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George Clooney Makes Frank Confession About His Past Drug Use

The Hollywood star has few regrets about experimenting with drugs in the 80s.

George Clooney admitted he used to be a frequent drug user back in the 1980s, but said his dalliances with narcotics were “never a big deal” for him. “Eighty-two, I tried—I did blow and stuff,” the star told Esquire on Monday. “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.” He continued, “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–king bad.’” He added, “Plus, it was all cut with mannitol—the baby laxative. Everybody would do a line and then take a s--t.” Clooney also admitted that marijuana was “not my drug,” and recalled a time he got too high from eating pot brownies while watching The Wizard of Oz synced up with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album. “We were f--ked,” he said. “I literally—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! Like the sun was coming up and we’re—it’s just not my drug.”