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Adam Scott has revealed that he has been living without alcohol for the past 12 years, saying he gradually stopped drinking without making it a major event.
The Severance and Parks and Recreation star, 53, opened up about his lifestyle during an Aug. 27 appearance on Jake Shane's Therapuss podcast. Scott was discussing his health when Shane asked whether he drank or smoked.
Scott said he did neither and explained that alcohol had quietly disappeared from his life more than a decade ago.
"I stopped drinking, like, 12 years ago," he said. "And it wasn't a thing. I was never a big drinker, I just kind of faded it out."
Shane suggested that Scott's decision could be one reason he still looks youthful, telling the actor, "That's why you look so young. It's poison."
Scott responded simply, "Alcohol is poison."
The actor also revealed that he has not been sick in about two years, although he did not directly attribute that to giving up alcohol.
Scott has previously spoken about his health and experiences on the set of Severance. In January 2025, he recalled suffering a persistent nosebleed while filming the Apple TV+ series. The bleeding became so severe that he became concerned his castmates would assume he was using cocaine.
"I got this nosebleed that would not stop," Scott said during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Rather than helping to dispel the speculation, Scott said he began making jokes about cocaine because he was trying to convince everyone that the nosebleed had nothing to do with drugs.
"When there's an actor that has a nose that will not stop bleeding, obviously it's cocaine," he joked.
Scott eventually needed to have his nose cauterized to stop the bleeding.
His comments about alcohol come as other celebrities have also recently discussed changing their relationships with drinking. Anna Faris, for example, said that getting sober helped her recognize a connection between alcohol and depression in her own experience.
For Scott, however, giving up alcohol was less about a dramatic turning point and more about gradually moving away from something he had never been particularly interested in.
"I just kind of faded it out," he said.
