Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers claimed to have given up drinking just weeks before his arrest for being drunk and a breach of the peace at Dublin Airport on Sunday.
'The Tudors' star features in the new issue of men's magazine Details where he insists his drinking days are over.
The 30-year-old, who entered rehab to battle his alcoholism earlier this year, told the magazine that he was winning his battle.
He said: "I didn't drink until I was 25, and I never drank every day, but when I did, it was bad. It would be a couple of days that just wouldn't work out for me, waking up with a hangover. Drink doesn't fit into the groove of where my life is going."
In another recent interview with Complex magazine, the actor admitted not drinking is "difficult". He said: "I'm 30 years old and Irish."
Rhys Meyers was arrested in Dublin Airport on Sunday afternoon.
He was charged with being drunk and a breach of the peace and was released on cash bail.
The 30-year-old is due to appear before Dublin District Court next month.
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport said there had been an incident at the airport, with a passenger refused access to a flight and escorted from "airside" back through security to the main airport.
Meyers was in Dublin to promote his new movie August Rush, which opens on Friday.
