10 Celebrities Who Gave Booze The Boot

L–R: Naomi Campbell, Sanaa Lathan, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Ari Lennox. Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty, Taylor Hill / WireImage, Karwai Tang / Getty, and Prince Williams/WireImage. Art Design: Siobhan Dixon.

We are closing out the month of January and on some people’s list of New Year’s resolutions is the goal to fulfill Dry January. The challenge encourages participants to not drink alcohol for the entire first month of the year. The public health initiative was created by a UK-based charity organization Alcohol Change UK in 2013. 

Many people decide to give up drinking as a whole whether it be for health, weight loss, or saving money. Let’s take a look at some celebrities who have given booze the boot or have never had a sip of it.

1. Sanaa Lathan, 53

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In 2021, Sanaa Lathan dropped the shocking revelation that she stopped drinking alcohol in 2018. During a press run for her Netflix series Hit and Run, she told People, “Alcohol was not going well with me physically. Just, it was not working anymore. It affects everything, and that’s part of the reason why I stopped, because even if you’re going out a couple of times a week and you’re drinking, it was starting to affect me throughout the week. It wouldn’t necessarily be a hangover, but it definitely dimmed my energy. I didn’t feel as good. It was affecting anxiety.”

She referenced her mother Eleanor Mccoy as being the “funest” and “happiest person” despite never having a drink. She added that, “there’s this whole belief that you can only have fun with alcohol. I had to really reprogram that aspect, because it’s just all over in our culture.”