Las drugs and the alcohol they have become a seemingly recurring option in an industry as big as Hollywood. Lack of control, money and parties have led over time to consume, and Robert Downey Jr. He has been one of those affected, seeing this world practically since his childhood due to the addictions of his father, Robert Downey Sr..
The interpreter of ‘Iron Man’ has confessed on several occasions how he has led his life regarding the consumption of drugs and alcohol, which he also led during his relationship with Sarah Jessica Parkerwith whom he had a seven year romancesince 1984, when they coincided in ‘Firstborn’, and until 1991.
In fact, the actress has opened up about that time in an interview for ‘The New Yorker’, confessing how he felt during those years of relationship with Downey Jr. and how he dealt with his addictions. And it is that she herself has admitted that He did not use drugs and hardly drank at that time since he did not see it as “necessary”.
Sarah Jessica Parker admits that she came to feel like a mother to the actor despite the fact that she was only 22 years old at the time: “People around him used to treat me with disdain, but I gave him stability and tried to keep a steady heartbeat that would allow him to get to places on time. That made me angry and ashamed”.
And it is that everything ended with their breakup in 1991, when Sarah dedicated a few words to him that are already part of the memory, noting that “I will pray that you do not die.” After that, the interpreter was arrested on several occasions and came to spend six months in prison in 1997, and a year in 1999. After many years and a lot of work, the actor managed to rehabilitate himself.
