S20E18: Robert Downey Jr.

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Some stories contain great seeds of trash that bloom instead into a resilient forest, and that's our story today. Actor Robert Downey Jr., Marvel's Iron Man, famously had a rough start to his career. For years, he was in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, and keeping the Los Angeles Police Department plenty busy with various drug-fueled bad decisions. Talented though he obviously was, he was all but written off by Hollywood in the early 2000s, when he finally found the strength to sit with his demons and chose not to let them control him any longer. There was also a long relationship with Sarah Jessica Parker and a doomed - for obvious reasons - first marriage along the way. Here's Robert Downey Jr. performing a snippet of Joni Mitchell's 'River' on Ally McBeal: 2006 Robert Downey Jr. - Joni Mitchell's 'River' (YouTube link) Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors June’s Journey from Wooga. June needs your help, detective! Download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:08.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra ink,
0:12.0	or building a playlist that will even get your
0:14.8	nann up on the table. Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:20.1	Christmas.
0:23.0	Better with Pepsi Max.
0:27.0	Hey friends, welcome to Trashy Divorces, everybody's favorite.
0:31.0	Good podcast about bad relationships my name's Alicia thank you
0:35.9	for joining us for today's tale of marital misadventure Stacy who you bring into
0:40.9	us you know I have what is actually a really inspiring story.
0:45.0	There's some trashiness.
0:46.6	There's also a weird little holiday tie-in, since we're into December now.
0:51.5	We're going to talk about the life and loves, which seem quite durable, to be honest, of actor Robert Downey Jr.
0:58.0	Iron Man himself. Yep. He really has had a real journey.
1:02.0	Mm-hmm. before we get started on R. D. J.
1:06.2	We're gonna give a few quick shout-outs in our magic mirror here.
1:10.3	First up, Whitney and Heather and kiddos, our sticker pack was simply incredible. Thank you.
1:18.0	Christian and Pippi and Cash and Tate, y'all rock, we are filled to the brim with trash panda stickers and we couldn't be more delighted.
1:28.0	We do appreciate the secondary security envelope, so it wasn't just a huge explosion. I was like is this going to be
1:34.8	glitter right what right we also want to give a big thanks to Olivia K we got your delightful little gift package and your beautiful little note.
1:46.4	Thank you, thank you, thank you.
1:48.0	It was entirely kind of you and you warmed our hearts with all the holiday feels.
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