The Mighty Ducks child star Shaun Weiss on overcoming drug addiction trends now
The Mighty Ducks actor Shaun Weiss has spoken about his struggles in a rare TV interview, two years after overcoming a serious drug addiction.
The former child star, who shot to fame in 1992 playing Greg Goldberg in The Mighty Ducks and as Josh Birnbaum in the 1995 film Heavyweights, was hooked on methamphetamine and heroin for three years before finally getting sober in 2020.
Appearing on Today Extra on Thursday, the 44-year-old said he's grateful to have his life back, thanking his former castmates for helping him through dark times.
The Mighty Ducks actor Shaun Weiss has spoken about his struggles in a rare TV interview, two years after overcoming a serious drug addiction. (Pictured left on Channel Nine's Today Extra on Thursday, and right in 1992's The Mighty Ducks)
'I'm feeling better than I have in years and being able to get back and do movies again is, like, just a dream come true,' he told hosts Sylvia Jeffreys and David Campbell.
'I'll be honest, when all that stuff was going on, I really never thought that I'd be at a spot where I could look back at all that in my rear-view mirror. So to be able to be here now, I feel like I got a second chance,' he added.
Weiss insisted that, unlike other child stars who fell on hard times, Hollywood wasn't to blame for his downward spiral into drugs.
'I'm feeling better than I have in years and being able to get back and do movies again is like, just a dream come true,' he told co-hosts Sylvia Jeffreys (centre) and David Campbell (left)
Weiss also praised the cast and crew of The Mighty Ducks and Heavyweights for inspiring him to reach sobriety, referring to them as his 'real-life family'
'I think [my addiction] had less to do with Hollywood and a lot to do with other things... my depression is what led to my drug addiction, and I figured that out over a thousand hours of therapy,' he explained.
Weiss also praised the cast and crew of The Mighty Ducks and Heavyweights
