GAME Of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn has a secret cocaine binge past, it has emerged, after he left Strictly.
The Northern Irish star, 49, was forced to step back from the BBC show earlier this month due to “unexpected health reasons”.
Actor Kristian Nairn has a secret cocaine binge past[/caption]
The Game of Thrones star was forced to step back from Strictly earlier this month due to ‘unexpected health reasons’[/caption]
The Sun on Sunday can reveal Nairn described himself in a book last year as a coke ‘monster’ who at one stage ‘hoofed half a kilo’ of the deadly drug[/caption]
There is no suggestion he left Strictly over what he said about his drug use.
The Sun on Sunday can reveal he described himself in a book last year as a coke “monster” who at one stage “hoofed half a kilo” of the drug up his nose.
It comes after The Sun on Sunday revealed the Met Police are investigation allegations of drug use by two Strictly stars – which is not connected to Nairn.
Boasting of his huge cocaine use in his book, he said: “I’m a monster.
“I go hard on whatever I can get my hands on.
“Not long ago I hoofed half a kilo of coke up my nose.
“Half a f****g kilo.”
Opening about his life as a DJ he said: “There’s a part of me that’s spiralling out of control.
“The more I take on, the less conscious I am of what I’m doing or why.”
The star lifted the lid on his drug addiction in his memoir last year, Beyond The Throne, admitting he was hooked on it at home too.
He said: “I’m snorting so much coke that when I lift my head off the pillow, usually past midday, it’s still encrusted into the cotton like cardboard.”
Kristian finally escaped his drugs hell after isolating himself in a cottage in a tiny Irish village called Ballyhornan and got clean by 2008, having to clear massive drugs debts – before landing his massive role as Hodor in GoT.
He said: “I’ve escaped from Belfast.
“I needed to.
“Over the last year my drug habit has become so extreme its dangerous, so I truly think my life depends on it.”
He has been replaced on the new series of Strictly by Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope, best known as Nicky Milligan on the ITV soap.
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- Chris Robshaw, former Harlequins and England rugby captain.
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- Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope was announced as the last contestant.
- Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn pulled out of the show before the launch date over medical reasons.