Robert Downey Jr. is giving rare insight into his relationship with the public and his rocky past. In a new interview with the New York Times, the "Iron Man" star spoke about celebrities redeeming themselves in the public eye and "culture deciding who is and isn’t OK." The interviewer asked Downey Jr.
specifically about his 2004 interview on "Oprah" in which he addressed his sobriety after years in and out of rehab as well as serving time in prison. "I remember with great pride that I was able to even address something like that in a public forum," he recalled. "Yet it would irk me deeply.
It felt strangely punitive and unnecessarily humiliating.The challenge, though, is, yeah, so what? [Expletive] what you’re going through.
Can you show up for this?" He continued, "I am close with people right now who have gotten caught up in this iteration of the pendulum-like nature of culture deciding who is and isn’t OK.
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