10 Celebs Who Admitted to Having a Intercourse Habit

In accordance with the Cleveland Clinic, as much as 24 million U.S. adults could possibly be categorized as hooked on intercourse and consistently take care of “extreme sexual ideas, wishes, urges or behaviors that may’t be managed.”

Whereas it’s not a subject that’s typically spoken about, fairly just a few celebrities have come ahead with their battle with intercourse dependancy, made worse by fame and limitless entry to tempting conditions. Via remedy and infrequently a rehab keep, these celebs say they had been in a position to overcome their dependancy — and hope to assist others in comparable conditions.

Discover out what these celebs mentioned about their intercourse dependancy…

1. Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith admits that all through her life she’s handled dependancy points, from alcohol to intercourse. Wanting again, Jada says there was a time period when she believed that a lot of her issues could possibly be solved with intercourse. She was solely in a position to transfer ahead when she acquired to the foundation of her points.

“My form of addictions bounce. They bounce round. Once I was youthful, I undoubtedly suppose I had a intercourse dependancy of some type…every part could possibly be mounted by intercourse,” she mentioned on an episode of Pink Desk Speak.

She continued, “I’m a binger, and I at all times have to look at myself and I can simply get obsessive about issues. It’s not what you’re doing however the way you’re with it. Why you’re doing it. It’s the habits that’s hooked up to it as a result of if you wish to have quite a lot of intercourse, that’s nice, however why are you having all that intercourse? That’s what you’ve acquired to have a look at.”

2. Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom struggled with an dependancy to intercourse that nearly led to his loss of life. All through his life, Lamar admits he had sexual relationships with greater than 2,000 girls, dishonest on Khloé Kardashian many occasions throughout their marriage. On prime of that, he defined that intercourse was a “set off” for medicine which allowed him to “double up on [that] good feeling.” These addictions are how he finally ended up on the Love Ranch brothel in Las Vegas, the place he overdosed and practically died. For him, it was a wake-up name.

“I’m sober now. However it’s an on a regular basis battle,” Lamar advised the Gamers Tribune. “I’ve an dependancy. I’ll at all times have an dependancy. It by no means goes away. I imply, I wish to get excessive proper now. However I do know that I can’t if I wish to be right here for my youngsters.”

3. Justin Bieber

Earlier than Justin Bieber tied the knot together with his spouse Hailey, he says he had “a professional downside with intercourse.” Within the years previous to the couple reconnecting, Justin had reduce out lots of the troublesome actions in his life however intercourse was his remaining vice, regardless that it now not introduced him pleasure. Justin lastly reduce out intercourse altogether, hoping it will deliver him nearer to God.

“He’s like, I’m attempting to guard you from harm and ache. I believe intercourse could cause quite a lot of ache. Generally folks have intercourse as a result of they don’t really feel adequate. As a result of they lack self-worth. Girls try this, and guys try this,” he advised Vogue. “I needed to rededicate myself to God in that manner as a result of I actually felt it was higher for the situation of my soul. And I consider that God blessed me with Hailey in consequence. There are perks. You get rewarded for good habits.”

4. Jennifer Lewis

When black-ish actress Jennifer Lewis was in her 20s, she lived with undiagnosed bipolar dysfunction and a intercourse dependancy. In her memoir, The Mom of Black Hollywood, she defined that all of it started when she moved to New York to work on Broadway. After acting on stage every night time, she would have hassle coming down from the adrenaline excessive and would fill the void with intercourse.

“Acting on Broadway was a rush. The applause coming over the footlights was like a tsunami in gradual movement,” she wrote in her ebook. “The crash after the present, I guarantee you, is simply as intense. Let’s simply say that submit present I had a form of behavior of intercourse serving as a nightcap. I used to be Cleopatra, Pam Grier, Marilyn Monroe, and Jezebel rolled into one. For me, nothing may prolong the joys of a standing ovation like nice intercourse with a beautiful man.”

As she continued to battle together with her undiagnosed bipolar dysfunction, she started self-medicating with alcohol along with intercourse. Ultimately, she sought assist from a therapist who helped her notice what was actually happening.

“Simply as alcoholism isn’t actually concerning the liquor, my dependancy wasn’t actually concerning the intercourse. It was concerning the unresolved psychological issues that brought on me ache. Intercourse was merely my painkiller,” she defined.

5. A$AP Rocky

A$AP Rocky admits he’s been a intercourse addict for a lot of his life — and has lengthy been open about his sexual actions and the orgies he hosts. Wanting again, A$AP says that he believes his dependancy started whereas in junior excessive and has continued all through his life.

“I’ve been a intercourse addict for a while, yeah,” he mentioned on Untold Tales of Hip Hop, per TMZ. “These are issues that folks keep away from they usually don’t prefer to admit. I can’t be embarrassed about it. I put on my coronary heart on my sleeve. I don’t do nothing that I’m not happy with talking of.”

6. James Franco

After James Franco confronted sexual misconduct allegations from former college students at his performing faculty, he brazenly admitted that he struggled with intercourse dependancy. He defined that after scuffling with an dependancy to alcohol from a younger age, he gave up consuming and ended up turning into obsessive about intercourse and validation from girls — however may by no means get sufficient.

“It’s such a robust drug,” he defined on The Jess Cagle Podcast. “I acquired hooked on it for 20 extra years. The insidious a part of that’s that I stayed sober from alcohol all that point. And I went to conferences all that point. I even tried to sponsor different folks. So in my head, it was like, ‘Oh, I’m sober. I’m residing a non secular life.’ The place on the aspect, I am performing out now in all these different methods, and I could not see it.”

7. Russell Model

All through his life, Russell Model has struggled with addictions together with medicine and alcohol. For a few years, he additionally battled intercourse dependancy which started when he was simply an adolescent and was solely made worse when he discovered fame.

“Once I turned sexually conscious as an adolescent, I acquired very obsessive about intercourse and ladies and pornography. So the issue round intercourse was current again then. I used to be very uncomfortable with my physique, so my issues had been round porn and meals. Then I took medicine between 16 and 19 after which heroin,” he advised Us Weekly.

He continued, “I misplaced quite a lot of weight and moved from the suburbs into town. Girls had been now drawn to me. I went form of loopy with that. The sexual dependancy, for me, was worse once I was clear. I believe for about 5, 10 years it was actually dangerous. Pay attention, I’m fortunate. I used to be well-known. I’m heterosexual. I’m drawn to grownup, human females. It’s not sophisticated. I don’t have any bizarre tastes. It was a great place to be in you probably have that exact downside.”

After ending up in rehab on a number of events, Russell has now been freed from drug, alcohol and intercourse dependancy for over 20 years.

8.  Mike Caussin

Mike Caussin’s intercourse dependancy finally led to the tip of his marriage to Jana Kramer. Previous to their divorce, the previous NFL participant cheated on Jana on many events and was out and in of rehab for intercourse dependancy. Wanting again, Mike defined that having intercourse turned a coping mechanism for him, particularly as he struggled to transition to life exterior of the NFL.

“It manifests in several methods for various folks. It doesn’t come from me eager to have intercourse — it’s me feeling a sure manner and from my complete life trying again I simply used intercourse as sort of my escape,” Mike mentioned on Nightline.

He continued, “I could make any sort of excuse between me transitioning from the NFL to ‘the traditional world,’ feeling like I misplaced my id as a result of I wasn’t a soccer participant anymore. I ran to girls, I ran to intercourse, and that sort of flourished [into] what I later discovered was an dependancy.”

Whereas Mike and Jana labored to remain collectively via his battle with dependancy, he finally cheated on her as soon as once more and he or she lastly filed for divorce.

9. David Duchovny

Again within the early 2000s, life imitated artwork when David Duchovny entered rehab for intercourse dependancy after portraying a sex-obsessed author on Californication. There had been rumors that he handled dependancy for years and whereas he had frequently denied them, that modified when he checked into rehab.

“I’ve voluntarily entered a facility for the remedy of intercourse dependancy,” he mentioned on the time. “I ask for respect and privateness for my spouse and kids as we take care of this case as a household.”

Whereas he has not spoken about his time in rehab, he and his spouse Tea Leoni did finally cut up.

10. Andra Day

In 2021, Andra Day admitted that she as soon as had a intercourse and porn dependancy that she labored to beat earlier than taking over the function of Billie Vacation in The USA vs. Billie Vacation. Andra defined that she needed the movie to give attention to the music and never the best way Billie was hypersexualized on this planet of jazz, which coincided together with her personal private struggles.

“I didn’t need any ingredient of sexualization [in the film]. I had come out of one thing in my very own life — coping with porn dependancy, intercourse dependancy. I’m being very, very candid with you as a result of I’m not the one one. However I knew I needed all of that very a lot gone,” she advised InStyle.

She continued, “I really feel now, after enjoying Billie, that I’m honoring her, and the power that’s femininity. I’m undoubtedly in a more healthy place to get pleasure from that as a result of I’m exterior of the dependancy, if you’ll. So, yeah, it’s been actually enjoyable, as a result of it’s been very new for me.”