jonathan rhys meyersJonathan Rhys Meyers has revealed that he’s been sober since his mum died last year.

The The Tudors star entered rehab in early 2007 to battle alcoholism but started drinking again when his mum Geraldine had a stroke in November, leading to his arrest for drunken behaviour at Dublin airport shortly before her death a few days later.

However, now he’s said he’s been dry since then: “I haven’t even thought about drinking since my mother passed away. Drinking is not the way forward for me at all.

“Since I was 27 I must have been drunk maybe a dozen-and-a-half times - but when I do, I’m like Bambi. I’m all over the place, hopeless, like a 16-year-old kid. People notice.

“Now drink doesn’t fit into where I want to go. I want to do something useful with my life. Drinking is not synonymous with that.

“To be honest, I just leave it alone and hope people will, too, but I don’t really care. The whole drinking thing with me has been blown out of all proportion anyway.”