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Royally Drunk At The Airport

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[Blind Gossip] Here is a first-hand account of a film and TV actor who was royally drunk at a foreign airport.

He was either drunk or on drugs. He was wandering about. At first I thought maybe he was just kind of pacing, but he looked so confused and knackered, like he had just woken up and didn’t know where he was. He walked up to me and stared at me. Thought he was gonna say he knew me. Then he went on to the next person and stared at them. His male friend came up and was whispering in his ear and rubbing his arm to calm him down. Eventually the police came and led him away.

We don’t know if our actor was on a one-time bender, but he is known to have had serious sobriety issues in the past.

Similar: A Noisy Drunk Actor At The Golden Globes

Actor:

Clues:

[Optional] Do you think he will be able to get sober again?

SOLVED!

It’s Jonathan Rhys Meyers!

Actor Jonathan Rhys Myers (Bend It Like Beckham, Tudors, Vikings), has struggled with alcoholism for more than ten years.

This past weekend, he was denied boarding for a flight and was taken away by police after wandering through the Dublin Airport in a drunken and disoriented state over the weekend.

After he was taken into custody, his team knew that they story was going to break and went into damage control mode.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ partner Mara Lane – who is also the mother of their newborn son, Wolf – took to Instagram to explain the latest relapse and to criticize those who noticed his public drunkenness. From USAToday:

Lane shared some sad updates on Instagram: She had a miscarriage, and her husband “took the news particularly not so well,” she said.

The Vikings actor, who’s struggled with alcoholism publicly in the past, has relapsed, she said.

His behavior was captured recently in unflattering paparazzi photos that Lane addressed in her post: “I feel that whomever took photos of my husband was slightly in the wrong and was concerned for the wrong reasons but … it’s ok. Maybe you have/had a family to feed and need/needed money? I don’t know. We forgive you.”

Well, if you are a celebrity and you are drunk off your butt… behaving irrationally in a very public place… and are hauled away by the police… people are going to notice. They are going to take photos, contact the media, and comment about it online.

Jonathan Rhys Myers is an alcoholic and has had multiple relapses over the years. From The Daily Mail:

Myers is believed to have had six stints in rehab over the past few years.

In May 2005 he checked into Promises in Malibu, California, seeking treatment for alcohol abuse, before returning for treatment in 2007.

On 27 February 2009, the actor checked into rehab a third time, checking out less than a month later on 15 March 2009.

In November 2011, the star was ordered by a French court to pay a restitution of €1,000 and was given a judgment of a suspended sentence for public intoxication 24 months earlier.

Shortly after his mother died in November 2007, Jonathan gave an interview to the Mail on Sunday’s Live magazine to promote a new series The Tudors, in which he insisted his drinking had been ‘blown out of all proportion.’

In a November 2013  interview with The Mirror, Myers said:

When you are on the front of newspapers for stupidity, getting drunk at airports, fighting with cops and stuff like that, you wake up the next day and you can hardly f***ing remember it.

As we mentioned earlier, the couple has a new baby, but Lane attributes his latest relapse to the fact that she recently miscarried a second baby.

With much sadness, we open our hearts to share that J and I lost our second child, who was baking in the oven. Child was very very much wanted (right now especially by J, so he took the news particularly not so well) and we are still working with coping skills over here… when life throws us curve balls such as these. Depression is a real concern from past abuse as well as alcoholism which he was born with. He has been able to turn any ugliness and hurt in his life into art and is the strongest person I know. I do not know anyone who has been through what he has been through and reached his level of successes.

Although they have plenty of money and Myers has been to rehab in other countries before, Lane claims that the reason Myers was not in rehab after this latest relapse was because there is a waiting list in Ireland.

He is safe and with his sober living companion and bodyguard to get into a detox closer to home since he was denied hospital help twice in Ireland because of an already two month wait period.

We wish Jonathan well in his recovery.

Tinygiraffe was first with the correct response.

Kudos to Pajuxy for being first to pick up on the Tudors clue (Jonathan Rhys Myers played King Henry on The Tudors)! “Bender” – as in Bend It Like Beckham – was also a clue.

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  3. Oh no, this sounds like Jonathan Rhys-Meyers 🙁

    I hope he seeks help soon. Alcoholism is no joke, and he seems to be suffering. Poor guy.

  5. Jonathan Rhys Myers. Was pissed in Dublin Airport at the weekend. His wife wrote to Instagram that he had a relapse because he could not deal with the loss of their baby. She had a miscarriage. She is so understanding and he is lucky to have her.

  6. Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

    His wife has addressed this on IG. He has faltered in his sobriety after a recent miscarriage. My heart goes out to them.

    Tudors is the clue.

  9. Henry Tudor!! Jonathan Rhys Meyers??

    How did his wife spin this into being about a miscarriage and divert all blame? Does anyone remember last year when he called that airline worker fat and she made some Instagram post about it too. Enabling isn’t cool!

    • Have a heart! They just lost a baby. I read what his wife said and found it honest and poignant. It was not enabling at all, it was honest and quite raw actually.

    • I have a heart, Kit, and I find it amazing so many people are defending his actions. I have a heart for his son who has a 40 year old father who gets drunk constantly whether there’s an excuse or not. He should have been rushing to his wife’s side, not being concerned about finding a drink and weirding people in an airport. People constantly make excuses for alcoholics and that’s why they do so much damage before being cut off.

    • Also, his wife is a spin doctor. She has a history of making up excuses for his behavior on her Instagram. One time she posted a big old long excuse allegedly from him after the London street incident and he later went on to a magazine interview and said he never said anything of that, that she wrote it. She’s an actress. I see through it.

  11. Actor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Clues: Royal – the Tudors

    [Optional] Do you think he will be able to get sober again?

    I hope so. I just read an article that his wife suffered a miscarriage and it caused him to relapse. I work as a baby loss doula and know first hand this devastation. So don’t judge him too much. He is suffering from trauma.

  12. Jonathan Rhys Myers in Dublin airport. Clues: Royally. He played Henry 8th in The Tudors
    Knackered Irish way to say tired
    He’s an alcoholic his wife released a statement that they suffered a miscarriage and he relapsed. Wishing him a speedy recovery, he got sober before so hope he can get back on the wagon a terrible time for both of them.

  13. Jonathan Rhys Meyers?

    Wife had a miscarriage, posted about how difficult he’s finding it and he’s publicly relapsed.

    Clue: played King Henry V111, royally relapsed.

    I think he’ll get sober but it’s something he will always battle. His poor wife

  14. Jonathan Rhys Meyers. His wife revealed that they’ve had a miscarriage and seemed to think that was the reason behind him falling off the wagon again.

  15. Actor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    Clues: royally drunk, and the picture, he was in The Tudors
    As long as his wife sticks with him, there is a chance for him to get sober again. Without her, no chance

  25. Jonathan Rhys Meyers. His wife posted a sad update on IG that describes why he’s fallen off the wagon.

  26. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, was just reading about this. Clue “royally” drunk, he’s most well known for playing Henry VIII on the Tudors. His wife said she had a miscarriage and he’s not handling it well 🙁

  30. Jonathan Rhys Meyers fell of the wagon at Dublin Airport recently peaking his sobriety after his wife miscarried, or so the story goes

  31. I’ll say Jonathan Rhys Myers; he’s been in movies but is probably best known for playing Henry VIII in The Tudors. There have also been other blinds here suggesting he has a problem with alcohol. That’s sad, especially for his family who basically has to watch helplessly as he destroys himself.

  37. Poor Jonathan Rhys Meyers – he just can’t seem to stay sober. He’s so talented, it would be amazing if he could get help and come back from this crippling addiction.

  40. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    at Dublin Airport

    Clues: Royally = role in Tudors, Bender = role in Bend it Like Beckham

    He has such a long history of addiction, that he faces a very tough battle to stay sober. But anything is possible however remote.

  41. Actor: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

    Clues:

    [Optional] Do you think he will be able to get sober again? I hope so. I understand from a statement the wife released that they suffered a miscarriage so hopefully he’ll be able to find his way back to sobriety if this is him.

  44. Jonathan Rhys Meyers. His wife confirmed this. She miscarried and he went into a downward spiral 😪

    Clues-royal-played Henry VIII in the Tudors and has been in a bunch of movies and another tv show. His alcoholism is well-documented

  45. Pic looks like Henry VIII … Jonathan Rhys Myers played him in The Tudors.

    I’ve heard enough stories about how JRM just can’t get his stuff together

  48. Actor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Clues: The guy in the picture looks like a pic of King Henry VIII . Jonathan portrayed Henry VIII on The Tudors.

  50. Jonathan Rhys Myers. His wife just had a miscarriage and he was sort of a mess in the airport. He’s supposedly awaiting admittance into yet another rehab hospital.