A 2009 article from Reader’s Digest revealed that the star of “Scream Queens” was not only recovering from addiction to painkillers but also from alcoholism. Similarly, Colin Farrell faced addiction to recreational drugs and painkillers due to a prescription related to a back injury, leading him to enter a treatment facility in 2005 for exhaustion and dependency, as confirmed by his publicist in a People Magazine report.
In a 2008 interview with Jonathan Ross, Farrell candidly shared how his addiction to drugs and alcohol had caused him to forget almost a decade of his life. He confessed to a challenging 16-year period of being either drunk or high but acknowledged that he was fortunate to have survived. Fast forward to 2022, both Curtis and Farrell are now sober, leading successful lives in their respective careers.
During a conversation between Curtis and Farrell in Variety’s Actors on Actors, the discussion turned to their legacies as artists. Curtis emphasized the significance of sobriety as her legacy, aiming to break the generational issue of alcoholism in her biological family. Farrell supported this perspective, highlighting the commonality of the human condition in all individuals, regardless of external circumstances.
Variety reported that alcohol and substance abuse ran in Curtis’s family, with her father becoming addicted, and her brother Nicholas succumbing to an overdose. Farrell, echoing Curtis’s sentiments, spoke emotionally about his journey to sobriety, describing it as a spiritual recovery from a “spiritual malady” that he had indulged for years. He expressed gratitude for breaking free from that cycle and considered himself fortunate to have done so.
