Jamie Dornan has revealed he quit drinking for part of 2020, as he began ‘doing it all the time’ during lockdown and his wife Amelia Warner has stopped.
The Fifty Shades of Grey actor, 38, interviewed his friend, Bono’s daughter Eve Hewson in the Winter 2020 issue of Wonderland Magazine, during which he shed some light on his own life at the moment.
Revealing that his wife, who he wed in 2013, was ‘off the booze’, he explained that he had decided to quit ‘for the craic’ and to show support.
Stopped: Jamie Dornan has revealed he quit drinking for part of 2020, as he began ‘doing it all the time’ during lockdown and his wife Amelia Warner has stopped
Eve and Jamie starred together in Robin Hood in 2018, where he played Will Scartlet and she played Lady Marian, and in the interview, Jamie spoke of his lockdown life.
He said: ‘I have decided not to drink for the rest of the year. I’m on day 5 – I know, I look so good – but I am trying not to just for the craic. After his confession, Eve then queried: ‘What’s the point of not drinking?’
Jamie went on: ‘That’s something I am asking myself! Because my wife is not really drinking, Millie’s been off the booze for a while actually…
‘So it’s kind of to support that a wee bit. It’s just you get into such a thing of doing it all the time particularly in lockdown’.
Together: Revealing that his wife, who he wed in 2013, was ‘off the booze’, he explained that he had decided to quit ‘for the craic’ and to show support
Jamie and Amelia are parents to Dulcie, seven, Elva, four, and Alberta, 21 months.
Last year, Jamie spoke about his alcohol abuse, as he detailed how he battled depression and turned to alcohol after the tragic deaths of his mother and four friends in the space of one year.
He just 16 when his mother Lorna died from pancreatic cancer in 1998, with the star enduring further tragedy when four of his friends died in a car crash one year later.
Speaking to Jay Rayner on his podcast, Out To Lunch With.., the Fifty Shades of Grey star admitted he is ‘still dealing with both’ tragedies two decades later.
What’s the point? He said: ‘I have decided not to drink for the rest of the year. I’m on day 5 – I know, I look so good – but I am trying not to just for the craic. After his confession, Eve then queried: ‘What’s the point of not drinking?’
He said: ‘Yeah my mum died when I was 16 that was obviously a life-altering, insane, horrendous thing to happen. Then four of my mates killed themselves in a car crash when I was 17.
‘I had a very rough couple of years that I guess I’m still dealing with both of [those] things today, every day.’
Jamie said that he had turned to alcohol to deal with the heartbreak he had suffered.
Starring role: Eve and Jamie starred together in Robin Hood in 2018, where he played Will Scartlet and she played Lady Marian, and in the interview, Jamie, 38, asked the actress, 29, about her famous father and her lockdown life in Ireland with her family
Wonderland’s Winter 2020 edition is available now at wonderlandshop.com
He continued: ‘But I guess they were very acute still then, and I drank a lot of everything but I had this summer where I’d go out a lot, drink, not really achieve anything.’
The star said he hadn’t realised he was dealing with depression until it was pointed out in a job interview.
He said: ‘I had a summer, I dropped out of university and I was doing a marketing degree and no interest in any aspect of marketing, and I thought “Well f**k this, I’m going to leave.”‘
‘I remember having this idea that I wanted to change and I knew I wasn’t on the right path and I needed to do something else, and I got into an interview once and I was explaining what I got up to that summer, and the interviewer goes “So you’re depressed” and I was like “Oh s**t yeah”.’
‘I’d never seen it that way but I must have been depressed.’
Wonderland’s Winter 2020 edition is available now at wonderlandshop.com