Fardeen Khan reveals he stopped having alcohol and became sober in 2020: 'It was interfering with my life'
made his comeback on screen after many years with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Heeramandi'. The actor is now seen in 'Housefull 5' which also stars Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa among many others.
Apart from his on-screen appearances, Fardeen has also been in the news for his drastic weight transformation. In a recent interview, the actor has spoken about about his journey towards losing weight. He revealed that he also gave up on alcohol and is sober since 2020.
The actor said during a chat with Cyrus Broacha on his Youtube channel, "I knew I had to get in a certain shape. I was 102 or 103 kilos at my heaviest and not muscle — just good old body fat.
Last week I was 78 kgs. I lost 25 kgs."
Fardeen further added how he had to give up on alcohol. "I was at a stage where I just didn't feel myself. I became sober in 2020 and I stopped alcohol in one go. I needed to stop, it was interfering with my life. I took professional help to stop and it was the best decision I have made in my life. I started drinking at a very young so this was the first time the brain fog lifted."
Earlier, in an interview Fardeen had spoken about taking time off from movies as he was concentrating on his personal life. Him and his wife Natasha had moved to London and they were facing trouble having children. He said during a chat with Bollywood Hungama, "We were having challenges having children, and that's when we decided to take the IVF route. That's why I needed to take some time off. It wasn't meant to be this long.
I thought only for a few years… get everything settled, but things didn't happen that way. Then, when my daughter was born, my heart melted, and I thought, let's spend some time with her.'
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