‘American Pie’ actor Jason Biggs revealed that he hid his alcoholism from his wife, and broke the news to her on his podcast.
Biggs admitted to his wife, Jenny Moren, that he continued to drink and drive even when he was receiving counseling for addiction issues. He spoke candidly about his recent episode. “Everything fails” He then called himself a professional who hid the fact that he had been drinking. “I go to therapy and ‘work on things’, but in the meantime, if I just finished therapy and had a good session, I went to the liquor store and bought a fifth of vodka, drank it and drove to the car. I’m going home,’” Biggs said on the podcast.
“Was I married to this person? That’s so strange to me!” cried Molen.
Mollen kept a steady smile and a straight face when she learned the truth about her husband, and did not seem at all upset by the news.
However, she seemed stunned that she was not aware of the matter.
“These are things that shock me,” she said. “How come I didn’t notice?”
Jason Biggs of “Out Matched” speaks during the Fox segment of the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour at Langham Huntington on January 7, 2020 in Pasadena, California.Photo by: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Actor Jason Biggs and author/actress Jenny Molen pose for a photo at the opening night of Broadway’s “The Heidi Chronicles” at the Music Box Theater on March 19, 2015 in New York City. Photo credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Biggs spoke candidly about how he was able to continue drinking to excess without his wife’s knowledge.
“I knew how to waste enough if I didn’t have to cut myself out of the equation of life, cut myself off from the present, and connect in a way that made me feel things,” Biggs said.
“I asked T-kun to think about it. I wanted to avoid getting too drunk and not being able to have a conversation,” he admitted matter-of-factly.
Then the famous actor made another surprising confession. “I was always changing the bottles in the bar,” he said.
Actors Jenny Molen and Jason Biggs attend the Animal Haven 50th Anniversary Gala at Capital on June 14, 2017 in New York City.Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Animal Haven
Actress/writer Jenny Molen (left) and actor Jason Biggs attend the Women in Variety and Film Emmy nominations gala. Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Variety
Biggs publicly celebrated one year of sobriety on Instagram in 2018, when he first opened up about his addiction. (Related: Leah McSweeney sues Andy Cohen and Bravo for allegedly exploiting alcoholism to boost ratings)
“The first time I tried to get sober was over five years ago, when the weight of my obsession with booze and drugs became too much for me to bear,” he wrote in the caption.
