Helen Mirren Admits To Past Cocaine Use
LONDON — Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is getting a lot of things off her chest in an interview with GQ magazine, including that she used to snort cocaine, smoke marijuana and shoplift when she was poor.
Mirren, 63, said that she “loved coke” when she was younger. She said that she “never did a lot, but a little bit at parties.”
“The Queen” Oscar winner said that she quit when she realized that Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie had been living off money made from selling cocaine.
Mirren also admitted that she would “shoplift for food” when she was young.
Because of her past, Mirren said that she’s still tight with money. She said that she still cuts her own hair and buys her glasses at a dollar store.