14 DAY TRIAL // Lindsay Lohan is out of the Betty Ford Clinic, where she received treatment for an alleged drug and alcohol addiction, as well as for certain unspecified emotional issues. Since she’s out, she needed a sober sponsor – and she found it in Tom Hardy.
The “Inception” star has a long and colorful track record with substance abuse, even saying in a few older interviews that there are times when he’s surprised he made it through them alive.
TMZ is reporting that Tom and Lindsay met just recently, and have struck a friendship that has made of him her sponsor – though whether he’s the official one is yet to be determined.
“Someone is trying to plant an idea in Lindsay Lohan’s head – about how to stay sober – and who better to do that than one of the stars of ‘Inception,’ Tom Hardy,” TMZ writes.
“TMZ has learned LiLo has a struck a friendship with Hardy recently after the pair were introduced by mutual friends. We’re told they even met for dinner one night last week,” the same report says.
Apparently, Lindsay is very determined to stay clean for good this time and this is why she gladly accepted Tom’s advice.
“Sources tell us Tom is giving Lindsay advice on how to stay sober and Lindsay is seriously listening to him. Hardy famously battled addiction early on his career and has been sober since 2003,” TMZ writes.
As we also noted in August last year, in an interview with Men’s Health, Tom spoke in detail about his struggles with addiction and how it took the birth of his son to make him see in what a bad state he was and how badly he needed help.
He also explained his crazy lifestyle by a terrifying fear of failure that he tried to dull by drinking and drugging himself senseless almost night after night.
“Louis arriving was an absolute godsend. Children need things. Not want things. Want and need are two different things I have always mixed up. When Louis came along he was like, ‘You can’t think about you! I’m here!’ It separated a lot of my selfish behavior,” Hardy said at the time.