The last few years have been quite the rollercoaster ride for Zac Efron. One one hand the former High School Musical managed to revive his career with a string of successful films. His name was branded about for several major projects including Star Wars Episode 7 and even the new Fox musical production of Grease. However, his hectic work life took a toll and it caused him turn to drugs and alcohol. Now Efron has finally opened up his issues with addiction as well as his Skid Row fight.
Zac Efron has finally opened up about his troubles with drug addiction, telling The Hollywood Reporter:
"I had done films back-to-back-to-back. I was burnt out. There was something lacking, some sort of hole that I couldn't really fill up. I was just so deep into my work, it was really the only thing I had. I mean, you're in your 20s, single, going through life in Hollywood, you know? Everything is thrown at you. I wouldn't take anything back; I needed to learn everything I did."
He went to further explain his actions, adding:
"No matter who you are, you face challenges growing up. You go with your things, you learn, you have to. It's impossible to lead an honest and fulfilling life as a man and not make mistakes and 'fess up to them when you need to. But it's especially humiliating when they happen to be so public and so scrutinized...When you have success young, and you accept the good things, you have to accept all of it. You have to accept the moments of glory but also a great responsibility. And that responsibility, to some degree, involves being a role model. At the same time, I'm a human being, and I've made a lot of mistakes. I've learned from each one."
Zac also went on to reveal the “truth” about his Skid Row fight:
“I had a friend come pick me up late at night--we were looking for a place downtown to get a bite and catch up. We were having trouble finding somewhere--a lot of places were closed--and the car ran out of gas off the 110. It was ridiculous. We had to pull over, and I called Uber...A homeless guy, or vagrant, tapped on the driver’s-side window. Before I knew it, he [the friend] was out of the car, and they started fighting. I saw that [the homeless man] was carrying some sort of a knife, or shank, and I got out of the car to disarm him. At some point, he dropped the knife, and I got hit pretty hard in the face--and almost instantly the police were there to break up the fight.”
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