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’I’m actually high right now,’ Kevin Durant talks weed with David Letterman

Calvin StovallPublished on May 17, 2022 • Last updated May 18, 2022

'I'm high right now,' Kevin Durant tells David Letterman on his Netflix show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,' which kicks off season two on May 20. (Screengrab / Netflix)

The NBA superstar will open up about cannabis use for first time on Netflix later this week, even though his league still (technically) forbids THC

This coming Friday, May 20, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will take one giant leap for cannabis users everywhere. No pro athlete of his stature has publicly discussed smoking weed while still at the top of their game. Durant breaks that taboo in an interview with David Letterman taped for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Letterman’s Netflix series. 

 

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Durant is considered by many the best basketball player in the world right now, and a shoe-in for the Basketball Hall of Fame after he retires. So his advocacy is a long-awaited game-breaker for normalization. KD’s choice to speak will take the burden off less established players who still fear association with the plant could harm their careers.

ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith has made big bucks mocking athletes for failing to “stay off the weed” over the years. But there’s not much for him to mock now that the man he calls the world’s best hooper admits he has been getting high since he was 22.

In a clip from an interview that premiers Friday (May 20), Durant tells Letterman why he likes to smoke weed.

Burning down the stigma

Durant, now 33, knows he is blazing a trail that few could have foreseen when he entered the league in 2007. Even as one of the NFL’s top rushers in the 2000s, Durant’s fellow University of Texas Longhorn Ricky Williams sacrificed prime playing years just to stay close to the plant. 

 

 

Williams now runs the Highsman cannabis company—named for the Heisman trophy he won in college—which is aimed at normalizing cannabis use for sports viewers who prefer smoking buds to drinking Buds. 

Allen Iverson finally gets his flowers

In an interview earlier this year, Williams said his legendary senior season at Texas started rough on and off the field. His girlfriend broke up with him and got with the team’s quarterback. He was feeling down on himself, and it showed on the field. Then his roommate pulled a bong out and set him on a historic path.

“I went up to my room and I laid on the bed. And I noticed that I wasn’t obsessing about the bad game. I wasn’t obsessing about my girl. I just was feeling good. And then my mind started to think about positive things… True story, next two weeks of that season, (I ran for) back-to-back 300-yard games.”

Ricky Williams on how cannabis impacted his Heisman-winning season at the University of Texas.

Not long ago, any association with weed could derail careers and endorsement deals, turning fan favorites like Ricky Williams into punchlines. Williams retired from football in 2004 after a series of failed cannabis tests. He returned a year later, only to be suspended and publicly ridiculed in 2006 for more failed tests.

“(A former coach) explained that it was basically for the league’s reputation,” Williams said in March. “You know: In the 1980s there was a big DARE program and anti-drug sentiment in our country. It was really about protecting the image of the league.”

In 2009, headlines even tried to scandalize squeaky clean NBA star LeBron James for admitting that he and his high school teammates smoked during his junior year.

Retired NFL great Ricky Williams takes in the good vibes while touring a legal cannabis grow. (Courtesy of Real Wellness)

Durant and Dave swap stoner stories

The new season of Letterman’s Netflix show boasts all-varsity talent like Durant, Cardi B, Ryan Reynolds, and Will Smith (👀).

On Friday, Durant and Letterman will get into the past and the present of their cannabis use. “For decades, it was presented as, ‘Oh Jeez, you’re going to hell,’” Letterman told Durant, recalling old reefer madness stigmas about the long-debunked gateway theory.

“(Legalization) is confusing to a lot of people. You could look around this city in the next year or two, it’s gonna be dispensaries everywhere, where you can actually go buy weed… And It’s even crazier that there are people in jail for 20 years for selling a pound.”

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Durant said using the plant “clears the distractions out your brain a little bit.” He told Letterman that it “settles you down, like having a glass of wine.”

“So did you smoke today?” Letterman lobbed back in the show’s new trailer.

“I’m actually high right now,” Durant responded calmly.

Letterman went on to share the time he smoked a joint with his girlfriend before attending a pro baseball game. He says he couldn’t shake the thought: “Wow that guy’s standing on a mound of dirt. It’s really a mound, of dirt.”

David Letterman shares a laugh with Kevin Durant in a clip for the new season of Netflix’s ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.” (Screengrab / Netflix)

Durant couldn’t help but chuckle as Letterman reflected on the 70s and 80s strains that used to leave him motionless and stuck in his head. “You’re really a curious person,” Durant observed after Dave’s baseball story.

“Was I smoking the wrong kind of weed?,” asked Letterman.

“No you were smoking the right kind if you were thinking like that,” Durant assured him with a smile.

 

 

9 iconic puffs from famous tokers like Doja Cat

Amelia WilliamsPublished on May 17, 2022

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From Joan Rivers to JAY-Z, these high-flying influencers made waves by blowing smoke in the public eye.


We knew from her name that chameleonic popstar Doja Cat was a smoker. Her 2014 debut single “So High” was another hint. But Doja may have surprised some pop fans when’s she was caught puffing (and tossing) her trusty vape at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards Sunday night.

Before taking the sage to accept the golden microphone for Top R&B Album (one of four wins for Doja), she hit a mysterious vape that stans and sleuths have determined to be a Flum Float device. The clip has since been gif’d and meme’d to capacity, going viral on Twitter to mostly positive quote tweets lauding her relatability.

The reigning pop princess needs a puff in intense situations, just like us. And she even credits shrooms with breaking her cigarette habit, which she now curbs with that trusty (and durable) Flum Float.

Doja is far from the first celebrity to smoke something other than cigarettes in public, and she certainly won’t be the last. And her Billboard awards moment reminded us of other iconic hits, rips, and puffs from some of our favorite famous smokers over the years.

 

When it comes to influencers who proudly blow o’s, Doja’s in esteemed company. Keep scrolling to discover 9 more public puffs that helped normalize toking and vaping for all.


Barack and Malia Obama as college students

The Obama’s (Barack and daughter Malia) enjoy a cross-generational smoke session.

When those black and white shots of former President Barack Obama hitting a joint surfaced during his presidential campaign in 2008, the internet went berserk. I mean, wouldn’t want to sit on a couch with baby-faced Barack in a fedora and motorcycle jacket while blowing some o’s?

Obama averted scandal by staying open about his past cannabis use with the public. He even detailed using weed and other substances in his memoir Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. And it seems like he passed his 420-friendly views down to at least one of his daughters.

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Malia Obama, then a student at Harvard, was also photographed smoking something that could have been weed back at Lollapalooza 2016. Conservatives had a field day trying to make a moral issue of the matter, but the country collectively shrugged as the plant continued to overcome old stigmas at incredible rates.

Elon Musk on Joe Rogan

These two blew millions of minds during a 2018 interview, and have mostly blown smoke since. Rogan passed the multi-billionaire a joint, and pressured him to hit it since they were recording in California, where the plant is legal.

The memes that follower are legendary, we’re just waiting on these two to put more of their money and considerable platforms behind creating more 420-friendly spaces and supporting the 40,000 prisoners who are still locked up for non-violent weed charges.

Snoop at the Super Bowl

Are you sitting down? Snoop Dogg smoked a marijuana cigarette and the internet has something to say about it.

Color us shocked that Hip Hop’s king stoner took a personal timeout to chief while performing at the big’s game’s half-time show.

We’ve seen Snoop launch his own brand, his own media platform, and get zooted with Martha Stewart, but something about sparking one on the world’s biggest stage felt like a historic moment for stoners worldwide.

Zach Galifianakis on Bill Maher

Zach Galifianakis has made a career of making people uncomfortable and finding comedy in the unexpected.

One such moment came back in 2010, on Bill Maher’s Real Time talk show on HBO. While discussing drug legalization and California’s Proposition 19, Zach whips out a joint and lights it, in lieu of articulating his stance on the matter.

The studio audience loved it. And Maher, a noted stoner, likely did as well. But HBO’s legal team was probably not keen on paying the FCC fine for breaking federal law. So they, and Maher, claimed it was not actually weed in the joint he passed around the panel.

Yeah, OK guys.

JAY-Z smokes weed on SNL

Back in 2000, JAY-Z took his crew on Saturday Night Live to blow spliffs in a droptop driven by Will Ferrell (as Robert Goulet).

JAY was never known to smoke as much as rap peers Snoop or Cypress Hill, but he is now heavily invested in a legal weed partnership with Caliva.

The SNL clip was a rare look at how the rapper and mogul actually acts when he’s stoned.

Joined by blunt-blowing friends Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel, JAY proceeds to take a few hits and give one of the worst live performances in SNL history, with Goulet’s vocal assistance. Thankfully, JAY’s dank demeanor was all part of the skit (we think).

Seth Rogen, any time, any place

Point to any public appearance Seth Rogen has ever done, and you can bet money he smoked weed beforehand. If you hadn’t noticed, the guy is stoned 24/7, and proudly so.

He smokes on the sets of his movies, while writing, while on podcasts, and of course, while at home. In fact it’s said that every time Seth Rogen lights some flower, a pothead gets their wings.

Joan Rivers smokes on her reality show

Rest in Peace, Joan Rivers: We just know you would have loved the Puffco Cupsy.

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The scathing fashion critic and comedy genius could make anyone want to need a toke after getting roasted by her fiery tongue. On her 2012 reality show, Joan and Melissa, she patronized a medical marijuana dispensary and took a bong rip that will live on in our hearts forever. They were so baked they had to call a driver to get home safely.

Aubrey Plaza smokes weed with Sisters of the Valley

Aubrey Plaza, some nuns, and some Zaza walk in a room.

We wish there was a punchline. But in 2017, comedy cool girl Plaza joined members of the Sisters of the Valley medical weed-growing nuns to share their secret stash and love for the plant in this hilarious video.

“We believe cannabis oil was the other holy oil of the Bible,” said one nun during their baked dialog. “Our position is if Jesus lived, he probably smoked weed.”

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The nuns say they grow weed to support themselves, and to “create honorable spiritual jobs for women.”

Miley Cyrus at the European Music Awards

Miley has smoked plenty of weed in public over the last decade since shedding her Disney Channel image, but not all of her tokes have been well-received. Back in 2013, at the height of her Bangerz phase, Cyrus whipped out and lit a joint onstage while accepting her best video award, causing some news outlets to lose their effing minds.

Thank heavens the dark days of being a smoker are over, and here’s to many more iconic puffs for you and yours.

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The California-based cannabis company trumpeted the news on the homepage of its website, citing common goals between the rapper and the pot brand, like an initiative to hire formerly incarcerated people and a desire to “shape the conversation surrounding cannabis, foster equality and fairness… promote awareness for the many uses and benefits of cannabis and empower consumers to feel free to use cannabis how, when, and where they want,” per the press release. 

 

 

2019 Celebrity Drug Busts

November 14, 2019

A total of 1,654,282 Americans were arrested on drug charges nationally in 2018. Of that total, 663,367 (40%) were for marijuana. That's an increase of less than 1% over the previous year. Meanwhile, celebrity drug busts have been on the decline. Last year, there were 20. So far this year, there have been 18.

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Chris Brown in Paris

•  Chris Brown - Jan. 22; the troubled R&B singer was arrested in Paris for aggravated rape and drug possession, but no official charges were filed and he was then releaased. 

Kyle Chrisley mug shot

• Kyle Chrisley - May 11; the Chrisley Knows Best cast member was arrested for methamphetamine possession in Okmulgee, OK; his father Todd says Kyle suffers from bipolar disorder. 

New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung

• Patrick Chung - June 25; the New England Patriots safety was charged with cocaine possession after officers came to his home in Meredith, NH; he was indicted for possession of a controlled drug, a class B felony, on Aug. 22.

 

•  Kelvin James Dark - July 12; the Alabama rapper and sports agent was arrested after tossing five kilos of methaphetamine over a balcony in an Atlanta high rise; 13 pounds of marijuana and three weapons were also confiscated in the raid by the Georgia Bureau of Intelligence, which charged him with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking marijuana and possession of a firearm by a felon.

•  Alki David - May 13; in an outrageous stunt, the Greek Coca Cola heir was arrested in St. Kitts after his private jet landed with 5,000 pot plants on board; actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was also on the plane, but wasn't arrested; David was released on $30,000 bail.

• Howie Day - Aug. 24; the pop singer was arrested in New York for assault with intent to cause physical injury, criminal obstruction of breathing and possession of a controlled substance; he allegedly assaulted a woman in a hotel room and possessed illegal Xanax pills; Day paid a $500 bond upon his release.

• Dwight Gooden - June 7; the former Met and Yankee pitcher was arrested for cocaine possession and DUI in Holmdel, NJ: it was yet another drug arrest for the former Rookie of the Year and All Star, who was previously busted in 2006 and 2010, and failed an MLB drug test in 1987.

• Kodak Black (nee Dieuson Octave) - Apr. 18; the Florida rapper was arrested at the U.S./Canada border that crosses over from Niagara and charged with marijuana and gun possession, and intially held at Niagara County Jail; in 2018, he was arrested for showing a gun and smoking pot on Instagram and sentenced to one year in jail.

• Guy Laliberté - Nov. 12; the Cirque du Soleil founder was charged in French Polynesia with cultivation, possession and use of marijuana; he owns a private island, Nukutepipi, where the alleged grow operation was based; Laliberté's lawyer says he uses cannabis medically and was released from custody on Nov. 13.

•  Valerie Mason - June 23; the former Playboy Playmate was arrested during a traffic stop in Ouachita Parish, LA after she was found in possession of a "controlled dangerous substance" (2 grams of meth); she was released on a $3,000 bond.

•  NBA YoungBoy (nee Kentrell Gaulden) - Feb. 11; the Louisiana rapper was arrested after a confrontation involving a female associate and a Hyatt House employee in Atlanta; after police responded to a 911 call, he was charged with "disorderly conduct and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana" and taken to the Atlanta City Jail; the rapper was previously convicted and did time for "aggravated assault with a firearm."

• Ty Outlaw - March 27; the Virginia Tech senior hoopster was charged with possessing "one white pill, 2 yellow capsules, an electronic vape cartridge and green plant material" after authorities searched his apartment in Blacksburg, VA on March 21.

• Daniel Ross - Nov. 6; the Dallas Cowboys defensive lineup was arrested in Frisco, TX after a traffic during which marijuana and a gun were confiscated; he was charged with "possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of a weapon"; Ross is currently on the team's injured reserve list.

• D'Angelo Russell - May 2; the former Brooklyn Net All-Star point guard (he now plays for Golden State) received a summons after TSA at LaGuardia Airport in New York found less than 50 grams of marijuana in an ice tea stash container he was carrying onto a flight.

• Dustin Schoenhofer - Oct. 23; the Walls of Jericho drummer's vehicle was pulled over for speeding by Oregon State Police and he was arrested after they found a huge stash of marijuana inside: 632 pounds of dried pot and 36 pounds of cannabis oil; he was booked on six charges and is currently in Klamath County Jail on $45,000 bail.

• Ted Sizemore - Jan. 5; the Hollywood actor with an already lengthy rap sheet was arrested again after a traffic stop in Burbank, CA during which officers found heroin and meth in his vehicle.

• Sonja Sohn - July 21; the TV actress was arrested after a traffic stop in Manteo, NC for "felony cocaine possession charge, as well as misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana paraphernalia and drug paraphernalia"; she was released on a $1,500 bond.

• Shai Werts - July 31; in the most ridiculous celebrity drug arrest of the year, the Georgia Southern University quarterback was charged with cocaine possession Saluda, SC when an officer determined that a white substance on the hood of his car was a controlled substance, despite the student claiming it was bird poop; the charge was dismissed on Aug. 8 after he was already suspended by his team.

Breakdowns

Total: 18

Musicians: 6 
Actors: 3
NFL players: 2
NBA player: 1
NCAA football player : 1
Former MLB player: 1
Former NCAA basketball player: 1
Former Playboy Playmate: 1
Greek tycoon: 1
Cirque de Soleil founder: 1

Male: 16
Female: 2

African-American: 11
White: 7

New York: 3
Georgia: 2
New Jersey: 1
California: 1
North Carolina: 1
South Carolina: 1
New Hampshire: 1
Oregon: 1
Louisiana: 1
Oklahoma: 1
 

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