The Weeknd has stopped using hard drugs: ‘I want children’ | Stars

entertainment">The singer says in the interview that he still occasionally drinks alcohol and smokes weed, but otherwise does not use drugs at all. Abel Tesfaye, as The Weeknd is actually called, states that he used to feel that he was dependent on drugs. “I thought I needed it, and wasn’t figuring out how to make sure I could do without it.”

entertainment">The Canadian superstar, known for hits like Blinding Lights, Starboy in I Feel It Coming, previously said he used “an awful lot” of drugs years ago. He described the period from 2008 to 2010 as his “hazy years”.

Children

entertainment">The Weeknd also says that starting a family was a reason for him to give up hard drugs altogether. “I want a family eventually. I know I sometimes say I don’t want kids, but I do. I want children.”

entertainment">The singer had a blinking light relationship with the half-Dutch model Bella Hadid for years. He also had a short relationship with singer Selena Gomez.

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