James Lee Williams’ sister, known as Vivian, says that her family learned about the drag artist’s fight with Ketamine addiction after seeing the drag race UK.

In an interview with BBC Newsnight, 35 -year -old channel Williams says that James laid down on the struggle – including the hospitalization due to drug – a secret from the family “to protect them”.

The 32 -year -old died in January, announced the cause of the death of a heart as a heart arrest due to taking ketamine with the family.

The channel says that her brother had “really prolonged restraint”, before he said that the family came to know only after James’s death.

“Now a big thing for me is whether I asked questions or just sought signs, will the result be different?” She says.

Vivianne was praised for openly speaking about the struggle to calm down during Ketamine misuse and drag race appearing in the UK, which broadcast in 2019.

The channel is now hoping to continue that heritage by campaigning to encourage people to talk openly about the consumption of intoxicants.

She believes that stigma around addiction, and her brother’s successful career on stage and TV, James did not help professional.

She says, “She used to openly talk about the fight on the drag race that she was with drug addiction, and she passed through her other side,” she says.

“Whatever he was doing was at his height and I think because he said it in such an open platform, it is really difficult to come back and says that you are struggling again.”

The channel says that it is concerned about the increase in the youth taking ketamines, which believes that he is in the part because the drug is inexpensive and easily accessible.

James’s body was found on 5 January at Chorlton-Backford near Chester.

Police confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances around the death, and the post -mortem examination revealed “unnatural cause of death”.

A full inquiry is scheduled for June 30. But in March, the family told BBC News that the star died of the arrest of the star due to the effects of taking ketamine.

Since the announcement, they are working with drug abuse charity, which to increase awareness and deal with stigma around the drug, the channel says that there is a “important step” among those facing addiction.

“This is hard for me because I think if it was not a stigma, would my brother have asked for his need for help?” She says.

“To think that if we know, or if he feels able to talk and really arrives for the help that was necessary, the result may be different.

“That’s why we shared the story of James.”

The channel and his family are also promoting the government to re -classify Ketamine as class B as class B from their current position, which will place it in the same category as heroin and cocaine.

“There is a part of young people who probably look at that classification and think it is less harmful than other drugs,” she says.

“But it is not only about reconstruction (…), it really needs to include education, police, health to increase awareness. We need a strategy around the use of drugs in the UK and drug deaths.”

The UK government is currently taking advice from experts about the re -classification of ketamine, Police Minister Dame Diana Johnson has written to the Advisory Council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) expressing concern over the increase in the youth taking drugs.

A spokesman for the house office said: “Our views are with James’s family and friends, and all those affected by this tragic death, who have once again reinforced the serious threats to take ketamine.

“When we do not hesitate to work when returning the ACMD report, and in the meantime, we will continue to work in health, policing and comprehensive public services to reduce the use of the drug and prevent those who benefit from our supply.”

The channel said it was difficult to share information about how James died, but the family “talked about what we can do”.

She says, “Vivian left a heritage as a trailbilesing icon and I think, James has a heritage. To help other people,” she says.

“If I can help a family not to feel what we are feeling, it is all worth it.”

You can watch the full interview with Vivian’s sister channel at 10:30 pm on BBC News night and at 10:30 pm and BBC iPlayer,