Skye Wheatley has addressed claims she is an alcoholic after she was found passed out in a car after drinking a bottle of Jim Beam.The influencer was banned from driving for five months on Monday and fined $700 after pleading guilty to being in charge of a motor vehicle while over the alcohol limit. In a since-deleted Instagram clip, Wheatley, 32, conceded that she had been using alcohol to mask her pain, and as a coping mechanism since she was young, according to the Outspoken podcast.The hosts Amy, Kate and Sophie Taeuber claimed that Wheatley had said she ‘was no longer angry about the situation’ which had spiralled, because it had given her ‘the wake-up call’ she needed. Wheatley later posted a clip to TikTok claiming her two young sons Forest and Bear were helping her through this difficult time.’Even through the s**t times I have two baby angels to make me smile every day,’ Wheatley said in a clip of her playing with her child. Skye Wheatley has addressed claims she is an alcoholic after she was found passed out in a car after drinking a bottle of Jim Beam The influencer was banned from driving for five months on Monday and fined $700 after pleading guilty to being in charge of a motor vehicle while over the alcohol limit She also posted a clip to social media on Monday which captured her looking relieved as she left the Southport Magistrates Court, where it was heard that police found the reality TV star passed out inside her car at a McDonald’s on the Gold Coast after she drank a bottle of Jim Beam in the vehicle over the course of a few hours. ‘Thank God today is over,’ Wheatley wrote next to the clip. Wheatley returned a blood-alcohol reading of 0.119 after officers tapped on the vehicle’s windows and woke her up, at which point they detected a ‘strong smell of liquor coming from the vehicle’.Her lawyer, Belinda Robinson, told the court Wheatley had flown to Melbourne on August 8 and was sleep-deprived when she returned home to the Gold Coast late. Robinson said the mother-of-two, who recently called time on her relationship with long-time partner Lachlan Waugh, had been experiencing anxiety and depression about coming home and had barely eaten for a week before the incident. Wheatley pleaded guilty to being in charge of a motor vehicle while over the middle alcohol limit. Robinson told the court that Wheatley was upset about ‘coming home to an empty house’ before making the trip to McDonald’s for a Frozen Coke drink.Police prosecutor Darcey Hugonnet was dubious about Robinson’s claim that Wheatley was sober when she arrived at the fast food venue and had purchased a bottle of Jim Beam at a nearby bottle shop before drinking in her car. She also posted a clip to social media on Monday which captured her looking relieved as she left the Southport Magistrates Court, where it was heard that police found the reality TV star passed out inside her car at a McDonald’s on the Gold Coast after she drank a bottle of Jim Beam in the vehicle over the course of a few hours ‘Thank God today is over,’ Wheatley wrote next to the clipActing Magistrate Mark Whitbread also shared his doubts with the court. ‘It sounds unbelievable to me, having heard many of these things over the years,’ he said.’I simply can’t see how that could be accepted.’In mitigation, Robinson said Wheatley had taken steps to address her mental health and her relationship with alcohol since the incident. The court heard she had participated in a police program since August 20, consulted a psychologist and begun taking medication for anxiety and depression. ‘She understands how unacceptable her conduct was, she’s very remorseful and regretful for her behaviour, which she says she’ll never repeat,’ Robinson said.Wheatley rose to fame on Big Brother Australia in 2014 and has since built a large social-media following.Earlier this month, she told the Daily Mail she was deeply disappointed in herself and accepted that there was no excuse for what happened. ‘I made a really poor decision and I’m deeply disappointed in myself,’ she said.’There isn’t an excuse for what happened. I take responsibility for my actions and I know I have to deal with the consequences.’Wheatley had previously said she was parked outside the Gold Coast McDonald’s for approximately four hours when a passerby contacted police.While she believed that context was important, she insisted it did not excuse her actions.