John Stamos has confessed he downed a whole bottle of wine after being arrested on a DUI charge back in 2015 and he 'never sobered up' because it was easier to keep drinking than to face his problems
John Stamos "never sobered up" after his DUI arrest because it was easier to keep drinking than to face his problems.
The 60-year-old 'Full House' star has opened up about his battle with booze, confessing he downed a whole bottle of wine after being arrested on a DUI charge back in 2015 and he decided to carry on boozing to "forget" his personal issues.
He told PEOPLE: "When I did get the DUI … I came home from the hospital that night, I sat down, I drank a bottle of wine just to forget what just happened. And I never sobered up."
After his brush with the law, Stamos had to fly to Canada to film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' and he admits he carried on drinking throughout the shoot.
He explained: "When you sober up, you have to look at the ugly truth, so you keep drinking. So I was kind of just loosely buzzed through the shooting of that movie."
During a recent appearance on Mayim Bialik’s podcast 'Bialik Breakdown' podcast, Stamos admitted he'd hit rock bottom filming the movie but it took a while for him to admit he needed help.
He said: "That was bottom. But I didn’t get it and I just numbed myself for a few weeks after that. And when I came home, my sisters were like, ‘Okay, it’s time to go, we found this place.’ And I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m ready'."
Stamos headed to rehab in July 2015, and says he wanted to change because he "hated" the way he was acting.
He told Bialik: "I hated it. I really hated the way I felt, hated disappointing people, hated myself, hated looking in the mirror going, ‘This is not who my parents raised. What am I doing? Who is this idiot?’ I would be so embarrassed.
"I had everything growing up. I had a beautiful childhood. I had no excuse to [mess] my life up. And I did and it made me sick."
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
It’s been fourteen years since Toula Portokalos-Miller had her Big Fat Greek Wedding, but now...
How do you spoof a genre that's already a joke? Filmmakers David Wain and Michael...
Robert Axle is a wealthy infomercial master. However, when one of his latest inventions has...