Celebs that ditched booze & transformed their looks including alcoholic child actor turned ‘gym addict’

WHERE many celebrities once embraced the hedonistic side of fame with booze-fuelled parties and late nights, others have since swapped alcohol for wellness, fitness and sobriety. Among them is Hollywood actor Tom Holland, who has been sober since 2022, having quit after realising he was “definitely addicted to alcohol”. Tom Holland has been sober since 2022, having realised he was “definitely addicted to alcohol” Credit: instagram/@tomholland2013 Tom has been busy promoting his new film The Odyssey, and was thanked by a journalist for being so open about his sober journey Credit: Getty Speaking about his decision in 2023, he told Jay Shetty: “I felt like I couldn’t be social. I felt like I couldn’t go to the pub and have a lime soda, [or] go out for dinner. “I was really, really struggling, and started to really worry that maybe I had an alcohol problem.” Sign up for the Fabulous newsletter Thank you! And during the press tour for his newest film The Odyssey, a journalist thanked him for being so open about his journey, and said it helped her co-worker and her family. “The associate editor in chief asked me to ask you this,” the journalist said. “You helped her dad stop drinking. She just wants to say thank you so much. It has changed his life, and she just wanted to give some love to you.” Others, including Spencer Matthews, Lily Allen, Cara Delevingne and Michelle Heaton, have re-emerged from alcohol addiction looking healthier and happier, with many fans noting dramatic changes in their appearance and well-being. Here, we take a look at the celebrities who transformed their looks after kicking the bottle. Spencer Matthews It’s no secret that former Made in Chelsea lothario Spencer Matthews once enjoyed nothing more than sinking G&Ts on his lunch break. Most read in Fabulous Former Made in Chelsea lothario Spencer Matthews pictured during his weight loss Credit: Instagram The former Made In Chelsea star has had a total transformation Credit: Instagram But he now spends his days pushing his body to the limit with multi-marathon challenges and intense workouts, and boasts one of the buffest bods in England. But before he was chasing mega marathons and taking on gruelling sporting challenges, the father-of-two was known for his love of booze. It was during his time on Made in Chelsea that Spencer said his drinking got really out of control. The 37-year-old has spoken openly about his “turbulent” relationship with alcohol. “I made incredibly bad decisions around alcohol to the point where I felt like it controlled my life,” he previously said. It wasn’t until 2018, when his wife, Vogue Williams, became pregnant with their first child, that he realised he needed to ditch the habit for good. Soon after he kicked the bottle, Spencer saw a significant transformation in his appearance, the absence of beer evident in his shrinking waistline, from nascent dad bod to super hunk. Since then, Spencer has become an advocate for the sober lifestyle, turning his passion for binge drinking days into a love for fitness. He even has his own alcohol-free beverages company, Clean Co. Lily Allen Lily Allen on stage before giving up booze Credit: Splash News The singer looks stunning after going teetotal Credit: Getty In her early years, Lily Allen fans became well accustomed to seeing the singer arrive on stage with a drink in hand. The 42-year-old said substance abuse turned her into a ‘bully’ who could turn ‘f***king horrible’ after a few drinks. She reached an all-time low in 2014 when, on tour, she found herself guzzling an entire bottle of Grey Goose vodka a day. She finally made the brave decision to kick the bottle in 2019 after realising alcohol had ‘control’ over her. Now five years sober, the Smile singer looks better than ever. Long gone are the front page spreads of Lily’s drunken misbehavings, one of which saw her escorted out of an award ceremony after getting too merry. Not only has her relationship with her friends and family improved, but so has her appearance. When she released her 2025 album West End Girl, she looked almost unrecognisable with glowing skin and a notably slimmer frame. Michelle Heaton Heavy drinking left Liberty X star Michelle Heaton looking and feeling terrible. The 46-year-old said alcohol ‘ruined her’ and her ‘immune system’. Michelle Heaton shared her incredible body transformation snaps Credit: Instagram Michelle said she drank up to two bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka nearly every day between 2018 and May 2021 Credit: Instagram Sharing a photo on social media in 2021, she revealed a side-by-side comparison of how she looked during some of her heaviest drinking moments. The picture showed a miserable-looking Michelle with bloodshot eyes and puffy skin. The second picture, taken 20 weeks after she went sober, saw her looking notably healthier and happier. At its worst, Michelle said she drank up to two bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka nearly every day between 2018 and May 2021, when she finally ditched alcohol for good. “Today, I am stronger mentally and physically than I’ve ever been,” she wrote beneath the comparison photos. Now five years sober, Michelle is unrecognisable with glowing skin and an enviably toned physique thanks to her newly embraced love of fitness. Daniel Radcliffe British Actor Daniel Radcliffe gave up drinking more than a decade ago after realising he had become dependent on it Credit: WeirPhotos Daniel has now transformed his addiction to drink into fitness Credit: Getty Harry Potter alum Daniel Radcliffe is yet another celebrity to have transformed his life after cutting out alcohol. The actor, 36, gave up drinking more than a decade ago after realising he had become dependent on it. According to Daniel, the immense pressure of playing Harry Potter left him with a ‘constant feeling of being watched’, a feeling he would relieve by drinking. Though he never drank on set, Daniel admitted he sometimes arrived ‘still drunk’ or hungover to work. Realising he was developing an unhealthy addiction to alcohol, in 2010, at the age of 21, he went sober. Like many of his celebrity peers, Daniel has now transformed his addiction to drink into fitness, recently revealing that he had become ‘pretty intense’ about his health and was weight-training and doing regular cardio. “I feel like I’m a cliché of a former alcoholic or anyone who had any kind of addictive personality and then switched that addiction to being about the gym,” he told E! News. Cara Delevingne Cara Delevingne attends the H&M Fashion Show Fall/Winter 2013 Credit: Getty – Contributor Cara Delevingne has now given up drugs Credit: Getty In 2022, Supermodel Cara Delevingne shocked fans after a clip of her looking delirious and dishevelled went viral. She has since admitted that she was doing ‘a lot of drugs’ at the time and was suffering seizures as a result. Cara realised soon after an incident in which an ambulance had to be called during a ‘crisis’ that she needed to get sober. Now a year on from giving up drugs, she has never looked better. Her previously tousled hair and pale complexion have been transformed, and the model now looks healthy and bright-eyed. In 2023, she said that quitting alcohol was ‘worth every second’ and that she finally felt free from having to ‘hide’ from people. Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus pictured in 2013 Credit: Getty – Contributor The choice to ditch the booze not only made her feel better in herself but also led her to write some of her best hits yet Credit: Alamy Singer Miley Cyrus is another proponent of a sober life. So much so that she called sobriety her ‘God’ and admitted quitting drinking and marijuana ‘changed my entire life’. In 2020, she gave up both substances after developing an addiction that started to take over her life. She knew she wasn’t a ‘moderation person’, explaining that her problem wasn’t with drinking itself but the ‘decisions’ she made once she exceeded a certain point. The choice to ditch the booze not only made her feel better in herself but also led her to write some of her best hits yet. By the time Miley released the song ‘Flowers’ in 2023, she looked like a new woman. As the song gained popularity, so did the outpouring of requests for her workout routine as fans gawked at her toned figure and her sculpted arms. Comment now