Barry Keoghan breaks silence on his sobriety journey and his mom's death

Barry Keoghan has opened up about his addiction and how he lost his mother.

In a talk with Hollywood Authentic, the 32-year-old Irish actor talked about his upbringing and revealed that his mother’s heroin addiction claimed her life. He went on to share that despite seeing his mother’s death and welcoming his son Brando 2, he could not refrain himself from having drugs.

Keoghan said, "I’m not in denial anymore. I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict. You know, when you accept that, you finally can move on, and learn to work with it.”

The Saltburn star added, “My father passed away as a result of similar and I lost my mum to it. I’ve lost two uncles and a cousin to drugs. That should be enough to go, ‘OK, if I dabble here, I’m f---ed.’ But your curiosity is a powerful thing.”

He feels an "enormous amount of pressure" since he came to Hollywood. “I’ve got scars here to literally prove it. They’re a result of using. I’m at peace now, and responsible for everything that I do. I’m accepting. I’m present. I’m content. I’m a father. I’m getting to just see that haze that was once there – it’s just a bit sharper now, and colorful.”

Moving forward, The Batman alum called to mind how he was kept away from her mother during her struggles with heroin.

“I remember being kids here and hearing my mum scream through the letterbox, asking for us, while she’s battling addiction, while she’s looking for money to score. And we were just told to stay in bed. We weren’t to go down and hug her,’” Keoghan shared.