Bella Hadid is dry – these celebrities also do without alcohol

As of March 21, 2023, 3:58 p.m

Bella Hadid popped the corks in Las Vegas over the weekend – without any alcohol. The top model celebrated a very special milestone in the desert city: Bella Hadid has been dry for five months. These celebrities also managed to say goodbye to the high-proof.

Beautiful, rich, successful and popular with millions of fans: Bella Hadid seems to have everything on the surface. But a career in the fashion business also has its downsides. Again and again, the US model shows its more than 58 million Instagram followers how difficult it is to bear fame. Bella Hadid has struggled with mental issues since she was a teenager. She repeatedly tried to numb her grief with alcohol. But that’s over now, the model is now dry – and that’s a reason to celebrate.

Bella Hadid: The model was really that bad

A life in the fast lane? Yes, but not free of ups and downs: Bella Hadid confessed to the “Wall Street Journal” in early 2022 that she had cried almost every day and night for the past few years. Since his school days, the model has struggled with depression and panic attacks. The Corona years have increased the mental problems. “I’ve had bad periods of depression. […] I was in excruciating, debilitating mental and physical pain.”

Life in the fashion scene also added to Bella Hadid: a lot of travel, no fixed working hours, last-minute changes to plans, a lot of time alone. For 2022, Bella Hadid therefore decided to pay more attention to her health again and to integrate firmer routines into her everyday life.

A resolution: no more alcohol Because high-proof drinks made Bella Hadid’s panic attacks worse, as she told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. However, Bella Hadid did not speak about how much and how regularly she consumed alcohol.

Finally dry: Bella Hadid celebrates a life without alcohol

A few months later, Bella Hadid is now happily abstinent on Instagram and TikTok. In several posts, the model shows up partying in Las Vegas – without any drinks. Under the posts she writes: “Five months alcohol-free.”

It didn’t seem difficult for her to give up. She told InStyle, “I don’t feel the need to drink because I know how it’s going to affect me at 3 a.m. waking up with terrible anxiety.”

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Dry Hollywood: No to drinks, shots and cocktails

Bella Hadid isn’t the only celebrity who has stopped touching a drop of alcohol. These stars also opted for an alcohol-free lifestyle:

Drew Barrymore

She is probably one of the most famous ex-drinkers in Hollywood: Drew Barrymore. At just eleven months old, the actress first appeared in front of the camera for a dog food commercial. At the age of seven, she was already world famous – thanks to her role in Steven Spielberg’s cult film “ET”.

Even as a child, Drew Barrymore was a welcome – and regular – guest at glamorous Hollywood parties, as she wrote in her autobiography Little Girl Lost. The child star got drunk for the first time at Rob Lowe’s birthday party when she was nine, smoked her first joint when she was ten and snorted cocaine for the first time when she was twelve. That same year, Barrymore ended up in rehab for the first time.

For many years, Drew Barrymore was sober until, after her separation from husband Will Kopelman in 2016, she turned to alcohol again, as she reported in an interview with “The Los Angeles Times”. But Drew has now been dry for more than three years, as she said on her “Drew Barrymore Show”.

Drew Barrymore with her mother in 1983. A year later she got drunk for the first time.
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Robert Downey Jr.

The alcohol almost ruined him – revealed actor Robert Downey Jr. 2014 in an interview with “Vanity Fair”.

Like Drew Barrymore, Robert Downey Jr. grew up in an unconventional home in New York’s bohemian Greenwich Village. There he came into contact with drugs and alcohol at an early age. At the age of six he smoked his first joint with his father. In his book The New Breed, Robert Downey Jr. explained that drugs were the only way he got close to his father.

The celebrity struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for years. The actor was sentenced to prison for his illegal drug use. After several withdrawal therapies, Robert Downey Jr. has been sober since 2003.

Robert Downey Jr. has been sober for 20 years.
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Elton John

Music legend Elton John has been sober since July 30, 1990. The singer celebrates this very special anniversary together with his closest friends and family every year, as he revealed to his fans on Twitter. “If I hadn’t finally taken the big step of asking for help 30 years ago, I would be dead. I thank from the bottom of my heart all the people who have inspired and supported me along the way.”

Elton John hasn’t touched alcohol in more than 30 years. He used his experience and also helped other stars (e.g. Robbie Williams) out of alcohol addiction.
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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has been alcohol-free since splitting from Angelina Jolie. His new favorites now include cranberry juice with sparkling water. The actor spoke to Britain’s GQ about his alcohol addiction. His heavy drinking had already started when he was a student. Since then, practically not a day has gone by without him drinking.

Today, the Hollywood star admits that his alcohol addiction was probably one of the reasons why his marriage to fellow actress Angelina Jolie fell apart.

A day without alcohol was not possible for Brad Pitt for many years.
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Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes kept her addiction a secret for years. In February 2008, however, the actress admitted herself to the rehab clinic “Cirque Lodge” in the US state of Utah. She left the clinic two months later and has not touched alcohol or other drugs since.

When a reporter for Interview magazine joked about alcohol addiction among celebrities, Ryan Gosling’s wife got really uncomfortable. The journalist joked that “Alcoholics Anonymous” now had to be called “Alcoholics Unanonymous” because more and more well-known actors were admitting to their addiction. Eva Mendes didn’t find that funny at all: “I don’t joke about it because there are people who die from alcohol abuse. Well, to be honest, I find it pretty tasteless that they joke about it.”

Eva Mendes kept her alcohol addiction a secret for a long time.
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Kate Moss

Fittings, photo shoots, catwalks, travel, parties – Kate Moss has been in this hamster wheel for two decades. In addition to her career as a model, the Brit was best known for her rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle off the catwalk. Alcohol played a big part in that. The British yellow press even gave her the nickname “The Tank” because of her drinking habits.

According to Kate Moss, she has completely abstained from alcohol since 2017. Insiders told the Daily Mail and the Sun that her lifestyle had completely changed. She now relies on detox cures, sports and meditation.

Wild 90s: The former party and it girl Kate Moss has not touched alcohol since 2017.
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Naomi Campbell

Model colleague and friend Naomi Campbell also had alcohol and drug addiction at the beginning of her career. The model has managed to leave alcohol behind through Alcoholics Anonymous. “I drank too much alcohol and went to Alcoholics Anonymous to get sober – and stay so,” Namoi Campbell told InTouch in 2010. “Everyone knows what I’ve been through. I’m human, I make mistakes. But I’m over it! I’m not proud of what I’ve done. But I’ve had help and I’m still working on it. That is the most important.”

Namoi Campbell told Life & Style magazine: “Not drinking makes me a lot happier.”
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Jennifer Lopez

Your appearance is extremely important to Jennifer Lopez – that’s why the singer and actress does not drink alcohol. In an interview with InStyle, she revealed, “I think it ruins the face.”

At celebrations, she still toasts with an alcoholic drink from time to time – but would only take a very small sip.

Abstinence for Beauty: JLo abstains from drinking and smoking due to the bad effects it has on her skin.
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