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Their minds won't switch off...
It appears years of burning the midnight oil gave these A-listers insomnia. Whilst some stars only manage to get around three hours sleep, others have to rely on midnight snacks and a cocktail of drugs to get some shut eye. Find out which nocturnal stars are having sleepless nights... (©BANG Showbiz)
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Carrie Underwood
The country singer was over the moon when it was announced that she was expecting her first child with husband Mike Fisher back in 2014. However, her excitement was short lived thanks to a bout of pregnancy insomnia. Carrie shared on Twitter at the time: "Please go bother someone else ... like dads. Go bother dads. My husband sleeps so soundly and peacefully and I've been awake for 2 hours (so far). How is this fair? Imma lose my mind." (© BANG Showbiz)
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Michael Jackson
At the inquest of Michael Jackson’s death - who died of cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009 aged 50 - Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray told investigators the King of Pop was infused with an aesthetic every night for two months to treat his insomnia. Murray was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering the singer with an ultimately lethal combination of sedatives and Propofol. (©BANG Showbiz)
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Rihanna
The Bajan beauty’s jet set lifestyle means she’s barely able to get any shut eye. Back in 2017, Rihanna admitted to Vogue Paris that she can only get in three to four hours sleep a night. She said: "I have a lot of trouble switching off. Even when I get home early, which means before 1am, I start binge-watching shows or documentaries, which I love. I can’t go straight to bed. As a matter of fact, I only sleep three or four hours a night.” (©BANG Showbiz)
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George Clooney
The Hollywood heartthrob is always in bed by 10pm, but as soon as he turns off the TV, his thoughts start racing around his head. His solution: sleeping with the TV on. Clooney told The Hollywood Reporter: “Turning off the television causes me to think, and once I start that vision roaring, I have a very tough time getting to sleep." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Chrissy Teigen
The model revealed she eats “night eggs” to help her get to sleep. Chrissy can’t doze off without being “overly full” and takes "two-hard boiled eggs to bed every night" and eats them when she wakes up which is at least four times a night. In 2020, Chrissy posted a clip of herself on Twitter after she was woken up by a recurring nightmare. She tweeted: "I've been having the same nightmare for months. "If I wake up, I fall right back into it when I go back to sleep. And when I do officially wake up, I'm soaking wet and so sad all day. I'm tired!! Sleeping in a different room tonight." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Chris Brown
After assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, the rapper was charged with felony assault that same year and for making criminal threats. In a follow up hearing five years later, Brown’s insomnia was revealed in court and put down as the catalyst to explain his erratic behaviour. It was stated during the hearing that "Mr. Brown became aggressive and acted out physically due to his untreated mental health disorder, severe sleep deprivation, inappropriate self-medicating and untreated PTSD". (©BANG Showbiz)
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Stevie Nicks
The rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle has definitely taken its toll on Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks. Stevie has become nocturnal due to touring the globe. She said: "It used to be I could sleep from 5am to 1pm. Now I don't go to sleep until 8am. I need therapy, or I need someone to hit me on the head with a hammer." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Kim Cattrall
The ‘Sex and the City’ star has had a long and hard battle with her insomnia. The condition even resulted in her quitting a starring role in London play 'Linda’ in 2015. The actress described the sleep disorder as a “gorilla sitting on my chest”. She told Radio Times magazine: “I didn’t understand the debilitating consequence of having no sleep. It becomes a tsunami. I was in a void.” Cattrall’s recovery turned a corner when she underwent cognitive behavioral therapy. (©BANG Showbiz)
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Lady Gaga
It’s passion for her craft which often leads to sleepless nights for the ‘Poker Face' singer. In a 2010 interview with OK! magazine, Gaga said: "My passion is so strong I can't sleep - I haven't slept for three days. I lie in bed and try to pray and breathe. I have a very overactive mind. I'm the sort of person who would never take medication to calm myself. It's maddening. But I love what comes out." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Christina Applegate
The Hollywood star has been dealing with insomnia for around 20 years. Applegate gets approximately three hours sleep per day and has taken up meditation in order to help her sleep better. Speaking to PEOPLE in December 2020, she said: "It’s something a lot of people don’t talk about. “Millions and millions of people aren’t sleeping. It affects your spiritual self, emotional self and physical self. “In my 20s and 30s, I used to never be able to fall asleep and would just stay up all night long." (©BANG Showbiz)
It appears years of burning the midnight oil gave these A-listers insomnia.
