US EditionBarry Keoghan Details Addiction Battle After Deaths of His Parents
- Irish actor Barry Keoghan publicly shared his struggle with addiction and family losses in a May 1, 2025, interview with Hollywood Authentic.
- Keoghan’s addiction followed witnessing his mother’s heroin battle and death when he was 12, and losing his father, two uncles, and a cousin to drug-related causes.
- He recalled hearing his mother scream through the letterbox asking for money to buy drugs while being told to stay in bed, which intensified his own curiosity about narcotics.
- Keoghan stated, “I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict,” adding acceptance helps him move on and learn to work with it.
- After being sent to rehab by his driver during a low point, Keoghan feels present and responsible, and acknowledges scars from drug use as proof of his battle.
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Barry Keoghan: 'I'm an addict' - Entertainment News
Barry Keoghan says he's an addict. The 32-year-old actor - who tragically lost his mother to heroin addiction 20 years ago - opened up in a new interview where he revealed he has accepted that he is also an addict but he is determined to 'move on and learn to work with it'. Speaking to Hollywood A...
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The Independent (US)Barry Keoghan makes confession about addiction as he discussed mom’s heroin struggles
Keoghan revealed his mother died when he was 12 years old
Barry Keoghan Reveals His Addictions and Relates How His Mother Died From Heroin: “I Am No Longer in Denial”
A decade ago, Irishman Barry Keoghan, 32 years old, began to sneak into the screens thanks to series and films, from Dunkirk to Chernobyl. But in the last couple of years his popularity has grown thanks to Almas in pain of Inisherin (who gave him an Oscar nomination), to his star appearance in the movie Saltburn, his choice as Ringo Starr in the next great biopic of the Beatles and also to personal motives, such as his already finished sentiment…
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