Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has revealed that he spent at least $500,000 on his “reckless” drug addiction.
The “Jersey Shore” star opened up about one of the lowest points in his life, discussing how starring in the hit MTV reality show from 2009 to 2012 helped fuel his drug addiction.
“I did spend about half a million dollars on drugs and oxycodone,” he told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published Monday.
“I was wild. I was reckless. I was negligent, and I fell victim to drug addiction.”
“I enjoyed everything. I had everything on me at all times in my Louis Vuitton bag. Everything,” he added.
Sorrentino told the outlet that he would carry Xanax and Valium when traveling on planes and marijuana and cocaine when he wasn’t.
“My life was moving so fast that, at the time, I made mistakes and I thought it was going to help my performance or my endurance, and for a bit, I have to say, that it did,” he continued.
Throughout an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the “Jersey Shore” star detailed his addiction at the height of the show’s success. WireImage
“I did spend about half a million dollars on drugs and oxycodone. I enjoyed everything,” he said. AP
“But ultimately I became dependent, and I became addicted to these substances.”
The reality star, 41, admitted he was already addicted to drugs before filming “Jersey Shore,” but his addiction escalated once he began making substantial money.
He recalled struggling to hide his habit from the production team, explaining that figuring out how to “smuggle” drugs “consumed all [his] time.”
The reality star said he had to find ways to hide his drugs from MTV producers. AP
At one point, Sorrentino stashed drugs in a shoe, which he “camouflaged” in a suitcase with about 20 other pairs, so that he could have his fix while filming in Italy.
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With the Season 4 episode when he hit his head into a wall while fighting with castmate Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, he said, “I was going through withdrawals at the time ’cause I had run out of pills.”
At one point, Sorrentino recalled “going through withdrawals” after he ran out of drugs while filming in Italy. WireImage
Three years after wrapping the MTV show, Sorrentino hit his low point when he tried heroin in a “desperate” attempt to escape his depression, “anxiety” and “insecurity.”
“I ended up trying a drug that I never thought I would try. A drug that kills most people. A drug that most people don’t come back from. » … Read More