Published: 01:12 BST, 12 August 2026 | Updated: 01:15 BST, 12 August 2026
Kaia Gerber has made rare comments about her brother Presley Gerber.
The 24-year-old actress revealed how Presley's, 27, drug use and mental health struggles affected their family.
'When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,' she told Vogue in a new cover story with Shards co-star Homer Gere.
The Gerber nepo babies' parents are Cindy Crawford, 60, and Rande Gerber, 64. Kaia said her brother's troubles made her want to be the 'easy' child.
She explained, 'I think that's also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.'
It comes after Presley opened up about his personal life in a candid social media video last December.
Kaia Gerber, 24, has made rare comments about her brother Presley Gerber; pictured August 3
The actress revealed how Presley's, 27, drug use and mental health struggles affected their family; L-R Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford, and Presley pictured in March 2024
Online, he listed medication he takes for 'night terrors' and 'panic attacks.'
'I feel like honesty is the best policy,' he began before sharing that he was on 1mg of Buprenorphine – used to treat both pain and opioid use disorders – twice a day.
Presley also shared that the 'benzos have been fluctuating up and down depending on what's been going on in my life.'
Benzodiazepines help 'slow down activity in your brain and nervous system' to treat 'anxiety and related mental health conditions,' per Cleveland Clinic.
'Unfortunately, I've had a lot of loss in many different forms recently, so that is not an excuse, but it's the reason why I am where I'm at now,' he shared.
He did not go into detail about the 'loss' he referenced, but went on to explain that he also takes a dose of Xanax at night or when his 'panic attacks are really, really bad.'