In a lot of ways, The Big Bang Theory followed in the footsteps of sitcom predecessor Friends, particularly in how its ensemble cast became global superstars, and will likely forever be associated with their apartment-dwelling characters. (Remember this reunion?) For Jim Parsons, it’s taken years to properly come to terms with his juggernaut-esque rise to fame, and recently addressed that it was a truly “miserable” time in his life, in part because of how stressed out he made himself on top of other woes.
Appearing on the podcast All Out with Jon Dean (available on YouTube and elsewhere), Parsons looked back at that time of his life and career with fresh eye, and admitted that while it may have looked like heaven from the outside, it was anything but from within. After noting that he stayed sober throughout the first nine seasons of The Big Bang Theory’s, he made this observation:
