21 Celebrities Who Struggled With Depression

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18. RUSSELL BRAND

Russell Brand is a famous and somewhat controversial English actor, comedian, radio personality, and activist. He first rose to prominence in 2004 when he appeared in a spin-off of Big Brother, called Big Brother’s Big Mouth. International fame came with Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, followed by Get Him to the Greek two years later.

Brand is also famous for his many controversies, as well as alcohol and substance abuse and promiscuity, which is something he often talks about in his comedy routines. His problems started when he was still a young boy. He suffered from an eating disorder and had a period of severe binging and purging. He later began inflicting self-harm (cutting himself) and developed a serious alcohol and drug problem. Brand was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder and attention-deficit disorder and started treatment for these disorders and his addictions. He got clean in 2002 and celebrated 10 years of sobriety in 2012.

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