It’s unusual for a celebrity to hit rock bottom, go to rehab, make a full recovery and come out ok on the other side without us reading about it every step of the way. But somehow Colin Farrell managed to keep his mental and spiritual collapse after filming Miami Vice his personal business. Until now. Last week he opened up on a BBC talk show about being “fairly drunk and high for 16 years.”

“So much of the work that I did I was struggling so hard to keep my shit together. A lot of my energy was going into trying not to have a complete meltdown. By the end of Miami Vice I was just done. I had created an environment for myself, a way of living for myself which, on the outside, seemed incredibly gregarious and vivacious. I don’t believe I have any chemical predisposition towards depression, but let’s just say I was suffering from a spiritual malady for years and I indulged it.”

Discussion about his addiction begins around 3:30 …

This indulgent time also included the filming of Colin’s now infamous sex tape with then girlfriend Nicole Narain. “An expensive 14 minutes, that one… It seemed like a good idea at the time.The man in charge said I hope you’ve learned your lesson Mr Farrell and I said ‘absolutely, next time I’ll take the tape with me’. I think I was high.”

And here Colin dishes on the sex tape…

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