Luxurious and colorful life, admiration of fans, longing for the look of camera flash… It seems that celebrities are really lucky, because such a colorful life can only be dreamed of. However, not everything is so rosy. Popularity often becomes a heavy burden that not everyone can bear. Celebrities are also trying to find solace and a way to escape from reality in drug use. World-famous drug addicts… Who are they? Let's find out.
Lindsay Lohan
Red-haired Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan started her career brilliantly. At the age of 12, she landed the lead role in the mischievous and touching comedy The Parent Trap. Subsequently, Lindsey became the most adored idol of teenagers. "Mean Girls", "Freaky Friday", "Crazy Racing" - youth films with Lohan as the leading actress came out one by one.
However, inIn 2007, the starlet's fruitful career went downhill. Divorce of parents, failures in personal life, huge fees for which one could afford anything. This led Lohan to a wild lifestyle. At first, the girl became addicted to alcohol, but then she began to use something stronger - cocaine. She proved by her own example that "stars" and "drug addicts" are, alas, quite compatible concepts.
A dangerous hobby led the girl to prison. Lohan has been repeatedly arrested for drunk driving. Lindsey, who has become a regular patient of rehabilitation clinics, to this day cannot eradicate the addiction that wears her body out. "Drug addiction is a disease that, unfortunately, does not go away overnight," the star concluded woefully.
Lady Gaga
So, drug addicts among the stars are not a rare phenomenon. In 2011, Lady Gaga made a frank confession about the past. The extraordinary pop diva found the strength to talk about the fact that some time ago she smoked marijuana in order to find lost inspiration. In her youth, the singer decided that she needed new sensations. At first, Gaga believed that drug use was a whim that one could afford. Nevertheless, smoking marijuana had a very negative impact on the he alth of the vocalist. She overcame a nascent addiction and urges fans to never try drugs. Thanks to the star's generous donations, drug addicts in the US are receiving financial support during treatment.
Zac Efron
Disney's "prince" Zac Efron has always seemed to the public the exemplary young man that any girl's mother would want as a son-in-law. But in 2013, the actor's fans and ordinary observers gasped when they saw the news in the media that Efron had become a patient in a rehabilitation clinic. It turned out that the guy was seriously addicted to alcohol and drugs, and especially ecstasy. Five months Zak was treated by the best doctors and got off schedule. However, the actor managed to overcome the black streak - the comedy "Baywatch" will be released from day to day, where he plays the main role.
Sting
The genteel Briton Sting looks like a real gentleman. However, the performer of hits Desert Rose and Shape Of My Heart has his own "skeleton in the closet". After leaving the Police in 1984, at the peak of his fame, the singer went into all serious trouble and began to regularly use drugs and alcohol. Sting's temper grew violent and his addiction deepened.
Kept the musician from falling into the abyss of his beloved Trudy Styler. She literally forced her future husband to pull herself together and undergo a thorough rehabilitation course. This saved Sting - he soon got to his feet and returned to the stage. Despite the difficult past, the singer, on the contrary, is convinced that the prohibition of drugs leads people to such a passionate pursuit of them. In 2010, this world-famous musician called on the British authorities to legalize marijuana and send the proceeds from its sale tothe benefit of society.
Shura
Russian drug addict stars are also not uncommon. The owner of a recognizable appearance and vocals, Shura was the king of the charts in the late nineties. The whole country sang: "Do not believe in tears, everything will return …", but after a while the stage was occupied by new idols. Shura's popularity began to fade, which could not but affect the emotional state of the musician. He plunged headlong into depression, and tried to forget himself with the help of drugs, which he took for three years. Subsequently, Shura admitted that he could not resist the temptation to try what other Russian stars sinned. He left the ranks of drug addicts thanks to the help of professional doctors and his own willpower.
Ksenia Sobchak
In 2009, shocking TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak confessed to "an affair with cocaine". Without prejudice, the socialite in one of the interviews shared with her interlocutor the scandalous details of her youth. Showwoman stated that she snorted cocaine, but she did not become addicted. The girl also added that she is sincerely perplexed when some Russian drug addict stars claim that they never allowed themselves too much. In her opinion, it is necessary to be honest with the public. At the moment, Sobchak is an exemplary wife and young mother, and all her addictions have sunk into oblivion.
Dana Borisova
The news that some domestic show business stars are drug addicts is a shock to the public. April 2017year, the mother of TV presenter Dana Borisova decided to publicly talk about her grief. On the air of the highest-rated show "Let them talk," she asked for help for her daughter, who, as it turned out, was suffering from drug addiction. Andrey Malakhov and several friends of Dana organized her immediate hospitalization. Now the girl is undergoing a thorough course of treatment in Thailand and is on the mend.
Andrey Lysikov
Unusual musician Andrei Lysikov, performing under the pseudonym "Dolphin", also fell into the seductive trap of drugs. He sniffed heroin and was sure that this was nothing more than pampering. Once a close friend visited the singer. Indignantly, he declared that he would sacrifice many years of friendship if Lysikov did not pull himself together and give up drugs. Then the musician decided that it was time to stop. After going on a long tour, he stayed away from heroin for two weeks. The first step helped him jump off the drug "hook". "A month later, I realized at the bottom of which hole I was lying," the singer commented on the past.
Vlad Topalov
Sweet-voiced Vlad Topalov became the hero of girlish dreams as part of the Smash boy band. But in 2004, the group broke up, and the singer was never able to maintain its former popularity and achieve new heights. The reason for this fiasco was drugs. It all started with indulging in illegal drugs with friends on one of the usual evenings. It seemed that trying once was not scary, but the narcoticthe abyss quickly dragged the young singer. He took 10-15 ecstasy pills in one night, and then switched to cocaine.
In 2007, in the program "Man and the Law", Topalov publicly stated that he had been a drug addict for four years now. Dangerous addiction led to serious he alth problems. In 2008, 23-year-old Vlad, whose physical form seemed to be in its prime, had a kidney failure. Drugs became his passion, and relationships with loved ones reached a crisis. Topalov quarreled with his father to the nines. The fatal addiction led the musician to the fact that he could no longer follow the usual schedule. This, among other things, was the reason for the collapse of the super-popular duo.
Now the singer is on his feet. "There is an opportunity to choose a new life and live it the way you always dreamed of," the current Vlad Topalov says optimistically.
So, there are drug addict stars in Russia and abroad. Someone emerged victorious from a grueling battle with drugs and managed to stay on the Olympus of fame, while someone remained a forgotten celebrity with an irrevocably vilified reputation.
