The belovedPrincess Diariesactress, thriving in her forties, said it’s a “milestone” that she has stayed sober for half a decade.
The 41-year-oldOscarwinner spoke about her sobriety when she was asked what she thinks about being “middle-aged” and how being forty years old is a milestone for people during an interview withThe New York Times.
“I don’t take it that seriously,” she told the outlet. “There are so many other things I identify as milestones. I don’t normally talk about it, but I am over five years sober. That feels like a milestone to me.”
Anne Hathaway said she’s been sober for five years and called it a “milestone”
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Calling herself a “semantic stickler,” theLes Misérablesactresshesitated to call her current phase of life “middle age.”
Anne, who shares two sons, Jonathan, 8, and Jack, 4, with her husband of 12 years, Adam Shulman, first spoke about hersobrietyduring an appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres Showin January 2019. She revealed that her son was the inspiration behind taking a step back from alcohol.
“I quit drinking back in October,” Anne told the former talk show host. “For 18 years. I’m going to stop drinking while my son’s living in my house because I don’t totally love the way I do it and he’s getting to the age where he really needs me all the time in the morning.”
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Later that same year,The Devil Wears Pradastar toldModern Luxurythat it wasn’t “a moralistic” choice to stop drinking.
“But, I just want to make this clear: Most people don’t have to do such an extreme thing,” she acknowledged. “I don’t think drinking is bad. It’s just the way I do it — which I personally think is really fun and awesome — is just not the kind of fun and awesome that goes with having a child for me. But this isn’t a moralistic stance.”
The Oscar winner said one of the reasons she quit drinking was because alcohol was like a “wallowing fuel” for her
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TheOcean’s 8ensemble member also spoke about her abstinence from alcohol while speaking toVanity Fairearlier this year.
“I knew deep down it wasn’t for me,” she said. “And it just felt so extreme to have to say, ‘But none?’ But none. If you’re allergic to something or have an anaphylactic reaction to something, you don’t argue with it. So I stopped arguing with it.”
Anne’s latest film,The Idea of You, is set to premiere on Prime Video on May 2. The film sees her portrayal of Solène, a divorced mother who unexpectedly finds herself in a romantic relationship with a significantly younger famous man.Linas Simonaitis
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