Steven Yeun has spoken up about his drug use and that he is still interested in trying psychedelics.
The Walking Dead star, 39, recounted how he came to drugs ‘late’ in life and so probably went a touch over the top in what he characterised as his effort to ‘make up for lost time’.
This is all before the actor became a father to his five-year-old son Jude Malcolm Yeun, who he shares with his wife, photographer Joana Pak.
Even today, in a new interview, Steven admits that he’d ‘want to’ take psychedelics.
‘I came to a lot of things late,’ explained the voice of Tuca & Bertie to The Wall Street Journal.
‘I went a little ham with that stuff, trying to make up for lost time,’ he said.
‘It’s becoming standard to do DMT [Dimethyltryptamine] or lick a toad. I haven’t done that, but I’d like to, at some point.’
Steven gained to notoriety after appearing in 66 episodes of AMC’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Walking Dead, which concluded last year.
Glenn Rhee, his character on the show, was brutally murdered many seasons before the grand conclusion.
Many fans wondered whether he’d ever return as Glenn, but Steven soon put an end to the speculation, telling Conan O’Brien last July that if he did, he’d be a ‘hack’.
While promoting Jordan Peele’s Nope, in which he stars, he explained: ‘So, I don’t do it again. I cringe [at the thought].’
The departure from the show was amicable, according to Steven, who continued: ‘Sometimes you just accept what it is and you go with it. There’s no tension behind it.’
There will be no more seasons of The Walking Dead, which concluded with the 22nd episode of its eleventh season in November.
But there’s good news for mega-fans and those who haven’t watched the programme yet, since all 11 seasons are already accessible to view on Netflix.
Hurrah.
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