Who should you thank on stage when accepting your first ever Oscar? It's something that actors presumably devote a lot of time to in the build-up to the fateful night, whilst also practising their most convincing 'who, me?!' face in the mirror.Usually, it’s your loved ones, nearest and dearest, the director and the crew who get the shout outs, but for Robert Downey Jr.
– who took home the prize of best supporting actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer – he took a moment to toast… his shitty childhood. “I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order,” he began his speech at Sunday night’s ceremony, as he went on to praise his wife who “found a snarling rescue pet, and it loved me back to life… that’s why I’m here.”Downey Jr. has spoken previously before about growing up with parents who were drug addicts, and said that his father gave him drugs at a young age; marijuana for the first time, aged six, and “a little coke' as a child. After dealing with his own addictions later on in life, he has been sober since 200
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