"Get off the drugs, son - or I'll eat your eternal soul..."
Posted on 06/10/2008 3:26:11 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Robert Downey Jr. has publicly thanked Burger King for helping him overcome his problems with addiction. The fast food chain, he says, also helped to resurrect his career.
The fast food epiphany happened in 2003 when the "Iron Man" star was driving a car piled with "tons of f---ing dope," Downey Jr. told Britain's Empire magazine. The actor decided to pull over for a burger and everything changed.
"I have to thank Burger King," he said. "It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen." Downey Jr. says he then tossed all of his drugs into the ocean, deciding right then and there to clean up his act.
Downey Jr. hints that a fateful moment in "Iron Man," when his character Tony Stark requests a cheeseburger from Burger King after being released from his captors, is a reference to his own experiences.
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Yeah, I can’t stand their fries either. I think it’s that batter/coating they have on them - yuck!
I do like their burgers, though.
BKs chicken sandwiches are also tops in the fast food business.
There is nothing more disgusting than a cold Whopper.
I remember they had a nationwide search taste test to pick the best fries and they decided on what they serve now which is what I have called Sand Sticks since at least 1996.
Total crap.
[Kato Kaelin’s career
Kato Kaelin had a career?]
Who???
i think there is a compliment in there somewhere.
I thought some of those early “King” commercials were gay—especially the “Wake up with the King” one where the King showed up in some guy’s bed and offers him a breakfast sandwich. Maybe the King showed up uninvited in Downey’s car. That’s enough to scare anyone straight.
Downey was also great in “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”. I really hope he has turned a corner.
"Get off the drugs, son - or I'll eat your eternal soul..."
Downey's comment makes NO SENSE.. I like Burger King, and I never think "something really bad is going to happen" when I go there.
I think he’s a good actor and I hope he stays clean.
He’s also not a liberal after spending time in prison. He hasn’t quite said WHAT he is, but as long as it’s not a typical Hollywood liberal, then it’s good with me.
Score one for the war on American Enterprise.
I don’t know why anyone eats at any fast food joint.
They all sell oerpriced garbage.
They hired him to clean the bathrooms?
“Robert Downey Jr.admits polluting the ocean, killing otters and seals”
There was an article on FR recently saying Robert is a conservative. So now I like him.
That Burger King king though is kind of creepy.
weegee wrote:
If Obama fought the Burger King, which new god would win?
Burger King(!), Obama can only “heal”, but the Burger King can DESTROY!
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