Jamie Lee Curtis puts popcorn in her ear instead of an AirPod and jokes about it on Instagram

She celebrated 22 years of sobriety last week,

So there was no excuse for Jamie Lee Curtis when she put popcorn in her ear instead of her AirPod.

The actress, 62, posted a photo to her Instagram on Sunday showing the snack inside her ear and shared: ‘So I’m definitely over this whole isolation thing. I picked up my ear pod and put it in my ear and was trying to figure out why I couldn’t hear.’

‘I couldn’t hear’: Jamie Lee Curtis posted a photo showing herself with popcorn in her ear after she distractedly mistook the snack for her AirPod and she joked about it on Instagram

On February 3, Curtis had used Instagram to mark the milestone in her sobriety journey and to offer support to those still struggling with addiction. 

She hared a throwback photo of herself as a young actress posing with a shot of tequila and in the accompanying caption, she wrote: ‘A LONG time ago… In a galaxy far, far away… I was a young STAR at WAR with herself. I didn’t know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden. I was as sick as my secrets.’

She went on: ‘With God’s grace and the support of MANY people who could relate to all the ‘feelings’ and a couple of sober angels…I’ve been able to stay sober, one day at a time, for 22 years. 

‘I was a high bottom, pun kind of intended, so the rare photo of me proudly drinking in a photo op is very useful to help me remember. To all those struggling and those who are on the path…MY HAND IN YOURS.’

'My hand in yours': Curtis marked 22 years of sobriety on February 3  by posting a throwback photo of herself with a bottle of tequila and offered support to others struggling with addiction

‘My hand in yours’: Curtis marked 22 years of sobriety on February 3  by posting a throwback photo of herself with a bottle of tequila and offered support to others struggling with addiction

Milestone: Curtis, 62, shared: 'With God's grace and the support of MANY people who could relate to all the 'feelings' and a couple of sober angels...I've been able to stay sober, one day at a time, for 22 years'

Milestone: Curtis, 62, shared: ‘With God’s grace and the support of MANY people who could relate to all the ‘feelings’ and a couple of sober angels…I’ve been able to stay sober, one day at a time, for 22 years’

Famous family: The actress is the daughter of Hollywood legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, pictured together in 1984

Famous family: The actress is the daughter of Hollywood legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, pictured together in 1984

Curtis was raised in Hollywood as the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and made her acting debut in 1978’s Halloween directed by John Carpenter. 

She has since reprised the role of Laurie Strode five times, most recently in 2018’s Halloween, and returns for another face off with serial killer Mike Myers in Halloween Kills, slated for release in October. 

Her other credits include Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda, Blue Steel, True Lies, The Tailor Of Panama and Knives Out. 

Horror classic: Curtis made her acting debut in 1978's Halloween directed by John Carpenter

Horror classic: Curtis made her acting debut in 1978’s Halloween directed by John Carpenter

Back for more: She has since reprised the role of Laurie Strode five times, most recently in 2018's Halloween (pictured), and returns for another face off with serial killer Mike Myers in Halloween Kills, slated for release in October

Back for more: She has since reprised the role of Laurie Strode five times, most recently in 2018’s Halloween (pictured), and returns for another face off with serial killer Mike Myers in Halloween Kills, slated for release in October

It was towards the end of 1998, 14 years into her marriage to Christopher Guest with whom she shares two children, that Curtis was first confronted with her addiction to alcohol and painkillers.

In an interview with Variety published in November 2019, she recalled how while she was making dinner for her family, she took five Vicodin pills washed down with wine.    

A friend who was staying at her home saw her and confronted her. 

‘The jig was up,’ Curtis said. ‘Now I knew someone knew. I had been nursing a secret Vicodin addiction for a very long time — over 10 years.’

A couple of months later, she told Variety, she came across an article in Esquire magazine by writer Tom Chiarella titled ‘Vicodin, My Vicodin’ and it inspired her to attend a recovery meeting.

She has been sober ever since.

Couple: Curtis has been married to actor, writer and director Christopher Guest since 1984 and the couple share two children. They are pictured together in April 2011

Couple: Curtis has been married to actor, writer and director Christopher Guest since 1984 and the couple share two children. They are pictured together in April 2011

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