Gérard Depardieu gives up alcohol: 'I really no longer like drunkenness'

The Telegraph ^ | 05-09-2016 | Rory Mulholland

[NRx]

Gérard Dépardieu, the larger-than-life French star who once boasted that he sometimes drank 14 bottles of wine a day, says he has now given up the booze.

“I haven’t been drinking for some time now. I really no longer like drunkenness,” the 67-year-old, who is currently starring of the new Netflix series Marseille, told le Parisien newspaper.

The revelation surprised many French, who are used to reading regular reports about the actor’s drunken escapades, which include urinating in the aisle of an Air France plane bound for Dublin as it prepared to take off, forcing the aircraft to turn back.

[NRx]

A truly great actor, but alas one with a reputation as something of a libertine. He has also been a longtime tax refugee from his native France. Maybe he is getting bis life together.

[ClearCase_guy]

OMG! What next? Cats and dogs living together? Mass hysteria?

[mainestategop]

didn’t he say he wanted to convert to Islam? Really wouldn’t surprise me.

[DesertRhino]

Good actor. Has enjoyed life, and used sense to leave France to avoid confiscatory 90% taxes.
And what a world we are in. He ran to Russia to protect himself from confiscation of assets, and when there, decided to stop drinking.

A head shaker.

[dfwgator]

In a related story, share prices of wine companies are crashing today on Wall Street.

[Lent]

Speaking about Marseille: home of 200,000 Muslims.

[Secret Agent Man]

He only sas kt because after 6 and a half decades his body cant bounce back from it anymore.

Guarantee 100% if he didnt feel like hell from it hed would stay the course.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

But alcohol has done such wonders for his body . . . . . .

[moovova]

"Ah ha! The old 'sick & tired of being sick & tired' ploy. I hope he's successful in his efforts."

[right way right]

Is he Dumb or Dumber?... that’s the only question I have for him.

[angcat]

14 bottles a day? Good lord how did he stop.

[4Runner]

14 bottles a day? Good lord how did he stop.

He had to have tapered his intake off over a fairly long period, probably months. Stopping alcohol intake "cold turkey" can result in a massive heart attack, or so I've read, on such sites as WebMD.

[angcat]

Well that is awesome if it can be done. I don’t care for him much.

[Mears]

“14 bottles a day? Good lord how did he stop.”

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Probably an exaggeration.

It’s like ex-amokers who always say they smoked 4-5 packs a day.

Makes for a better story.

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[SamAdams76]

14 bottles of wine a day? I can't even imagine that being true. That would be nearly 60 six ounce glasses a day or five glasses an hour over a a 12-hour period.

I might keep up with that pace for maybe an hour and a half.

I have a headache just thinking about it.

[Revelation 911]

nasty habit - it slowly killed my gramps piece by piece

I quit 25-30 yrs ago...asthma is now the result at age 54

My children thankfully never started

[PCPOET7]

translation I now have liver problems and if I am going to get a new liver I better lay off the booze.

don’t know if this is the case but it would not surprise me if it was.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Itty bitty bottles

[chuckee]

We are going to miss him peeing in the aisle of the plane

[DannyTN]

Good for him.