PewDiePie opens up on his whiskey addiction: \u201cI had a problem\u201d YouTube: PewDiePieYouTube star Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg has opened up about his past addiction to whiskey, explaining that he used alcohol to cope with stress and anxiety during his controversies a few years ago. PewDiePie is the most-followed independent content creator on YouTube, garnering a jaw-dropping 110 million subscribers throughout his eleven years on the platform. Rivaling the likes of major corporate channels like T-Series and Coco Melon, the Swedish YouTube sensation has created quite a legacy for himself \u2014 but it hasn\u2019t been all sunshine and roses for this internet star. PewDiePie has experienced a number of controversies throughout his decade-long career, most notably firing off a racial slur during a live broadcast in 2017. In October 2021, he opened up about this incident, claiming that he used alcohol as a coping mechanism to counter the stress of the situation after initially trying to quit to prioritize his physical health. PewDiePie explains his past alcohol addiction \u201cI used to drink whiskey every single day, and I realized I was getting addicted when I was trying to cut down on it, and just how difficult that was,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn retrospect, I realize that I was dealing with a lot of anxiety at the time. Drinking to escape emotions is a recipe for disaster. This was during the time of all my controversies. I was dealing with a lot of stress, probably the most I\u2019ve ever been through.\u201d \u201cDuring all of it, I had trained my brain to think, \u2018Something bad is coming,’\u201d he continued. \u201cIt seemed inevitable. I\u2019m at this space where, everything is fine right now, but everything can go to s**t really fast, and I had seen that happen.\u201d The influencer then explained that he\u2019d finally quit drinking after growing tired of the constant anxiety and stress he experienced, but later shifted his addiction to nicotine patches. He eventually quit the patches, but it took two tries before he could leave them behind for good. \u201cI was drinking because I was stressed out, and it wasn\u2019t until I dealt with those emotions that I was able to not rely on these things anymore,\u201d he said. PewDiePie concluded his discussion by saying he was hopeful that, by opening up about his own struggles, viewers might be able to examine their own addictions and receive help. The influencer has received an outpouring of support in his comments, with fans congratulating him on his transparency and sharing their own life experiences with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie opens up on his whiskey addiction: \u201cI had a problem\u201d YouTube: PewDiePieYouTube star Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg has opened up about his past addiction to whiskey, explaining that he used alcohol to cope with stress and anxiety during his controversies a few years ago. PewDiePie is the most-followed independent content creator on YouTube, garnering a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}