Louis Theroux smoked “nightly spliff” through late teens and twenties to help him sleep

Louis Theroux has admitted to smoking “a nightly spliff” for years, prompting shock in a new podcast interview. READ MORE: ‘Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere’ review: one of the greatest documentaries of his career The documentarian, known for his earnest and strait-laced manner on camera, appeared on the latest episode of Katherine Ryan’s podcast What’s My Age Again?, and discussed his vices during his younger years. ‘I was like one or two cigarettes at parties and a nightly spliff through my late teens and 20s,’ he said (via Metro), before acknowledging the response in the podcast studio. ‘There was a reaction in the room to that. Did that surprise the kids?’ Explaining the usage, he said: “I would just have like one spliff a night just to help me sleep.” Ryan repeated back to him: ‘Just one, every night,’ to which he clarified: “Well, sometimes a bit more.” He also discussed drinking alcohol, confessing that “I even enjoy the hangovers” due to the experience of progressively feeling better during the day. Theroux made his name primarily on the BBC with a number of documentary series. Initially finding fame with Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, in which he explored American sub...