By Hayden Brooks
Apr 21, 2021
Macklemore has opened up about his struggle with addiction again, admitting that he relapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During his appearance on the
Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard podcast, the rapper, 37, touched on Shepard's relapse after 16 years of sobriety in September 2020. Following his surgery for a motorcycle crash, the actor became hooked on opioids. Macklemore heard Shepard’s confessions during an episode of the podcast and admitted that his ability to be vulnerable and honest "really, really resonated" with the chart-topper.
"It was within two months of my COVID relapse, and the disease of addiction is crazy," Macklemore explained during the almost-two-hour episode. "I really, really resonated with the episode where you talked about your relapse, and... I cried. It made me feel, as someone that had relapsed again, like a month or two before, that I'm not alone."