6 Mind-Blowing Celebrity Shroom Stories You Need to Hear

Mushrooms are for everyone— including celebs. Many of which have opened up recently about their relationship with shrooms and psychedelics, how they’re working, and what they think about legalization. That said, we’re about to spill the tea on how some of your favorite celebs are doing it. Whether you’re here for the laughs, the lessons, or just to satisfy your curiosity, stick around. We’ve got the juicy details on how these psychedelic superstars are turning their journeys into pure magic.

Posty is always saying something completely unhinged, but this one is a good one. In a recent interview with Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Malone said that he writes his best lyrics on shrooms and on the toilet. “Sometimes I’ll bring a guitar in there,” he said, adding that “all the best lyrics are written on the s****er. One hundred percent.”

In the same breath, he went on to describe his diet and that oftentimes he’d ingest magic mushrooms and beer and nothing else for a few days, leading to a serious case of log jam and profound lyricism. “I lost like 10 pounds from this one trip,” he recounted.

However, Malone also acknowledges the long-term effects of his psychedelic use. In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, he admitted that he doesn’t remember things very clearly these days. “Maybe it was just a stint of habitual overuse. Daily. But now I take a little bar of chocolate with my buddies, a little square chocolate, and just laugh and laugh and laugh,” he shared.

Even if Austin has slowed down his personal use of shrooms, he’s a huge advocate. Some of his friends have used it for PTSD, and he believes shrooms offer a more positive result than traditional drugs. “It’s cool to see that they’re giving them this medicine, and it’s actually working,” he said, reflecting on a conversation with a friend who benefited from psychedelic therapy.

Despite his past struggles with substances and the physical toll of his creative habits, Malone remains optimistic about the future, both as an artist and as a father.

If you were a 2010s girlie, Harry Styles was IT. After One Direction broke up in 2016, he went on to pursue a very successful solo career of his own and credits shrooms to part of his creative process.

Often described as eclectic, his music stems from some of the experiences he’s had with shrooms. While recording his second album at Malibu’s Shangri-La studios, Styles indulged in psilocybin to spark his creativity. “We’d do mushrooms, lie down on the grass, and listen to Paul McCartney’s ‘Ram’ in the sunshine,” he told Rolling Stone. “We’d just turn the speakers into the yard.”

However, not all of his psychedelic adventures went smoothly. Styles recounted an incident where he bit off the tip of his tongue after eating some mushroom chocolates. “I was trying to sing with all this blood gushing out of my mouth,” he recalled. Despite the mishap, the experience was ultimately positive. “So many fond memories, this place.”

Whether you love him or love to hate him, Joe Rogan is a huge advocate for shrooms. The comedian, podcast host and UFC commentator meets with people on his show constantly and seems to somehow always end up on the topic of psychedelics. He’s had intense discussions with people like mycologist Paul Stamets (#1035)— who you might remember from the Fantastic Fungi documentary— and author Michael Pollan (#1121), author of How To Change Your Mind.

Joe doesn’t just play the interviewer, though. He loves sharing his own personal experiences, especially with his good friend Duncan Trussell, who is another major advocate for psychedelics. You probably recognize him from The Midnight Gospel if you’re into trippy visuals. But In the shows Trussell and Rogan do together, they share some down-to-earth wisdom but also tackle crazy hypotheticals.

Rogan’s also pretty serious about the potential benefits of psychedelics. In his episode with Dennis McKenna (#1133), they talk about how substances like DMT and psilocybin could revolutionize mental health treatment.

One of Joe’s standout quotes is, “If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.”

If you’re looking for a cool, candid take on mushrooms, listen to what Joe Rogan has to say.