5 Hollywood Actors Including Dwayne Johnson Who Have Admitted Using Steroids
When it comes to admitting the intake of steroids, there is a hush-hush among celebrities. The question of taking steroids has often become a controversy for stars who prefer to maintain silence on this topic. Steroids are performance-enhancing drugs that help build muscle tissues and increase body mass. Some people take steroids on a daily basis to improve their physical performance and build up their bodies. However, this cannot improve a person’s skills or agility.
While many people deny using steroids, a few celebrities have blatantly admitted to taking them. They have claimed that they use steroids to get a competitive edge, and it also aids in recovering from wearying routines. Following are the celebrities who have admitted to using steroids.
Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock
During an interview with MTV, while promoting his film, Race to Witch Mountain, Dwayne Johnson confessed that he used steroids when he used to play football for the University of Miami. The 51-year-old actor said,
“I tried it. Me and my buddies tried it back in the day when I was 18 or 19. Didn’t know what we were doing.”
However, the actor reportedly discontinued his intake of steroids after becoming a part of the wrestling world. Fans have argued that if Johnson took steroids repeatedly, it would have affected his physique adversely. The regular intake of steroids may lead to damage to bones, increased weight, and rapid mood swings.
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Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan is an American commentator, comedian, and podcast host. Rogan has often been vocal about his intake of steroids. Interestingly, the 55-year-old podcaster has often managed to get people to confess about using steroids. During an episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, he admitted to taking steroids. He said,
“I take testosterone replacement therapy, and I’ve been doing it for almost 10 years. What I do is take levels that are equal to what I had in my body naturally when I was 27—nothing extreme.”
Apart from that, he has always been candid about his testosterone replacement treatment (TRT), human growth hormone (HGH), and insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) use.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a former governor of California who is also an actor, entrepreneur, and retired professional bodybuilder. During an interview, Schwarzenegger said,
“I have no regrets about it because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors’ supervision. We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can’t roll the clock back and say, ‘Now I would change my mind on this.'”
Schwarzenegger is renowned as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time and has won the Mr. Olympia title seven times.
Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke is an American actor and former boxer. Previously, during an interview with the New York Daily News, when Rourke was asked whether he took steroids for his character in the 2009 film, The Wrestler, he said,
“When I’m a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler.”
Though the 70-year-old actor didn’t make a clear statement, being a method actor, it makes sense that he did what his character demanded and was best for the film. Mickey Rourke has appeared in at least 76 movies throughout his acting career.
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone is an American actor and filmmaker. In 2007, police detained Stallone at the Australian airport for carrying bottles of human growth hormone. Later, the Creed actor admitted that he takes steroids. According to a source,
“he would never use them again as they made him a bit more irritable than normal.”
During an interview with Times Magazine, the 76-year-old actor said that HGH is not a steroid; rather, he called it “an amino acid” and equated it to aspirin. HGH is an anabolic agent that helps to maintain a normal body structure in adults.
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Source: Muscle and Fitness
