Selling Sunset’s Nicole Young and Amanza Smith discuss their experiences with hard drugs?

Selling Sunset Season 9 delivered explosive revelations about previous drug use among cast members when Amanza Smith admitted to her history with Nicole Young.

The Netflix reality series returned on October 29 with renewed conflict over allegations of substance use that have plagued the show since Season 6. Smith, 48, publicly acknowledged using cocaine with Young when they were young, directly contradicting Young's repeated denials about hard drug use.

The luxury real estate drama follows agents at The Oppenheim Group as they navigate million-dollar property deals and interpersonal conflicts. This season's confrontations centered on long-standing accusations from Chrishell Stause, 44, about Young's alleged drug problems.

The dispute escalated beyond previous seasons when Smith broke ranks to confirm details Young had consistently refuted. Young, 39, maintained she only used marijuana edibles in the past, but Smith's on-camera confession painted a different picture of their shared history in Los Angeles.

The revelations occurred before Young's ultimate dismissal from The Oppenheim Group for offensive comments about Stause's deceased parents. The drug allegations represent just one thread in a complex web of conflicts that defined Young's final season.

Selling Sunset: What did Smith admit about substance abuse?

During a heated exchange, Smith addressed Young's past directly. She told the embattled agent:

"You used to do drugs. Who cares?"

Young responded by claiming she only enjoyed "weed edibles" previously, attempting to downplay the severity of past substance use. Smith refused to accept this characterization. She stated:

"You used to do drugs, you almost OD'd and then stopped."

Elaborating, she said:

"It's Los Angeles. Everybody has done cocaine."

Nicole Young tried to shut down the drama and walk away, but Bre Tiesi’s friend Cassandra Dawn Smith wasn’t done talking. Once the cameras caught her alone, she casually dropped a bomb, claiming she and Young had once done drugs together back in their wild years. That set off a chain reaction faster than you can say “reality TV chaos.”

It wasn’t the first time the topic came up, either. In Season 6, Chrishell Stause had accused Young of acting “cracked out,” which sent Young into full defense mode. She even took a drug test just to prove she was clean and threatened to lawyer up if anyone said otherwise. But of course, that didn’t stop the whispers; this is Selling Sunset, after all.

By Season 7, things got even messier. Young was busy spreading rumors about Emma Hernan’s supposed affair, and Stause decided she had had enough, swearing off any future teamwork. Still, Stause later joked that business is business; she might not like Young, but for the right price, she would show up and say it to her face with a smile.

What did Young reveal about production decisions?

Back in January, Nicole Young tried to set the record straight about all the “she got fired” buzz. Turns out, she wasn’t kicked off Selling Sunset; production just hit pause on her filming schedule for a bit, apparently to cool things down after too much on-set chaos.

She admitted she wasn’t sure if coming back made sense, especially with what she called a double-standard circus happening behind the scenes. Still, she made it clear that the show doesn’t define her. Selling Sunset might be her job, but it’s definitely not her personality.

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Selling Sunset Season 9 is now streaming exclusively on Netflix.

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