Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home TV

One Tree Hill’s Paul Johansson Struggled With Depression During Show

rmtsa by rmtsa
December 21, 2023
in TV
0
One Tree Hill’s Paul Johansson Struggled With Depression During Show
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

MOVIES: Karate Kid: Legends – Review: Full of Nostalgia

Africa’ Winner Ethan Zohn Talks Show’s First Tribe Swap

Summer House Reunion: Paige DeSorbo Questions Craig’s Ring Claim

One Tree Hill’s Paul Johansson Reveals He Struggled With Depression While Playing Dan Scott

Paul Johansson.
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AdoptTogether

Paul Johansson is getting candid about how his role on One Tree Hill took a toll on his mental health.

“It was awful,” Johansson, 59, shared on the Tuesday, December 19 episode of the “Trying to Figure It Out With Ally Petitti” podcast. “I was deeply depressed and I was drinking.”

Johansson starred as the infamous villain Dan Scott in the teen drama series, which began airing on The WB in 2003. In the show, his character is the biological father of Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) and the master manipulator of their small town.

The actor shared that he was “drinking a couple bottles of wine a night” by himself, adding that “it was really tough” for “about six or seven years.” Johansson also revealed that people would move seats on airplanes “to get away” from him.

One Tree Hill Cast Reunions Through the Years See Their Sweetest Moments

Related: ‘One Tree Hill’ Cast Reunions Through the Years

Ravens for life! One Tree Hill hooked viewers in with its dramatic story lines — but the cast’s real-life friendships are what keeps fans talking about the teen series nearly 20 years after its premiere. “We’ve known each other for almost two decades now. Our friendships have changed immeasurably,” Sophia Bush exclusively told Us Weekly […]

“It was just a time when I think I was absorbing the energy of the people that were looking at me and seeing me and seeing me as something that’s bad,” he recalled, adding that he’s “sensitive” and “vulnerable to criticism.”

He noted that the way “to get out of it,” was that the show “had to end.” When OTH eventually did come to a close in 2012, Johansson confessed he was “actually grateful.”

“I needed to get out and get other characters and feel other things, but then I was getting bad guy roles again because of that show,” he said. “It put me in a box.”

When podcast host Ally Petitti asked if he was provided with any support from the show, he replied: “It’s a really, really simple question. Never, nothing, zero.”

One Tree Hill’s Paul Johansson Reveals He Struggled With Depression While Playing Dan Scott
Kevin Winter/Getty Images

This isn’t the first time that Johansson has opened up about his time with the OTH. After costar Bethany Joy Lenz called the set “divided” at times, Johansson exclusively told Us Weekly that he never experienced that.

“I think I was more isolated from that,” he told Us in August 2019. “I think people were more careful around me, because I was a different generation. I’m a big dog, you know what I mean? So I don’t think that would have gone on under my watch, had I seen any of it. I didn’t see anything on the set, but sets can become pretty familiar with each other. Boundaries can get a little bit blurry. You’ve got to check yourselves and help each other.”

Johansson noted that “it was a super close set,” and they “really all loved each other.”

Thank You!

You have successfully subscribed.

“I didn’t know about that — if there were any separations in that regard,” he said. “I don’t think as an older character, I was involved in all that stuff.”

He continued: “What I do believe is that we have a tremendously powerful female contingent that really drove our show. My feeling is that that show is a female powerhouse-driven show and that we followed the girls much more than they ever followed us. Like, our leaders were Joy, Sophia [Bush] and Hilarie [Burton Morgan]. They were our leaders in many ways and setting a lot of examples.”



Source link

Tags: DepressionHillsJohanssonPaulShowStruggledTree
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

MOVIES: Karate Kid: Legends – Review: Full of Nostalgia

by rmtsa
May 29, 2025
0
MOVIES: Karate Kid: Legends – Review: Full of Nostalgia

Karate Kid Legends is the legacy sequel to Karate Kid; but also operating in a post Cobra Kai world where a once one-note 80s villain Johnny Lawrence has...

Read more

Africa’ Winner Ethan Zohn Talks Show’s First Tribe Swap

by rmtsa
May 29, 2025
0
Africa’ Winner Ethan Zohn Talks Show’s First Tribe Swap

'Survivor: Africa' Winner Ethan Zohn Talks Show's First Tribe Swap ad Source link

Read more

Summer House Reunion: Paige DeSorbo Questions Craig’s Ring Claim

by rmtsa
May 29, 2025
0
Summer House Reunion: Paige DeSorbo Questions Craig’s Ring Claim

Paige DeSorbo aired her and Craig Conover’s dirty laundry during the Summer House season 9 reunion — and she wasn’t the only one in the hot seat. During...

Read more

Lexi Ioannou on Tommy Manzo’s “Weird Obsession” With Her

by rmtsa
May 29, 2025
0
Lexi Ioannou on Tommy Manzo’s “Weird Obsession” With Her

80 Credit: Instagram Lexi Ioannou opened up about her “uncomfortable” relationship with her former stepfather, Tommy Manzo, while appearing on Gia Giudice‘s podcast on Monday. As she also...

Read more

A Proven Guide That Works in 2025

by rmtsa
May 29, 2025
0
A Proven Guide That Works in 2025

Want to know a secret? You can sell CS skins and make thousands of dollars in real money. Most skins sell for just pennies, but rare and popular...

Read more
Next Post
Study Claims Gen Z Reportedly Suffers From “Menu Anxiety” When Dining Out • Hollywood Unlocked

Study Claims Gen Z Reportedly Suffers From "Menu Anxiety" When Dining Out • Hollywood Unlocked

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • NYC Council Passes Resolution Supporting Higher Pay for Artists on Streaming Services
  • Embracer Transforms Into Fellowship Entertainment, Goes All-In on THE LORD OF THE RINGS — GeekTyrant
  • “If They Read It, They Will Cry”: Renowned One Piece Animator Still Hasn’t Read the Series’ Best Backstory

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In