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Fears for Tara Palmer Tomkinson as she steps out clutching wad of cash in ripped clothes

The socialite looked dishevelled as she was spotted struggling to lift her shopping bag

DISHEVELLED Tara Palmer-Tomkinson stepped out in London wearing torn clothes and clutching a wad of cash.

The socialite looked like she was wearing torn clothes as she struggled to carry her shopping bag.

 Tara appeared dishevelled as she went shopping
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Tara appeared dishevelled as she went shoppingCredit: Gotcha Images

The former IT girl’s top appeared to be ripped and it’s unknown why she was holding so much money in her hand.

She was snapped trying to carry a heavy bag of what looked like magazines.

It also looked like her top was torn and being held together by a safety pin

Tara recently made a rare public appearance at a London party.

 The socialite appeared to look strained
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The socialite appeared to look strainedCredit: Gotcha Images
 She was spotted clutching a handful of money
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She was spotted clutching a handful of moneyCredit: Gotcha Images

The 44-year-old, whose nose caved in following years of drug abuse, insisted that her “crooked” face was not “all from drugs” and that she may suffer from facial dysmorphia.

She told Closer magazine: “I look this way - I'm not going to go out and have surgery.”

Tara finally conquered a £250-a-day, six-year cocaine habit in 1999 after several spells in rehabilitation clinics.

 It seemed Tara was finding hard to lift a heavy bag
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It seemed Tara was finding hard to lift a heavy bagCredit: Gotcha Images

However, it left her nose on the brink of collapse, having destroyed her septum – the wall of cartilage between the nostrils.

It’s reported she initially tried Botox injections to repair the damage but after failing to see an improvement, resorted to surgery at a London clinic in 2006.

 She was snapped trying to carry a heavy bag of magazines in London
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She was snapped trying to carry a heavy bag of magazines in LondonCredit: Gotcha Images

During the three-hour procedure, cartilage was taken from her right ear and inserted into the septum.

Talking about the devastating effects of her addiction, she once said: “My cartilage is gone. I just have fresh air.”

 Tara is pictured here in the 90s when she was known as an IT girl
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Tara is pictured here in the 90s when she was known as an IT girlCredit: Getty Images

She also revealed how her habit almost brought her to the brink of death: “I was a dead woman walking. I needed help, or I knew I was going to die.”

In 2014 she was handcuffed and arrested at Heathrow Airport after she had an explosive meltdown. 

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