French actor Gerard Depardieu, 65, admits to drinking 14 bottles of wine a day – despite having a quintuple heart bypass
- Actor told a French film magazine: ‘I can’t drink like a normal person’
- He also enjoys beer, pastis, champagne, vodka and whiskey during the day
- 65-year-old says that he ‘never gets drunk’ despite voluminous intake
Published: 02:55 EST, 17 September 2024
Gerard Depardieu, the titan of French cinema and renowned bon vivant, claims he sometimes drinks up to 14 bottles of wine a day.
Even a quintuple heart bypass operation 14 years ago does not seem to have tempered the actor’s drinking, nor a serious motorcycle crash while over the legal limit.
The 65-year-old Frenchman’s fondness for wine is such that he runs his own award-winning vineyard in the Medoc.
He told French magazine So Film: ‘I can’t drink like a normal person. I can absorb 12, 13, 14 bottles per day.
Wine lover: Gerard Depardieu during a visit to the ‘Vinexpo’ international wine fair in Bordeaux, south-western France in 2024. He runs his own award-winning vineyard in the Medoc
‘In the morning, it starts at home with champagne or red wine before 10am, then again champagne.’
Gerard said he breaks up the wine intake with a little aniseed liqueur pastis.
He added: ‘Then food, accompanied by two bottles of wine.
‘In the afternoon, champagne, beer and more pastis at around 5pm, to finish off the bottle.
‘Later on, vodka and/or whisky. But I’m never totally drunk, just a little p*****d.
‘All you need is a 10-minute nap and voila, a slurp of rose wine and I feel as fresh as a daisy.
‘Anyway, I’m not going to die. Not now. I still have energy.’
Previously Depardieu made headlines after he was banned from an Air France flight for urinating in the aisle as it prepared to take off, forcing the plane to turn back to its parking spot.
A passenger on the flight said Depardieu appeared to be drunk and insisted he be allowed to use the bathroom during takeoff, when passengers must remain seated.
Gérard Depardieu cuts a slovenly figure with unkempt tresses as he sports personalised gilet around New York
Published: 11:47 EST, 8 December 2024
Gérard, 65, dressed down for a trip into New York City, even braving the cold in a matching short-sleeved polo top.
Dressed down: Gerard Depardieu hit the streets of New York City in a personalised gilet with his name on it on Sunday afternoon
The 20-stone actor neglected his grooming regime, leaving thin strands of untamed hair around the sides of his tinted shades.
