5 Famous celebrities who admitted to having gaming addiction


Being a celebrity or a movie star often means having a lot of downtime. Working 18 hours on a movie set all day can mean 16 hours of waiting and 2 hours of acting. So, it’s no wonder they need to find ways to fill the time while still staying screen-ready at a moment’s notice.

Just like anyone else, sometimes games can become a bit of a problem in a celebrity’s life when they get severely addicted. Here’s a look at some very famous people who have or had legitimate gaming addictions.

5. Ashton Kutcher

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Back when he was on That 70’s Show, before losing his car or becoming a successful investor, Ashton couldn’t get enough GoldenEye on Nintendo 64. In an interview with the CEO of Airbnb, Kutcher revealed that he started a production company at the age of 21, because…

“I was sorta just sitting around playing Bond all day. I’m REALLY good at GoldenEye. It’s the last videogame I played, by the way, so everything else falls apart after that. I was like, literally, my thumbs are going to fall off from playing this game.” – Ashton Kutcher

He’s not the only famous guy that had to quit games cold turkey…

4. Joe Rogan

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Joe Rogan’s video game addiction was extreme. Back in the days of playing Quake on PC in the 90s, he spent $10k a month to get a crazy commercial T1 line in his home in order to get the best possible connection. He would play Quake all day long, and he finally had to quit cold-turkey because he was playing 10 hours a day.

I don’t think you should ever escape reality, Life can be a magical, intense, fantastic experience if you manage it correctly. If we were offered the real world as a video game, the real world would be so much more fantastic. We just don’t think of it that way because we’re so used to it.

Joe hasn’t touched a game since, he’s worried he’ll get severely addicted again, especially since games have come so far since then.

3. Vin Diesel

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Vin Diesel is an unapologetic nerd, and got his start playing Dungeons and Dragons. He loves to game, and got sick and tired of seeing bad movie tie-in games, so he decided to launch a studio and put out a Riddick game that was well-received.

“The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we’re in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.” – Vin Diesel

2. Mila Kunis

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Like many other celebrities including Dave Chappelle, Megan Fox, Ronda Rousey, Vin Diesel and more, Mila would throw down some serous hours into World of Warcraft.

“Let’s just say that I had to quit the game, going on a good year now…” Before going on to explain the intricacies to a confused Jimmy Kimmel.

She had a special chat channel with friends that she knows in real life that play together, presumably a bunch of other celebrities who want to be a able to use voice chat without being recognized all the time.

1. Daniel Craig

Not even James Bond is immune to the grasp of a great game. While he isn’t putting in double-digit hours, in an old interview he said he’s really into Halo and games with deep stories, but he has to be careful to keep it to a few hours at a time, and that if his now-ex GF sees the Xbox out, it’s game over. He would wait for her to leave the house to get in some time on his console.