A SOBER STAR IS BORN –
May 1st, 2026 – “Being an actor and living your life on the big stage can be really stressful,” the Spider-Man star who quit drinking in January ’22. ”I think that alcohol, for me personally, really compounded that issue. And, since getting rid of the booze and feeling more like myself and waking up clear-headed every day and fresh to start the day, I just feel so much more confident in myself as who I am as a person.” “Drinking was something that was ultimately really getting in the way of my professional life,” he said.
The actor began his sober journey by participating in Dry January in 2022. Although he originally planned to abstain just for the month, he realized that alcohol had become too integral a part of his life. Since then, he’s launched a brand of non-alcoholic beer, Bero. He’s said an option like that would have made his first year of sobriety easier.
Holland — who stars in the hotly anticipated summer films The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Avengers: Doomsday, out in December — told the outlet that he’s not sure his career would be in the same place had he continued drinking. (His personal life is also thriving, having reportedly married longtime partner Zendaya earlier this year.)
