Barry Keoghan 32, opened during an interview with the Hollywood Authentic and told the mother’s death for the first time – caused by a heroin overdose – and also about the Your own drug addiction .
For the publication, the actor said that his grandmother lost three children to the drugs, one of them being his mother. Keoghan was only 12 years old at the time “I remember when I was a child, and my brothers and I heard our mother screaming, asking for us as I fought against addiction. While trying to make money to keep up,” he lamented.
Remembering his mother’s death, the actor also opened on losing his father, even though he had no good relationship with him. “My father died for something similar and I lost my mother to addiction. I lost two uncles and a cousin for the drugs. ‘If I get in that, I’m screwed!’ ”
Keoghan also told the publication that he has been involved with drugs, and deals with addiction to this day. “I’m not in denial. I understand that I have an addiction. I am addicted. When you accept this, you can finally move on and learn from the situation, ”he said.“ But curiosity is very powerful. For me, it was extremely harmful […] There is a lot of pressure [em Hollywood]and this is good and bad at the same time. When you realize, it’s already within this world. ”
The actor confessed that, despite a constant battle, is dealing better with addiction . He is the father of Brando, 2, of his relationship with Alyson Kierans. “I have scars that show the result of my addiction. I am at peace now and I am responsible for my life. I accept this. Today I am a father, and that cloud that once covered my life began to dissipate and I can see the most colorful things,” he confessed.
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This content was originally published in Barry Keoghan opens on mourning and drug addiction: “I’m not in denial” on CNN Brazil.
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