{"id":127298,"date":"2024-11-18T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T07:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127298"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T07:57:29","slug":"animal-house-star-tim-matheson-says-he-was-lucky-not-to-be-cocaine-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127298","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Animal House&#8217; Star Tim Matheson Says He Was &#8216;Lucky&#8217; Not to Be Cocaine Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-7ef3d4ec0cd25b096ab94c91836e60a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20241117_9f8cc9e88f6347498306966d134cd4c6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7cc825ca-61b7-4ea9-8ed0-2b19a5b30159\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9f\/4by3\/2024\/11\/17\/9f8cc9e88f6347498306966d134cd4c6_md.jpg\" alt=\"tim matheson\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7ef3d4ec0cd25b096ab94c91836e60a0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a467ac466611e6b87739bf765a5ed8c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Tim Matheson<\/strong> says he&#8217;s lucky he never got too big into cocaine &#8230; saying he played hard &#8212; but, he worried too much about how the white stuff would affect his work to get addicted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a467ac466611e6b87739bf765a5ed8c2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8d76d78e2d70754454c9cb0bbc8602a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The star of &#8220;Animal House&#8221; spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/17\/celebrity-news\/animal-house-star-tim-matheson-says-hes-lucky-he-didnt-become-a-coke-addict\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Page Six<\/strong><\/a> about his new memoir, &#8220;Damn Glad to Meet You&#8221; &#8212; a reference to a line his character says to prospective pledges in the iconic college fraternity film &#8212; and, he explains that because he was a working actor, he was afraid of overindulging in coke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8d76d78e2d70754454c9cb0bbc8602a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-539e2c1e2d02b331bdf498061ba805a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20241117_947dd3c6b030427c90ba14ff4f41f69f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7cc825ca-61b7-4ea9-8ed0-2b19a5b30159\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/94\/4by3\/2024\/11\/17\/947dd3c6b030427c90ba14ff4f41f69f_md.jpg\" alt=\"tim matheson\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-539e2c1e2d02b331bdf498061ba805a6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32a07a2b109074d22efc15d7ed74afd5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Basically, Matheson says he wasn&#8217;t a star and lived paycheck to paycheck &#8230; and, he was acutely aware he could lose his income unless he continued to perform well.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32a07a2b109074d22efc15d7ed74afd5--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a2e1d45f873064fad595399ef473135c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>That said, Tim says he didn&#8217;t completely shun the stuff &#8230; but, he didn&#8217;t use it as much as some of his contemporaries who were further up the callsheet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a2e1d45f873064fad595399ef473135c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1c5238aa827499bca686112aedca349\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20241117_47ca32fc105843309b6f8356e6ae8871\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:7cc825ca-61b7-4ea9-8ed0-2b19a5b30159\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/47\/4by3\/2024\/11\/17\/47ca32fc105843309b6f8356e6ae8871_md.jpg\" alt=\"tim matheson john belushi\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1c5238aa827499bca686112aedca349--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ebe5fe5721684638956aa11afa2f5815\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>One of those contemporaries &#8230; <strong>John Belushi<\/strong> &#8212; who died of an overdose of cocaine and heroin in 1982 at just 33 years old.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ebe5fe5721684638956aa11afa2f5815--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e2fdd34c896244fd423134f021d10ec9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Matheson says part of the problem is that everyone in his generation was saying cocaine wasn&#8217;t all that bad for you &#8230; obviously, not the case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e2fdd34c896244fd423134f021d10ec9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6488d46e489b94eba37e816534c3d98\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-image-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100029722\/tmz-presents-the-downfall-of-diddy-inside-the-freak-offs\"><br \/>\n                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9e\/16by9\/2024\/11\/05\/9e2c6ca0aee840918a478857ffbffc71_md.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy Inside The Freak-offs INLINE\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6488d46e489b94eba37e816534c3d98--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-afafce9d4ee7f14fa73fd1433fdd525e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>TM&#8217;s gone on to have quite the career since &#8220;Animal House&#8221; &#8230; taking parts in &#8220;The West Wing,&#8221; &#8220;Hart of Dixie,&#8221; &#8220;Fletch,&#8221; &#8220;Batman: The Animated Series,&#8221; &#8220;Black Sheep,&#8221; &#8220;Van Wilder,&#8221; and &#8220;Virgin River.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-afafce9d4ee7f14fa73fd1433fdd525e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8ba696186653c5f2a5d4a0324e90bbf7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Drug addiction probably would&#8217;ve limited his career credits &#8230; and, Matheson&#8217;s thanking his lucky stars he never fell into it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8ba696186653c5f2a5d4a0324e90bbf7--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/11\/17\/animal-house-actor-tim-matheson-lucky-not-cocaine-addict\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Matheson says he&#8217;s lucky he never got too big into cocaine &#8230; 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