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Tom Holland makes sad admission about nearly breaking sobriety due to 'animosity' he experienced on a TV set

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Published 17:23 5 Jan 2025 GMT

Tom Holland makes sad admission about nearly breaking sobriety due to 'animosity' he experienced on a TV set

"There was quite a lot of animosity on that set. It was not a very harmonious place."

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

Tom Holland has revealed that on-set 'animosity' on a TV show he worked on led him to consider breaking his sobriety.

Spider-Man star Holland, 28, has become a well-known advocate over the past couple of years for the sober movement, even going as far as to launch his own non-alcoholic beer brand BERO last year.

To mark three years since he made the decision to cut out alcohol while doing Dry January, Holland has opened up on how his relationship with booze has changed in a new interview and revealed the one project with made him consider drinking again.

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Tom Holland has made a sad admission about his sobriety journey (Euan Cherry/Getty Images)
Tom Holland has made a sad admission about his sobriety journey (Euan Cherry/Getty Images)

Speaking about the topic to Men's Health, the actor explained that it was while filming for AppleTV+ series The Crowded Room back in March 2022.

Adapted from non-fiction novel The Minds of Billy Milligan, Holland starred alongside alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lior Raz and Emmy Rossum, in the role of Danny Sullivan.

The series received largely mixed and negative reviews upon release, with Holland subsequently deciding to take an extended break from acting due to the difficulty of his character.

Reflecting on the show nearly three years on from filming, Holland revealed The Crowded Room had suffered from disagreements on set.

"There was quite a lot of animosity on that set. It was not a very harmonious place, and there was a lot of arguing and butting heads," he said, adding that the disagreements were not creative debates, which is something he typically welcomes.

Just two months into his sobriety, Holland admitted it was a tough one for him. "I thought, 'If I start drinking again now, with all this going on, it’s gonna get worse, right?'”

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The actor has previously opened up about how he'd initially had no intention of staying sober after Dry January, as alcohol had been his 'go-to' when it came to either celebrating or commiserating over something.

"In doing Dry January, it really scared me because I had a really tough time," he explained on an episode of the Rich Roll podcast.

"I couldn't quite wrap my head around how much I was struggling without booze in that first month. And it really scared me."

Tom Holland in The Crowded Room (Apple TV+)
Tom Holland in The Crowded Room (Apple TV+)

Holland then added that he'd decided to continue his alcohol-free lifestyle into the following months in order to prove to himself that he didn't have a problem.

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"So I said to myself, if I can make it to June 1st, which is my birthday, and I can do six months without booze," he said.

"I will have then proved to myself that I don't have a problem. I'm just young and enjoying a drink. And then by the time I'd done six months sober, I really started feeling the benefits."

Please drink responsibly. If you want to discuss any issues relating to alcohol in confidence, contact Drinkline on 0300 123 1110, 9am–8pm weekdays and 11am–4pm weekends for advice and support.

Featured Image Credit: (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images / Apple TV)

Topics: Alcohol, Celebrity, TV, Tom Holland, Mental Health, TV and Film

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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