Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, Woody Harrelson reveals how Willie Nelson reignited his love of weed, through none other than some good ol’ fashioned peer pressure.
Woody Harrelson was once one of Hollywood’s most prevalent pot-smokers, but his love for the green has waned as his hairs have greyed. Or, more accurately, fell off of his scalp. The actor revealed last year that he had officially stopped smoking weed, citing that the plant kept him from being ’emotionally available,’ along with the simple fact that he had a penchant for partying too often.
“But I am a party animal, “Harrelson said in an interview with Vulture last year. “But on the other hand, I haven’t … I’m now extremely moderate and … I actually stopped smoking pot almost a year ago.”
While most people (for reasons unbeknownst to us) lauded Harrelson’s life choice, it didn’t sit right with one other Hollywood toking legend—Willie Nelson. And, apparently, Nelson’s green ideologies had a profound effect on the former Cheers actor.
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Harrelson revealed to DeGeneres that Nelson just wasn’t going to idly sit by and watch Harrelson not smoke the ganja. For a weed-smoking legend like Nelson, Harrelson’s new lifestyle appeared to be somewhat of a travesty.
“He was never comfortable with me quitting, it just bothered him,” he said. “I would always say, ‘Willie you know I’m not smoking,’ ” Harrelson said. “He would always do the same thing like he was hearing it for the first time, ‘Oh really? Sorry!’ This happened like 500 times.”
So while the two