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Two bottles a day and a 10,000 bottle wine cellar: Denzel Washington opens up about his past drinking problem


The Gladiator II star, who said he has been sober for 10 years, revealed is now focused on getting stronger after Lenny Kravitz hooked him up with a trainer

Health and fitness coverage of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s belated Roman empire sequel, has so far focused on Paul Mescal’s gym regime and glut of chicken. Washington wrote in a long first-person piece in Esquire magazine: “About two years ago my good friend, my little brother, Lenny Kravitz, said, ‘D, I wanna hook you up with a trainer.’ And he did, and he’s another man of God. But he declared himself uninterested in the awards race in the same article, saying that his best actor loss to Kevin Spacey in 2000 (Washington was nominated for The Hurricane) made him “bitter” about such prizes.

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