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Gossip & Rumors: Denzel Washington Gets Candid About Past Drug

GOSSIP & RUMORS: Denzel Washington gets candid about past drug and alcohol use

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Denzel Washington is opening up about his past drug and alcohol use, admitting he’s β€œdone a lot of damage” to his body.

The Oscar winner, 69, has been sober for almost 10 years but got candid about his former vices in the Winter issue ofΒ Esquire.

Washington said his unhealthy habits started with wine.

Denzel Washington on Esquire’s winter issue. Norman Jean Roy

β€œWine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like,Β boom,Β all of a sudden,” he shared in the interview.

The β€œGladiator II” actor explained, β€œI never got strung out on heroin. Never got strung out on coke. Never got strung out on hard drugs. I shot dope just like they shot dope, but I never got strung out.

β€œAnd I never got strung out on liquor. I had this ideal idea of wine tastings and all that β€” which is what it was at first. And that’s a very subΒ­tle thing. I mean, I drank the best.”

Washington shared that he had a massive wine cellar in his home and often blew through thousands of dollars on pricey bottles.

Denzel has been sober for almost 10 years. Getty Images for Museum of Modern Art
He used to spend thousands of dollars on 2 bottles of wine. Norman Jean Roy

β€œI learned to drink the best. So I’m gonna drink my ’61s and my ’82s and whatever we had. Wine was my thing, and now I was popping $4,000 bottles just because that’s what was left,” he said.

β€œAnd then later in those years I’d call Gil Turner’s Fine Wines & Spirits on Sunset Boulevard and say, β€˜Send me two bottles, the best of this or that.’”

His wife, Pauletta, would often ask him why he’d only order two bottles at a time, to which he replied, β€œβ€˜Because if I order more, I’ll drink more.’ So I kept it to two bottles, and I would drink them both over the course of the day.”

He said he’s go through two bottle of wine in one day. Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
Denzel wouldn’t drink while he was filming or preparing for a role. PA Images/INSTARimages

Despite his frequent alcohol use, Washington said he wouldn’t indulge while filming.

β€œI never drank while I was working or preparing. I would clean up, go back to work β€” I could do both,” the actor explained.

β€œHowever many months of shooting,Β bang,Β it’s time to go. Then,Β boom.Β Three months of wine, then time to go back to work.”

The β€œGlory” star said he β€œwasn’t drinking” when he filmedΒ the 2012 drama β€œFlight,” in which he played an alcoholic pilot.

He stopped drinking after his 60th birthday. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Denzel’s new movie β€œGladiator II” hits theaters on Nov. 22. Getty Images for Paramount Pictures

β€œI’m sure I did as soon as I finished. That was getting toward the end of the drinking, but I knew a lot about waking up and looking around, not knowing what happened,” he toldΒ Esquire.

Washington quit drinking in Dec. 2014, shortly after his 60th birthday. Reflecting on his past, the actor admitted, β€œI’ve done a lot of damage to the body. We’ll see. I’ve been clean.”

He’ll turn 70 on Dec. 28 and acknowledged that β€œthis is the last chapter.”

Washington recently announced he would be retiring after his next batch of films.

β€œThings are opening up for me now β€” like being seventy. It’s real. And it’s okay,” he told the publication. β€œThis is the last chapter β€” if I get another thirty, what do I want to do? My mother made it to ninety-seven. I’m doing the best I can.”

Washington’s latest movie, β€œGladiator II,” hits theaters on Nov. 22.



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