George Clooney admits to previous drug use however says ‘it was by no means an enormous challenge for me in any respect’

George Clooney has opened up about his previous drug use, revealing that he had experimented with narcotics as a younger actor in Hollywood again within the Nineteen Eighties.

The Oscar winner, 64, revealed to Esquire Monday that he “did blow and stuff” within the early days of his silver display screen profession, however insisted that his experimentation with medicine was “by no means an enormous challenge” for him.

“Eighty-two, I attempted — I did blow and stuff,” he informed the outlet “I used to make jokes about how I did too many medicine, however the fact is, it was by no means an enormous challenge for me in any respect.”

“And look, there was an episode of Taxi the place they’re all doing blow. On the time, it was like, No, this isn’t like heroin. It’s not addictive. However then it was like, Oh, nicely, it’s really fairly f–king unhealthy,” he went on.

“Plus, it was all lower with mannitol. The infant laxative. Everyone would do a line after which take a s–t.”

Clooney admitted that marijuana was “not my drug” as he recalled a specific expertise he had with weed over a decade in the past.

The “Gravity” actor revealed that he ate some weed brownies with friends whereas watching “The Wizard of Oz” soundtracked by Pink Floyd’s “Darkish Aspect of the Moon.”

“We have been f–ked,” he candidly mentioned. “I literal — I believe all of us — there was like twenty of us within the screening room, and the film ended, and we sat there with out talking for, like, hours. Hours!”

“Just like the solar was arising and we’re — it’s simply not my drug.”

The daddy of two additionally opened up about his relationship with alcohol, telling the outlet that he typically walked a high-quality line when it got here to booze.

“I’ve had durations the place, I wouldn’t say it was an issue — I by no means awoke and drank or something,” he mentioned. “However I’d have runs the place I’d get fairly toasty each night time.”

The “Good Night time, and Good Luck” star lately ditched the booze altogether throughout his three-month run on Broadway — aside from the odd glass of wine on some Sundays.

However his booze-free interval got here to a screeching halt after the 2025 Tony Awards again in June.

“I bought blasted,” he recalled. “Barely-walking drunk, ?”

That night time, the actor mentioned he “got here house with [wife] Amal, and I used to be simply laughing. We’re mendacity in mattress, and I am going, Effectively, I caught up for all my abstinence in a single night time. I used to be sick all day the subsequent day; it was hysterical.”

“I used to be like highschool drunk. Like dumbass drunk,” he quipped.