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Published October 20, 2023, 6:59 am ET
Robin Williams’ long-time friends have recalled his heavy drug use and said his additional use of cocaine turned him into a “monster”. Getty Images
Robin Williams’ long-time friends have recalled his heavy drug use and said his additional use of cocaine turned him into a “monster”.
The beloved Hollywood love died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63.
But before his acting career collapsed, Williams was a stand-up comedian who struggled with serious drug addiction in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In fact, Williams’ pal Allen Stephan reveals in Vice’s documentary series “The Dark Side of Comedy” that the “Mrs. The “Doubtfire” actor couldn’t go on stage and perform without cocaine.
Stephan recalled a conversation he had with the late actor at the time: “He said: ‘Do you know anyone with a punch? I have to keep going and I can’t go on without a hit.’ And I sat down and said, ‘I’ll help you.'”
Williams’ pal Allan Stephan revealed that the late actor couldn’t go on stage and perform without cocaine.VICE TV
“He says, ‘Do you have a punch?’ I say, ‘No, are you crazy?’ You’re Robin Williams!’ And then I think he wouldn’t get high after that if he had to perform.”
The late actor’s longtime friend Mike Binder recalled Williams’ reaction to “a gram of Coke” during the couple’s Hollywood outing in the ’80s.
“Robin said, ‘Let me take this. Do you mind if I indulge in this in the bathroom?’” Binder said in the document. “He came back and it was empty. It was like, ‘Whoa.’ It was like 8:15 at night.”
Williams’ “Mork and Mindy” co-star Gina Hecht said the late actor’s highs were “so high and his lows were often low.” VICE TV comedian Howie Mandel said Williams incorporated cocaine jokes into his stand-up Material recorded. VICE TV
“It was an accident, I’m sorry,” Williams said, according to Binder. “He was a monster with drugs.”
Williams’ “Mork and Mindy” co-star Gina Hecht said the late actor’s highs were “so high and his lows were often deep.”
“When you were so famous, they just gave you drugs,” Hecht added.
Comedian Howie Mandel recalled how Williams began incorporating cocaine jokes into his stand-up material.
The beloved Hollywood love died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63.Getty Images
“I can’t tell you how many times Robin would come on stage at the Comedy Store and a big part of his routine would be cocaine and whatever drugs he was doing,” Mandel shared.
“And even though everyone was laughing and it was really funny, he was really doing a lot of cocaine. He found the funny side of it, but ultimately it was real and real, it’s not funny, but that’s who he is.”
It wasn’t until John Belushi’s death in 1982 and the birth of Williams’ first son in 1983 that Williams stopped using drugs, according to his longtime friend Stanley Wilson.
“He knew what an amazing instrument he had and that it all came down to his mind, his imagination and his wit,” Wilson said. “The more things you do to dampen it, the more brain cells you burn. Robin didn’t want to do that.”
After getting clean, Williams landed roles in blockbusters including “Good Will Hunting,” “Jumanji” and “Night at the Museum.”
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