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Simon Pegg's alcoholism battle was a 'private hell'

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Simon Pegg says his battle with alcoholism was a "private hell". The 'Lost Transmissions' star has revealed he struggled with an addiction to alcohol after using booze to self-medicate in the late 2000s, and has said that hiding his battle from his loved ones left him with a "strange kind of split personality", as he was trying to pretend he wasn't "unwell".

He said: "I think Nick knew, but he didn't want to admit it because it was too scary. But it's a very private hell that you're in.

You're trying to look OK to other people. You're creating this reality that you're not unwell, and you're trying to believe that, whereas really you're clearly not well and you're very sad, and drinking, or whatever you're doing, to try and change how you.

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