I Can’t Stop Thinking About Kylie Lowe, The Lolly Snake Addict From ‘A Current Affair’

If My Strange Addiction had an Aussie production crew, Kylie Lowe would likely land herself on the program.

You see, Kylie Lowe from Brisbane has a fairly serious problem with lolly snakes. A problem so huge that she decided to enlist the help of hard-hitting news program, A Current Affair, and an actual hypnotherapist to try and solve her problem.

For the last 10 years “Snake Lady” Kylie Lowe has been shovelling down lolly snakes and guzzling down Mother energy drinks, which has allegedly cost her tens of thousands of dollars in the last decade.

With her favourite flavour being orange, the obsession runs so deep that Kylie has even developed a knot technique to get as many as she can down her gob at one time, and has a literal treasure chest full of loose lolly snakes. Seems slightly unsanitary and also definitely a prop put there by A Current Affair producers, but sure. Whatever floats your boat.

Can this woman's addiction to lolly snakes be broken in just three minutes? #9ACA pic.twitter.com/rx98UMePxb

— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) December 7, 2020

In the segment, full of more twists than what the human brain can imagine, it’s even estimated that Kylie consumes her body weight — 64 kilograms — in sugar every two months. But while the concept of the segment seems funny, Kylie’s story is actually a lot more serious than meets the eye.

After being confronted by a literal wheelbarrow full of sugar, Kylie shared that she believed her actions to be “unbelievably disrespectful” to the person who gave her an organ. As it turns out, the “Snake Lady” had cystic fibrosis and was dangerously thin at 44 kilograms, before she underwent a double lung transplant a decade ago.

But her organ rejection drugs ended up leading to transplant-related diabetes and consequently, left her with no energy, which is what sparked her energy drink and lolly snake addiction to begin with.

“I was exhausted and had no energy whatsoever but I had a mortgage and had to keep working, so I literally used an energy drink and a packet of lollies as a tool to get through the next couple of hours at work,” she said during the segment.

me sleeping peacefully amongst my haters pic.twitter.com/DMFTJXXIxs

— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) December 7, 2020

Now, as a result of the diabetes, her transplant is now in rejection. And even though the diabetes existed prior to her lolly addiction, Kylie, feeling the guilt of her excess sugar consumption, was determined to beat her addiction. Naturally, A Current Affair though the best way to do this was by bringing out hypnotherapist and author, Mark Stephens.

Promising the “break the habit” in only three minutes, the hypnotherapist used a technique focused on ~resetting the subconscious mind~ and ~flicking a mind switch~. So, in the weirdest solution imaginable, Stephens “with a bit of hypnosis” got Kylie to look at a photo of herself holding a lolly snake and then one of herself holding an orange, which somehow immediately cures her.

After the hypnosis, Kylie is instantly disgusted by the sight of a bowl of snakes, claiming that these lollies are now “gross” and “look and feel dirty” to her. As a result, she ends up dramatically tossing her once-favourite treat right into the trash.

Ending the segment with an update on the woman formerly known as the “Snake Lady”, host Leila McKinnon then revealed that in the week since the segment was filmed, Kylie Lowe has still yet to touch a single snake or energy drink for the first time in a decade!

And perhaps the year has ruined me, but I just love Kylie Lowe and her very strange journey to health! Queen Kylie for president! We love to see the growth!

You can watch the full segment below: