Robert Downey Jr. spoke candidly about what life in jail was like for him throughout a dialog with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the podcast “Armchair Professional.”
The “Iron Man” star was selling his documentary “Sr,” which highlights his relationship together with his father, the filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.
Downey Jr. spoke about his struggles with dependancy and defined how his failure to seem for court-ordered drug checks ultimately led to a year-long jail time period that started in 1999. Shepard requested Downey Jr. about how lengthy he was in jail earlier than the fact of his state of affairs set in, which prompted Downey Jr. to open up in regards to the expertise, evaluating jail to a “actually unhealthy neighborhood.”
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“Arguably probably the most harmful place I’ve ever been in my life as a result of no one is designated in the event that they’re a stage 1, 2, 3 or 4 legal,” Downey Jr. mentioned. “There was no alternative there. It was solely threats. Sure, everybody goes to take your pockets, so watch it.”
He described what it was prefer to stroll the yard for the primary time, realizing he would see nothing however that specific surroundings for the subsequent 12 months of his life.
“The closest factor I can affiliate it to is to being despatched to a distant planet the place there’s no means residence till the planets align,” he mentioned.
Downey Jr. mentioned it took him two weeks to assimilate in his new atmosphere.
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“We’re programmed to, inside a brief period of time, to have the ability to modify to issues which are seemingly unattainable,” he mentioned. “Day 15 was a ball. By Day 15, I’m dialed in.”
Downey Jr. mentioned he fostered a brand new philosophy and realized to dwell in a different way on the within, because of the ongoing battle to remain secure and survive.
“A very powerful factor is, so long as you might have the willingness to do hurt, it’s unlikely you’ll be focused,” he defined. (RELATED: ‘I Really feel Like My Life Is Ending And I Am Actually Scared’: Jen Shah Particulars Her First Days In Jail)
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Shepard then requested his visitor how he made associates in jail, which elicited a colourful response.
“Motherfucker, you don’t have associates within the joint. You’ve acquaintances,” Downey Jr. mentioned.