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55 Celebrities Who Don't Drink Alcohol

From Blake Lively to Kendrick Lamar...these are the celebrities you won't see with a drink in their hand.

By Kara Ladd and Victoria Sines
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While we've all had one too many cocktails or whatever it may be at that Thursday evening happy hour, many, including some of our favorite celebrities, have chosen to abstain from the act of drinking alcohol all together. Although it can be hard to imagine a glamorous Hollywood party scene without sipping on glasses of champagne, these stars have proven you can still party and enjoy yourself, while embracing the sober life.

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Natalie Portman

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No wonder Natalie Portman is always glowing! She experimented with alcohol in her college days, but has stood strong as a sober adult. "I didn’t really go to high school parties, and yeah, I didn’t touch pot till I was in my 20s... I didn't get flat-out drunk until I went to college. But I think that's a good thing in many ways," she said.

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Elton John

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Elton John's battle with excess drugs, alcoholism, and an eating disorder is just another story that shines light on the dark side of fame. The music legend was inspired to get sober over 30 years ago in 1990 after seeing the AIDS epidemic take a toll on society. He told The Fix in 2017, "Within six months I became sober, and clean, and have been for the last 27 years."

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Rumer Willis

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The actress took to social media in July 2017 to announce her sobriety. "My decision to become sober wasn't out of a need necessarily, it was more just that I did 'sober January' and I just decided to keep going," said Willis to People. In December 2020, she celebrated four years of sobriety on Instagram, writing, "For anyone and everyone who is struggling or has a desire to get sober know that it is not a one size fits all process but it's one day at a time."

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Dax Shepard

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Over 16 years ago, Dax Shepard decided to turn his life around and got sober. One of his anniversary tweets in 2016 states, "I now have a wife & babies & some self-esteem #gratitude #promises." He shared on his podcast, Armchair Expert, that he relapsed with painkillers, however he's now sober again.

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Shania Twain

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The country icon lives a pretty clean life. Twain abstains from alcohol, drugs, and is also a vegetarian. She revealed in her biography, "I like a clean band. I don't like drugs. I don't like alcohol. I like to have clean-living people around me."

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Tyler, The Creator

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The rapper may slay lyrics about booze and drugs, but Tyler is surprisingly clean of it all. During an interview with the Creative All Star series, he shared, "I just never wanted to drink. It's just something that didn't interest me."

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Zac Efron

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Yup, that's right. The High School Musical heartthrob is sober after his alcohol and drug addiction resulted in rehab in 2013. Zac Efron told ELLE in 2016, "You get out of life what you put in. Crossing the line is what leads to greatness."

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Bradley Cooper

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The actor discussed his sobriety in his GQ cover story back in 2013, explaining that at the age of 29 he felt "if I continued it, I was really going to sabotage my whole life."

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Tyra Banks

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According to Forbes, the supermodel once made a statement about her sobriety to her fans: "I feel like I've been very lucky because I don't really have an addictive personality. I've never had any drugs, and I had a little taste of alcohol when I was 12 years old, but that's about it."

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Kristin Davis

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This Sex and the City star was quoted in a passage by Marie Claire U.K. expressing how she didn't think she would make it past the age of 30. Davis admitted, "I realized it was not going to end well. I got into the acting program, it was very challenging, I was hungover and I wasn't doing so well in my classes. I thought, 'Do you know what? It's going to be one or the other. I can't really have both.'"

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Jada Pinkett Smith

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The actress revealed details about her past struggles with addiction on her show, Red Table Talk, admitting, "Drinking red wine for me was like drinking glasses of water. I think back on my life, like, I am a walking miracle, no doubt about that."

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Robert Downey Jr.

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The Iron Man star openly talked about his battle with substance abuse in his 2014 Vanity Fair cover story, revealing that he has now been sober for over 10 years.

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Christina Ricci

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In a 2008 cover story with BlackBook, the actress revealed, "I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn't think it was very good for my life."

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Naomi Campbell

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In an interview with Vogue UK back in 2010, the English supermodel and actress explained, "To be honest, there were times I thought I wouldn't survive. I used to have a lot of problems... amongst others I drank too much, so I joined Alcoholics Anonymous to get and stay sober."

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Lana Del Rey

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In the singer's 2012 Women of the Year profile by British GQ, Del Rey explains that she struggled with alcohol addiction for most of her early teenage years, finally getting sober before she turned 20 and after moving to New York City to pursue her music.

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Leona Lewis

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According to Glamour U.K., the singer stays away from alcohol. 'I don't drink—I hate the taste of alcohol. When my debut single [Bleeding Love] went to No.1, I celebrated with non-alcoholic champagne," she shared.

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Lucy Hale

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The Pretty Little Liars actress told InStyle in 2017 that her decision to embrace the sober life all started when she decided to chop off most of her hair into the cute bob hairstyle she has now. "I tried really hard to be the social butterfly," the actress said after years of trying to find her place in the Hollywood party scene.

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Jack Osbourne

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In 2021, the reality TV star shared that he's been sober for 18 years now, after sending out a celebratory Instagram post. "It's not that it get easier or harder, it's just that it's life on life's terms," he wrote.

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Rob Lowe

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According to People, after receiving the Spirit of Sobriety award in 2015 for celebrating 25 clean years, the actor credited most of his success to his wife, Sheryl Berkoff. In his acceptance speech, Lowe explained, "She inspired me to get sober. She’s put up with my defects of character as they call it. In sobriety the lessons keep coming if you’re lucky enough to be along as long as I have."

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Calvin Harris

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The Scottish DJ revealed in an interview with the BBC in 2009 that despite his career choice, he has forgone consuming alcohol for the better. Harris expressed, "I stopped drinking because it actually was making me ill. It was affecting my brain in the worst way."

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