During an interview for Apple Music, Dominic Fike revealed that he was struggling with substance use during his first season of portraying Elliot. “I was a drug addict, and coming onto a show, you know, mainly about drugs is very difficult,” shared Fike (via People). And although producer Sam Levinson attempted to get Fike a “sober coach” to help him through his struggles, he continued to indulge. “I was reprimanded for it,” Fike continued. I almost, you know, got kicked off the show. They were like, ‘Bro, you cannot be doing this.'” Fike also admitted that some of the takes he shot while high actually made it to HBO.
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Through his career, Fike has always been candid about the role substances played in his life. When speaking with Complex, Fike candidly relayed the conditions in which he grew up. “I lived with this f***ing lady that was, like, a super crackhead,” shared Fike. “When my mom was sending money for me to get s**t for school, she’d spend it on drugs, and I didn’t know. That’s why we didn’t have A/C for like a year.” He continued, “I knew that drugs f***ed people up, but I just didn’t connect it because the people I’d been around my whole life were always on drugs. [I’d see] people with no teeth and s**t, I was like, ‘That dude just has no teeth.'”
