George Clooney Admits to Drug Use in the '80s but Says 'It Was Never a Big Issue for Me at All' Bailey RichardsOctober 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM 0 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty George Clooney in 1985 George Clooney opened up about his past experiences with drugs in an interview published Oct.
- - George Clooney Admits to Drug Use in the '80s but Says 'It Was Never a Big Issue for Me at All'
Bailey RichardsOctober 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
0
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
George Clooney in 1985 -
George Clooney opened up about his past experiences with drugs in an interview published Oct. 6
The Oscar winner reflected on trying "blow and stuff" in the '80s and more recently, taking weed brownies
"I used to make jokes about how I did too many drugs, but the truth is, it was never a big issue for me at all," said Clooney
George Clooney is getting candid about his partying days.
The Oscar winner, 64, revealed in a new Esquire interview, published Oct. 6, that he "did blow and stuff" as a burgeoning actor in Los Angeles in the 1980s — though he says drugs were "never a big issue" for him.
"Eighty-two, I tried — I did blow and stuff," he told the magazine. "I used to make jokes about how I did too many drugs, but the truth is, it was never a big issue for me at all."
"And look, there was an episode of Taxi where they're all doing blow. At the time, it was like, No, this is not like heroin. It's not addictive. But then it was like, Oh, well, it's actually pretty f------ bad," the star continued. "Plus, it was all cut with mannitol. The baby laxative. Everybody would do a line and then take a s---."
Marijuana, meanwhile, is "not my drug," the Jay Kelly actor told the magazine, and recounted a story when he got high about 15 years ago. Clooney took some weed brownies with friends to watch The Wizard of Oz soundtracked by Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, he recalled, "and we were f---ed."
Nicky J Sims/Getty
George Clooney in June 2025
"I literal — I think all of us — there was like twenty of us in the screening room, and the movie ended, and we sat there without speaking for, like, hours. Hours!" he told Esquire. "Like the sun was coming up and we're — it's just not my drug."
Clooney also reflected on his past and current alcohol use in the interview.
"I've had periods where, I wouldn't say it was a problem — I never woke up and drank or anything," he told Esquire. "But," he admitted, "I'd have runs where I'd get pretty toasty every night."
He recently went sober — or near-sober, with the exception of a single glass of wine some Sundays — during his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, Clooney told Esquire. But after the 2025 Tony Awards, his dry period ended with a bang, he revealed.
At the June 8 award show — the play opened in April — Clooney was up for a Tony for his performance as journalist Edward R. Murrow, which ultimately went to Oh, Mary!'s Cole Escola.
After the ceremony, he got drunk — like, really drunk.
Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
George Clooney in 'The Facts of Life' in the 1980s
"I got blasted," he admitted to Esquire. "Barely-walking drunk, you know?"
That night, he recalled, he "came home with [wife] Amal, and I was just laughing. We're lying in bed, and I go, Well, I caught up for all my abstinence in one night. I was sick all day the next day; it was hysterical."
"I was like high school drunk," he added. "Like dumbass drunk."
— sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Clooney is now starring in Jay Kelly, which is written and directed by Noah Baumbach, and also stars Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Billy Crudup.
The Netflix film, per an official tagline, "follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced to confront the choices they've made, the relationships with their loved ones, and the legacies they'll leave behind."
Jay Kelly is in select theaters Nov. 14, then streaming on Netflix Dec. 5.
on People
Source: "AOL Entertainment"
Source: ERIUS MAG
Full Article on Source: ERIUS MAG
#LALifestyle #USCelebrities