There will always be a certain level of stigma surrounding any type of drug use in Hollywood and many celebrities are really careful about discussing drug use openly as a result. There are some stars, however, who don’t care about the repercussions and go right ahead discuss this taboo subject openly. Here are 15 shocking celebrity drug confessions!
15. Lindsay Lohan
Considering that Lindsay Lohan has been caught with cocaine in the past, it shouldn’t be surprising that she has finally admitted to using the drug. “[Cocaine] allowed me to drink more. I think that’s why I did it when I did it. It was a party thing,” the troubled starlet said.
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14. Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie was pretty reckless when she was younger. She enjoyed using drugs and she feels no shame in admitting it. “I took just every drug possible – coke, ecstasy, heroin, everything,” the Oscar-winning actress said.
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13. George Clooney
Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor has admitted to sampling cocaine. “I didn’t have an issue with it. I’m not a big druggie, not at all. Blow is absolutely a nonstarter,” he said.
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12. Adam Levine
Adam Levin enjoyed his experience with hallucinogenic drugs. “I definitely, firmly believe that the experience I had on mushrooms made me understand certain things about myself that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise. What I took away from that experience was valuable and beneficial to me. It really forced me to look at myself.”
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11. Miley Cyrus
When it comes to drugs, Miley Cyrus has no problem admitting that she is a fan. “Hollywood is a coke town, but weed is so much better. And Molly, too. Those are happy drugs – social drugs. They make you want to be with friends. You’re out in the open. You’re not in a bathroom,” the attention-seeking star said.
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10. Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham has admitted that she has tried cocaine. “I tried coke, but was a total failure. I snorted a little bit, then always sneezed. It was sadder than having not tried drugs, in that I tried drugs and failed at trying drugs,” the “Girls” star said.
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9. Seth Rogen
It is no secret that Seth Rogen loves smoking marijuana. “When I was promoting ‘Green Hornet,’ Sony asked me to not tell too many weed stories. And I said, ‘I don’t think I’m capable of doing that.’ It’s kind of the only thing I can talk about. I’ll admit to smoking weed all the time but I’ll never admit to being stoned,” the “Pineapple Express” actor said.
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8. Demi Lovato
“The X Factor” judge has been very open about her drug use. She has admitted that she couldn’t go more than 30 minutes without cocaine, which meant that she had to bring it with her when she traveled. “I would smuggle it basically, and just wait until everyone in first class would go to sleep, and I would do it right there,” she said.
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7. Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg has publicly admitted that she used to be a drug addict. “Having been a drug addict, I feel I can say this… I was a functioning drug addict, I showed up for work because I knew a lot of people would be out of work and I wouldn’t get a check that I needed to buy my drugs,” the Oscar-winning actress said.
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6. Sienna Miller
When she was promoting the film “Factory Girl,” Sienna Miller openly discussed her love of drugs. While she admitted that mushrooms were her “drug of choice,” she also confessed to experimenting with morphine to “feel what heroin was like.”
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5. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey has admitted to smoking cocaine in her early twenties with a man she was romantically involved with. “I always felt that the drug itself is not the problem but that I was addicted to the man. I can’t think of anything I wouldn’t have done for that man,” she said.
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4. Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie has always been pretty open about her drug use. According to the reality TV star, she began smoking marijuana at the age of 13, progressed to cocaine a year later and was injecting heroin at the age of 19. “I was like a trash can, I took everything,” she said of her drug use.
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3. Lady Gaga
Before she was famous, Lady Gaga used to do a lot of cocaine. “I used to do bags and bags of it. Mostly when I was getting ready to go out, while I was putting on my makeup. I’d get a delivery and then put on some Bowie and treat myself in the mirror. But I only ever did it alone. That was my one rule.”
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2. Fergie
Fergie started using drugs while she was with the girl group “Wild Orchard” and it only escalated from there. “I got into a scene. I started going out and taking ecstasy. From ecstasy, it went to crystal meth. With any drugs, everything is great at the beginning, and then slowly your life starts to spiral down. I was 90 pounds at one point.”
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1. Jennifer Aniston
The “Friends” star told Rolling Stone magazine that she enjoys smoking marijuana. “I enjoy it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that. Everything in moderation. I wouldn’t call myself a pot-head.”