Sam Worthington has revealed that he is eight years sober, and quit drinking after his wife, Lara Worthington (née Bingle) delivered him an ultimatum.
The 46-year-old told Variety this week that he was a ‘belligerent, petulant’ drunk who was consuming booze daily.
‘I couldn’t see it. I thought it was normal. I didn’t like who I was. Drinking helped me get through the day’ the Avatar: The Way of Water said.
‘I got more emotional and erratic the longer I drank. I don’t think I was mean, exactly, but I could be belligerent, petulant’.
Lara told the actor, ‘You can do what you want, but I don’t need to be around this’ and her declaration convinced him quit for good.
The Man on a Ledge star says that people around him didn’t notice that he had a problem.
‘Nine out of 10 people couldn’t tell,’ he said.
‘They could probably smell it on me, but when they looked at me, they couldn’t tell. I was still doing my job – I just don’t think I was doing it very well.’
Lara and Sam married in 2014 and share three young sons, Rocket, six, Racer, four, and River, one.
It comes after Lara revealed how she and her actor husband are a ‘team’.
The model, 35, told The Daily Telegraph that the pair, who met in 2013, are enjoying getting older together.
‘As a family unit, we’re all very close. We’ve only got each other. Sam and I are a good team. We’re both Australians and we have the same values. We come at our children as a team and I think that’s really important,’ she told Stellar Magazine.
Lara went on to say that she and her family are ‘all very close’ and that she isn’t too strict a parent.
‘They always make me feel so good, especially Sam. I don’t want that to ever go; I hope it doesn’t,’ she said.
‘But being able to be a mum and [to] work definitely stems from your partner. Sam and I are on the same page, so I feel like he’s ‘got me’ when I’m working and vice versa,’ she added.
The beauty said that Sam is a ‘a strong father figure’ who supports her in her creative endeavors.
‘The fact my husband allows me to be creative and have dreams and aspirations – that’s really important,’ Lara said.
The Worthington clan recently returned to the US after a long stint in Australia.
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