Trigger Warning:This article contains mentions of addiction and mental health issues.
In fact, there are many tragic details about Zac Efron’s life that not many people know of.
It’s never one specific thing.
I mean, you’re in your 20s, single, going through life in Hollywood, you know?
Everything is thrown at you.
I wouldn’t take anything back; I needed to learn everything I did.
But it was an interesting journey, to say the least."
In May 2016, he toldElle, “What I found is structure.
That led me to a balance of opposites: You get out of life what you put in.”
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Sadly, unbeknownst to many, his cousin Emily died in 2013 from cancer.
In October 2015, Efron shared a photo onInstagramof himself and his cousin as kids.
We share the same birthday and this day is forever ours.
My birthday wish is for you to donate anything you might to [Stand Up to Cancer]."
In November 2013, it was initially reported byE!
In a September 2022 interview withEntertainment Tonight, he said, “It was funny.
I almost died, but we’re good,” he said bluntly.
I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this work."
Efron explained, “A homeless guy, or vagrant, tapped on the driver’s-side window.
Before I knew it, [my friend] was out of the car, and they started fighting.
I’ll see you at the finish line, RIP Puppy Efron.”
There’s just too little water in the skin.
Like, it’s fake; it looks CGI’d.
And that required Lasix, powerful diuretics, to achieve.
I started to develop insomnia, and I fell into a pretty bad depression for a long time.
Something about that experience burned me out.
I had a really hard time recentering.
“For all the reasons I thought it would be incredible, I was just miserable.
My body would not feel healthy; I just didn’t feel alive.
I felt bogged down and slow.”
It was not a good look.
It was a very scared look."
“I did breathing and meditation.
Really, you’re able to’t ever really let go of all of it.
There’s always a little bit of you that knows tomorrow you’re Ted,” he explained.
“I’m a little sentimental right now,” Efron said, his voice wavering a little.
And she hung them all over the house," Efron remarked.
A short while later, the actor shared a heartfelt Instagram post intributeto his grandmother.
Alongside a photo of his family all together, Efron wrote, “Love you Grandma.
We’ll take good care of Grandpa for you.”
It was believed to be typhoid fever, a bacterial infection, that Efron contracted while filming his show.
After receiving treatment for several days, he was allowed to return home for the holiday season.
I’m home for the holidays with my friends and family.
Thanks for all the love and concern, see you in 2020!"
People in large groups, it triggers my agoraphobia."
It would be extraordinary to do.
I’m still devastated by the fact that [Perry] is gone."
Thinking about you a lot today."
