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Barry Keoghanwho has been open about his troubled childhood, recently appeared on an episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast” and recalled the horrific memory of his mother screaming for drug money. The actor and his younger brother were taken into foster care at a young age. Also, their mother reportedly passed away from a heroin overdose when he was 12.

Appearing on “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” Keoghan recalled his late mother, saying, “My mom, she was gorgeous. She was gorgeous, almost like six feet, dark hair, just beautiful, like all the boys were chasing her. ” He went on to recall how she became a victim of heroin addiction, “This thing caught her, like a lot of families.” Keoghan said, “It’s sad to see the deterioration of people around the area and to see people struggle with that and the recovery they’re in.” now.” The actor further shared, “It caught my mother, it caught my uncle, who died from it, and it caught my father too.”

Barry Keoghan says his mother’s cries for drug money still haunt him

During podcast interviewBarry Keoghan revealed his father “wasn’t there” when he was young and his mother “couldn’t just look after” her sons. As a result, the actor and his younger brother, Eric, were taken into foster care and went through several different homes. Keoghan told how the hard times still haunt him. But he said: “I don’t blame her,” adding that heroin addiction is “a disease.”

Keoghan later revealed why Leonardo DiCaprio’s 1995 film “The Basketball Diaries” resonated with him. The film is based on the true story of Jim Carroll, a high school basketball player who became addicted to heroin. Keoghan recalled a heartbreaking scene from the film, which he believes “hits hard” as he explained that the same thing also happened at his grandmother’s house.

The actor said: “I remember lying in bed and (my mother) screaming through the mailbox, just wanting money.” Keoghan continued, “We had to get into bed and my aunt and grandmother said, ‘Just don’t go down.'” The 32-year-old then said: “It haunts me. You know, that was one of the last times I heard her, like, her voice, and that haunts me.” The actor also talked about how his childhood experiences had shaped him as a person and as a parent today.

Originally reported by Shriya Swami on Compulsory.

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