Terry Crews recently opened up about his pornography addiction while being featured on Monday’s episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast.
The ‘White Chicks’ actor revealed how he would purposely “start an argument” with his wife, Rebecca King so she “wouldn’t ask more questions,” while he was battling the addiction. “Poor woman,” he said. “It was horrible. My kids, I would be angry at them for getting in the way.” Crews then reflected on his childhood and spoke about his he grew up in an “ultra-religious” household and how his father was such an abusive man. He went on to explain that he first was exposed to porn when he was 8-years-old, which made him forget “all the stress, all the problems, everything.”
Furthermore, the actor spoke on how when he was younger he felt like his addiction was just an escape but as he became an adult he realized he had an addiction. “A lot of time in the hotels alone I would be on the porn channels. I would feel super guilty and then I would read a bunch of self-help,” he said, explaining that his mindset was: “OK, let me get back to even here. I felt bad about myself all the time,” he said. “I am a failure in my head.”
Crews even took it a step further and revealed how he cheated on his wife. “I cheated on my wife. I was that dude. Like, who officially stepped outside and I had never done that before. I kept that secret for years,” he said, adding that while King didn’t know what had happened, his infidelity “affected” their then-11-year marriage.
He says he first thought he was going to take his cheating scandal to the grave but then he decided to just tell the truth.
He said: “I put it all down and I told her what I did. I said, ‘I got this hand job in Vancouver back on the first movie I did.’ And she went, ‘Oh!’ and I will never forget that gasp,” he said. “And what’s crazy is that I’m thinking, hey, that was 10 years ago, but for her, it was a second ago.”
A lot of people aren’t aware but can probably tell by his body size but in Crews’ early life, Terry Crews played football at Western Michigan University and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1991 NFL Draft. He played in the NFL for several years as a defensive end and linebacker for the Rams, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, and Philadelphia Eagles.
After retiring from professional football, Crews transitioned into acting and comedy. He gained recognition for his role as Julius Rock on the TV show “Everybody Hates Chris” (2005-2009). Terry Crews is also known for his comedic performances in movies like “White Chicks” (2004), “Idiocracy” (2006), and “The Expendables” film series. He has also appeared in action films like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and the “Deadpool” series.