire three-part documentary would provide a better picture than just the trailer, but, Aran says: “If you watch those three episodes, you end up with a knot in your stomach: who is going to help that man? That is the feeling that remains with me.”
His sister Michelle also speaks. “She is really at her wits’ end. She says: ‘I already cooperated a year ago, because this documentary was looking for a positive ending, but that didn’t happen.’ They have not had contact with Ferry for over two years. His mother is distraught and emotional. She cannot respond.”
Rock bottom
Michelle fears that Ferry really has to go much deeper before he gets back on the right path. “She also wants to emphasize tonight: ‘He must go rock bottom to ultimately accept help.’ Various experts who deal with these types of addictions also say that people only realize that they need help when they have no other option.”
He concludes: “Then it’s about, for example, that you no longer have a house or a roof over your head. These are really tough things. His sister also says: ‘I’m afraid that if the phone rings I will get a call that he is no longer there and we just absolutely don’t want that.'”
