In a new profile in GQ, Lakeith Stanfield spoke openly about what can be seen as a turning point in his stardom, the controversies he’s been embroiled in throughout the past year, and what to expect from the new season of Atlanta. But Stanfield was most vulnerable in talking about his decision to get sober — and how iconic actress Jamie Lee Curtis helped him in the process.
Last year, Stanfield, a breakout star from Atlanta who was nominated for an Oscar last year for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah, posted on Instagram about the “crippling anxiety” he was facing while filming the Netflix western The Harder They Fall. It turns out, he reveals in the profile, he was coming to terms around that time with alcohol addiction. He recalls experiencing the “onset of alcohol withdrawal. I had become completely dependent upon it. To the point where I wasn’t able to move or function a whole day without having it.”
