When Navarone Garibaldi was a teenager, he started using drugs. “I was under the impression I was doing heroin, but then it’d turn out to be fentanyl. That was a whole different beast. I became so addicted that I’d need it every 45 minutes,” he said in a candid interview with People published after Lisa Marie Presley’s death. When he was 18 years old, Navarone moved away from home and formed the band Them Guns. Then, during a trip to meet his extended family in Brazil, he recalled being “ashamed” of his dark secret. “My family there didn’t know I had a drug problem, and I was so ashamed to tell them. I promised I wouldn’t come back again until my problem was resolved,” he told the outlet.
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It wasn’t until 2020 that Navarone decided to get sober — and he had a reason: He wanted to visit his now-wife Elsa in Switzerland during the pandemic and couldn’t travel with drugs. It was then that he gave up fentanyl cold turkey — which was a struggle — but the musician made it through. And he’s been back to Brazil to see his family, most recently in April, with his mom, Priscilla Presley. “[I] had an amazing visit with @nava_rone s family in Brazil!! Such amazing people such a wonderful city, such a wonderful. So much love here. Can’t wait to come back,” Priscilla captioned an Instagram post, sharing some photos from the trip.
