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Justin Bieber’s Candid Quotes About Past Drug Use Struggles

Justin Bieber has been open when it comes to his struggles with past drug use.
In the January 2020 docuseries Justin Bieber: Seasons, the singer revealed that he began smoking marijuana when he was “12 or 13.” As Bieber grew up in the spotlight, he later turned to “pretty heavy drugs,” including lean (a mixture of codeine cough syrup, soda and hard candy), pills, MDMA, psychedelic mushrooms and more.
“I was young, like everybody in the industry and people in the world who experiment and do normal, growing-up things,” he reflected. “But my experience was in front of cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of money and a lot of things.”
Bieber ultimately sought out therapy for his substance abuse and mental health struggles.
In February 2025, concern for Justin’s well-being sparked online after fans noticed he was seemingly no longer following his wife, Hailey Bieber, on Instagram. Justin later claimed his account was hacked.
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That same month, he was also photographed out and about while shirtless.
Rumors swirled that Justin was doing drugs again, but the musician’s rep slammed the “absolutely not true” speculation in a statement to TMZ. Per the rep, the discussion about Justin’s mental health “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
Keep scrolling to see Justin’s honest quotes about his past drug use:
Taking Adderall
In February 2016, Justin shared that he was on Adderall, which is meant for treating ADHD, for at least a year.
“I’m not getting restful sleep, so during the day I need [Adderall] to concentrate because I’m not getting the proper [amount],” he said in an interview with GQ. “You know, when you sleep, your body creates endorphins, creates these things, and when you’re not getting that sleep … ”
Justin confessed he was hoping to stop taking the medication soon because it felt like it gave him “anxiety.”
An Unhealthy Coping Mechanism

In a joint Vogue interview with Hailey, Justin opened up about how he turned to drugs like Xanax to self-soothe amid his personal struggles.
“I found myself doing things that I was so ashamed of, being super-promiscuous and stuff, and I think I used Xanax because I was so ashamed,” he told the outlet in February 2019. “My mom always said to treat women with respect. For me that was always in my head while I was doing it, so I could never enjoy it. Drugs put a screen between me and what I was doing.”
Getting Real
Justin took to social media to share that he was feeling “overwhelmed” about his past struggles.
“I started doing pretty heavy drugs at 19 and abused all of my relationships. I became resentful, disrespectful to women and angry,” he wrote via Instagram in September 2019. “I became distant to everyone who loved me and I was hiding behind a shell of a person I had become. I felt like I could never turn it around.”
While Justin was having a hard time, he admitted he was focusing on the future and becoming the best version of himself.
“It’s taken me years to bounce back from all these terrible decisions, fix broken relationships and change relationship habits,” he continued. “Luckily God blessed me with extraordinary people who love me for me.”
Having Security Step In

Justin confessed that his drug use once got so bad his security team would have to check to make sure he was alive.
“My security and stuff would come into my room at night to check my pulse,” he recalled in his 2020 docuseries. “People don’t know how serious it got. It was legit crazy scary. I was waking up in the morning and the first thing I was doing was popping pills and smoking a blunt and starting my day. It just got scary.”
Kieran Culkin Reveals Mom's Sad Reaction to Family's Hollywood Success

Kieran Culkin has revealed his mother Patricia Brentrup‘s bittersweet reaction to her family’s Hollywood success.
“My mom used to say when I was a kid, ‘How come whenever there’s a script about a dysfunctional family they always come to us?’” Kieran, 42, told Entertainment Weekly while walking the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet on Sunday, February 23.
Kieran, his older brother Macaulay Culkin, 44, and their younger sibling Rory Culkin, 35, were three of the most prolific child actors of the 1990s, with their father, Kit Culkin, 80, personally managing all three of their careers. Kit and Patricia had seven children in total but were never legally married.
Reflecting on his childhood on the SAG Awards red carpet, Kieran said his depiction of family dysfunction in awards season contender A Real Pain reminded him of his own complicated family dynamic.
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“What’s a functional family?” he joked. “Aren’t they all [dysfunctional]?”

Kieran’s older brother Macaulay notably broke away from his father Kit’s management after his parents split during his teenage years. A nasty custody battle ensued, where Macaulay sought to block both parents from controlling his trust fund.
“It’s always misconstrued, that I ‘emancipated’ myself from my parents,” he told Esquire in 2020. “I legally took my parents’ names off of my trust fund and found an executor, someone who would look over my finances, just in case anyone wanted to stick their f—king pinkie in the pie. But the next thing you know, the story was that I divorced my parents. I just thought I was doing it cleanly – taking my father’s name off, taking my mom’s name off, so my opinion is unbiased. And when I did that, the whole thing kinda ended a lot faster.”
The Home Alone actor suggested in 2020 that, despite working from an early age and enduring his parents’ messy split, his childhood “coulda been worse.”
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“I wasn’t working in a coal mine. I wasn’t a child soldier,” he quipped. “My father was not sexually abusing me. Certain f—ed-up things happened, but f—ed-up things happen to kids all the time and they don’t come out the other end. I’ve got something to show for it, man. I mean, look at me: I got money, I got fame, I got a beautiful girlfriend and a beautiful house and beautiful animals. It took me a long time to get to that place, and I had to have that conversation with myself and go, like, ‘Honestly, Mack? It’s not so bad.’ I want for nothing and need for even less. I’m good, man.”
In December 2024, Kieran laughed off the suggestion of having family therapy, telling The Guardian: “Us siblings, we’re already cooked, we’re baked. My godfather has this thing, he goes: ‘I will fully indulge anybody that wants to complain about their upbringing and childhood. I want to hear everything about that. And you can completely blame your parents for everything until you’re 30, and then figure s— out.’ He’s oversimplifying it, but I like that.”

While the Culkin boys’ relationship with their father has been strained in adulthood, Kieran said last December that he has immense respect for his mother’s sacrifices.
“If I wanted chocolate milk light, but my brother wanted more chocolate, and my sister wanted hardly any, she would make it those different ways. I love that s—,” he said at the time. “How did my mom do it? Yeah. And I have no idea … So, [she dealt with] 15 to 20 kids in the house [when friends were over]. I can’t believe I’m back at the grocery store sometimes three times a day. My mom had to do it on coupons. She would get cheap liver at Key Food, two giant gallons of milk, all that. For me, getting them to sleep is enough.”
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Kieran’s performance in A Real Pain has been one of the surprise hits during awards season, as he most recently won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Sunday and previously took home a Golden Globe for the role.
Next up is the Academy Awards on March 2, where Kieran has earned his first-ever Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Maks Chmerkovskiy Says Kirstie Alley Called Him 'Flirty' on 'DWTS'

According to Maks Chmerkovskiy, Kirstie Alley once mistook his dance moves as something else while rehearsing for Dancing With the Stars.
“Kirstie Alley told me, ‘Oh, my God. You’re so flirty.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’” the former DWTS pro, 45, recalled on the Monday, February 24, episode of the “Sibling Revelry” podcast. “[It was] in rehearsal and it’s on tape, and she’s like, ‘Yeah, look where your hand is.’ I’m like, ‘My hand is where?’ She’s like, ‘All over my back.’”
Though Alley seemingly interpreted the touch as a flirtatious gesture, Chmerkovskiy clarified that it was all technical. “I’m like, ‘Your gravity is down. I got to use two hands sometimes to move,” he explained before joking, “’It’s not ‘cause I love you that much.’”
The pair competed together twice on DWTS during season 12 in 2011 and season 15 in 2012, coming in second place and seventh place, respectively. Their relationship took a turn when Leah Remini joined the cast of DWTS season 17 in 2013 — the same year Alley called Remini, 54, a “bigot” for her criticism of Scientology.
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The conflict led to Chmerkovskiy and Alley cutting ties due to his friendship with Remini. “She stopped getting along with me. I think the world of her. I’m not judging people by their religion. I’m Jewish. I don’t really believe in science fiction, whatever,” he said on Watch What Happens Live in July 2014. “Now that I’m associating with other people, that [she said] she can’t be associated with, I am no longer to be spoken with.”
Two years later, Chmerkovskiy exclusively told Us Weekly that a friend of his received a note stating he was “no longer allowed to be Kirstie’s friend.” He added, “I find it ridiculous for an adult human being to ‘disconnect’ from someone. But everyone is entitled to their own insanity.” He later criticized Alley in February 2022 for stating she didn’t know “what’s real or what is fake” about Ukraine’s ongoing conflict with Russia.

Despite their ups and downs, Chmerkovskiy paid tribute to Alley after she died at age 71 in December 2022 following a battle with colon cancer. “We haven’t spoken lately and I’ll tell you everything when I finally see you, but for now I want to say that I love you very much and I wish you the most peaceful rest,” he captioned a pic of them on DWTS via Instagram at the time.
He went on to call the late actress “one of the most unique people I have ever met and easily one of the brightest moments of my personal and professional life.” He also compared their relationship to a “wild roller coaster.”
He concluded his tribute by writing, “I thought you’d be around forever. I wish we spoke often. Thank you for everything. I love you Kirstie Alley.”
On Monday’s podcast, Maks brought up his memory of Alley while discussing how DWTS pros keep things professional with their partners with his brother, Val Chmerkovskiy. “There’s a duality to it. It’s a little bit of both,” Val, 38, shared. “It’s a balancing act [to] have a partner that you can talk to and vent to and be reassured from. Then it’s cool. But if you don’t have that, then yeah, it’s an issue. It’s a big issue.”
Maks, for his part, noted that only “one relationship out of [the] 17 seasons that I did” turned romantic. Though he didn’t name which of his past partners it was, Maks said the romance was “short-lived and it was a mistake all the way in the beginning.” He went on to wed fellow DWTS pro Peta Murgatroyd in 2017, and the two have since welcomed three kids together.
Did Below Deck’s Anthony Apologize to Tzarina After Secretly Taking New Job?

Below Deck Down Under’s Chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph was left high and dry when sous chef Anthony Bird secretly took another job — but did she receive an apology after the dramatic episode aired?
“I don’t think Anthony knew exactly what his job role was, which I don’t think is 100 percent his fault. Anthony comes from very big boats and on boats that size, you have five chefs there and you have someone washing up, you have someone doing crew food and as the sous chef you make guest food,” Tzarina, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly. “On a 60-meter yacht — if you Google what the job role is — the first thing that comes up is exactly what I expected from him and asked him to do.”
Tzarina noted there “was definitely a confusion there” for Anthony, 26, adding, “And [there was] definitely space for growth for the future when he joins a boat. But there hasn’t been an apology.”
Despite not hearing from Anthony, Tzarina didn’t think she “needed” to.
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“Watching [the episode] back is going to be so difficult for him that I think it’s just better that he doesn’t think about me and he looks after himself and goes through the next steps,” she continued. “It is difficult watching yourself back. So I can’t even imagine what he’s going through.”
Tzarina and Anthony were at odds in the kitchen since the first charter when the sous chef felt underutilized. Captain Jason Chambers attempted to smooth things over by encouraging Tzarina to lead her department, but Anthony continued to pick fights and throw shade at his boss’ cooking behind her back.
“[Below Deck] definitely aired the best bits for everyone to understand what it was like. It is so easy to say, ‘Well I did say this or that.’ But it doesn’t really matter. It is what it is,” she told Us. “That’s what happened. And there’s definitely things that I would much rather be able to improve on myself.”
Anthony ultimately started a secret job search after feeling unhappy in his role on the Katina. Before Tzarina could make a decision about Anthony’s future on the boat, he got offered another job and told her he would leave after two more charters. Jason, 52, however, informed Anthony that his services were no longer needed.
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“[I felt like a] damsel in distress [when Jason stepped in]. My Prince came and saved me,” Tzarina quipped to Us. “I felt so lucky to have Jason’s support. But he is also a very sneaky captain. He does hide behind doors and listens. So over those days, I think he definitely heard a lot more than what viewers saw.”
Tzarina assumed that Jason was “actually getting fed up” with how she was “being spoken to,” adding, “So when the opportunity arose — and even though Anthony offered to stay on a bit longer to help me out — Jason knew that, for my mental health, I would probably be better if he just went immediately. And he made that decision for me. I probably would have been like, ‘Oh, maybe we can keep him for a few more days, and I can try really hard and might be able to convince him to stay.’ Jason though was like, ‘Nah, he is gone.'”
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While Tzarina does get help “eventually,” she will initially shoulder all the work in the kitchen following Anthony’s exit.
“I had a challenge while being on my own for a bit. With a galley that size you are going to see a woman break internally,” she teased to Us. “I was already on five or six hours of sleep a night. But without a sous chef, I was running off four hours of sleep a night, so I really just needed some rest.”
Tzarina continued: “This is definitely the first time I’ve experienced something like this on a yacht and since I’ve been a head chef for about 11 years now. But normally I interview my sous chef, and I get to see if it’s a fit. But with this, I was assigned a sous chef. So it was the first time in my career that I’ve ever had that sort of personality around me. That’s why I found it so difficult to manage because I’ve never been put in a situation like that before.”
Below Deck Down Under season 3 premieres on Bravo Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
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Bus Carrying College Basketball Team Bursts Into Flames: Shocking Photos

The bus carrying the Indiana University Indianapolis men’s basketball team burst into flames on Sunday, February 23, with the players and team personnel on board left scrambling for safety.
Shocking photos obtained by WISHNews8, a local CW affiliate, showed the aftermath, with the IU Indy team’s bus largely incinerated on the side of the highway.
“On the return drive from today’s game against Northern Kentucky, the bus carrying the IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team experienced a mechanical issue that caused a fire around Kent, Indiana,” the school’s athletic department said in a statement. “All members of the team and staff evacuated the bus without injury. Another bus is en route to pick up the team and deliver them back to Indianapolis.”
#BREAKING: A bus carrying the IU Indy men’s basketball team caught fire earlier tonight near Kent, Indiana.
The team says everyone evacuated and there were no injuries.
Photo credit: Amber Pickett@WISHNews8 #Indianapolis #IUINDY pic.twitter.com/9YfCTfYRmQ
— Kyla Russell (@KylaBRussell) February 24, 2025
According to ABC affiliate WRTV-Indianapolis, the team was eventually picked up by another bus which transported them safely back to campus on Sunday night.
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WLWT-Cincinnati (a local NBC affiliate) obtained video of the fire, which showed the front end of the bus completely engulfed in flames.
The school’s associate athletic director, Ed Holdaway, told Yahoo Sports that the fire “quickly spread, engulfing the entire bus.”
Most players and staff members “were only able to get out with what was on their person,” according to Holdaway, which meant there was a “considerable loss of personal items.” Holdaway said some individuals lost cell phones, wallets and team gear.

IU Indy was returning home from a 71-67 road loss to Northern Kentucky. A member of the Horizon League conference the IU Indy Jaguars fell to 9-20 with two games remaining on their regular season schedule.
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In the moments after the harrowing bus incident, members of the team who were able to save their phones pulled them out to document the ordeal via social media.
IU Indy senior guard Alec Millender jokingly took the blame for the blaze. The Chicago native shared a video of the charred bus via his Instagram Story on Sunday, writing, “My bad I started rapping g .”
Sophomore guard Nathan Duke shared a story about the fire via his Instagram Story, writing, “Crazy.” Paul Zilinskas, a graduate student guard, shared his own video from outside the bus, panning from a shot of his teammates on the side of the road to the burned bus. “Woe,” he wrote.
IU Indy returns to the court for home games against Robert Morris and Wright State on Thursday, February 27, and Saturday, March 1, respectively, before the Horizon League Tournament tips off on Tuesday, March 4.
18 Zara-Inspired Loungewear Pieces That Make Comfort Look Chic
If you’ve ever checked out the loungewear section at Zara, their pieces are always next-level chic. It’s not like H&M or other retailers that are bringing you the basics, Zara does loungewear in a stylish way that makes you question if it’s acceptable to wear outside of the house. These 18 pieces are more than just cute though, they’re dream-level cozy . . . and more affordable too!
These pieces will transform your basic bed-rotting days into luxurious self care occasions thanks to their high style-meets-comfort designs. It includes everything from extra flattering hoodies and sweatshirts to cozy sets that’ll streamline your wardrobe. The best part? They all beat Zara prices and start at just $12.
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Sam Asghari Is Glad He Wasn't a Traitor Because He Wanted More Sleep
While most contestants on The Traitors don’t want to be a Faithful, Sam Asghari was thrilled because it gave him the chance to get some rest instead of enduring those pesky nighttime plotting sessions.
“I wouldn’t do it because it looks like they have to stay longer and lose more sleep,” Sam, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly about the hit Peacock series. “So I wouldn’t want to lose more sleep than I did.”
Sam recalled his rough adjustment to life in Scotland, adding, “The sun goes down at 1:00 AM there anyway, so I definitely want to get more sleep.”
After joining the third season, which premiered in January, Sam started out as more of an observer before speaking up. Sam’s theories — specifically the coffin one — made the Traitors take notice and he was subsequently murdered on the Thursday, February 20, episode because he posed a threat.
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“I had a good time. It was perfect. I didn’t want to be this person that wanted to win the game so bad that I’m going to kill anybody that’s going to get in the way of me winning,” he explained to Us. “It wasn’t going to be that. I definitely want to contribute, show my true self and make some friends.”

Sam acknowledged that his decision not to speak up immediately was a gameplay. “I didn’t want to get to the end by not saying a word. I wanted to use that, use my looks and perception [others had of me] to my advantage and not say anything,” he noted. “For them to think that I’m dumb and a big dummy only for me to then make it to the end and surprise people. There was a little bit of strategizing and putting some life experience to it. So it was good. It turned out really good.”
Despite not making it to the end, Sam enjoyed the game and the opportunity to go off the grid. (Contestants are generally not allowed to use electronics or have much access to the outside world while filming The Traitors overseas.)
“That was a nice moment — that I was disconnected. I’m not going to say I needed that but I think everybody needs that. We’re so attached to our phones and when you go back — as long as everything is taken care of — then you’re not really missing much,” Sam said. “I don’t have kids and I have other people that are involved in my life [but they] are grown up. So I didn’t have any obligations. It was a good moment to take away from that and really focus on the game.”
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Sam now has the opportunity to watch the rest of the season as a fan — and he has plenty of thoughts. The actor spoke with Us about Danielle Reyes’ questionable approach to being a Traitor fresh off being murdered by her and Carolyn Wiger.

“She shouldn’t be shaking and she shouldn’t be crying. When you cry in acting, the best way to cry is when you actually stop yourself from crying,” he told Us about the acting advice he would give Danielle. “You kind of hide away. It’s a vulnerable moment, and she was not doing that. She was doing the opposite of that, which makes [her] a terrible actor.”
He added: “She was crying for attention and she was giving Traitor [vibes] throughout the whole season. It just wasn’t the right timing for us to get her, but she’s playing hard and she’s competitive and I give her that.”
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Ne-Yo Reveals What He Tells His Kids About His Polyamorous Relationship

Ne-Yo isn’t afraid to talk to his kids about anything — even his numerous relationships.
In an interview on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show on Thursday, February 20, the singer admitted that his seven children are well aware of the fact that he’s in polyamorous relationships with four women — if they ask.
“I answer them,” he said of the questions his kids ask him.” Honesty. I’m not lying to nobody, not even my children.”
Ne-Yo also explained how he introduces his new partners to his children at home. He shares two children with ex Monyetta Shaw-Carter, three kids with ex-wife Crystal Renay and two children with ex Sade Jenea.
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“It’s like, ‘Hey, this is daddy’s girlfriend,” he said. “And so is that, and so is that, and so is that. She gonna make you some cereal, she gonna cook lunch and she gonna wash your clothes.’ And it’s all good.”

Ne-Yo also said he carries the same honesty into the relationships he has with multiple women. “I ain’t manipulating nobody, I ain’t brainwash nobody, I ain’t lying to nobody,” he insisted. “I set it out there. ‘Here’s what it is. I like you, but I also like her, and her, and her. If you cool with that, come on we gonna have a great time.’”
He also said that while the lifestyle choice isn’t for everyone, it clearly works for him.
“Everybody’s honest,” Ne-Yo said. “Everybody’s telling the truth. Everybody is consenting. I feel like I wasted a lot of time just being dishonest about things, to the point where had I taken this approach initially, I could’ve saved myself a lot of headache and heartache.”
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Ne-Yo’s exes, meanwhile, have made it clear that the lifestyle didn’t work for some of them. In August 2023, Shaw-Carter said on “Haus of Aaron” that threesomes became a problem for the couple. “We cheated together, if that makes sense,” she said, holding up three fingers. “We did things together. It’s not cheating if you’re involved with it and then it just wasn’t enough [for him].”
She continued, “I was like, ‘Well, no, I didn’t sign up to do this every day.’ It became a problem when he wanted that a lot.”
She added that she was okay with involving another person in their sex life “twice a year,” but it wasn’t enough to sustain their relationship. “I was like, ‘If you want that, then you don’t want me.’ I tried to keep it cute and spicy, but it wasn’t enough. But it is what it is.”
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- Hokas Are Selling Out Fast While on Sale at Zappos — Get Blake Lively's Pair for Less
Hokas Are Selling Out Fast While on Sale at Zappos — Get Blake Lively's Pair for Less
Spring is quickly approaching — and we cannot wait. Longer days and beautiful, sunny skies are ahead, delivering prime weather conditions for hot girl walks and long-distance runs. The key to successful outdoor workouts this spring? Rocking comfortable and stylish sneakers.
Reese Witherspoon and Blake Lively constantly show Us how to workout in style. Both A-listers are huge fans of Hoka’s Clifton 9 sneakers. The viral footwear staple is so popular that many of our favorite silhouettes are sold out across multiple retailers. Don’t fret. Right now, bargain hunters can snag the viral footwear essentials on sale for 20% off!
There’s no need to sacrifice comfort for style. The Clifton 9 sneakers have responsive foam and an improved outsole design for a comfortable underfoot experience. Free of overlays and hotmelts commonly found in other Clifton iterations, the Clifton 9 has a plush heel, streamlined tongue and a reflective heel panel. Best of all? The Clifton 9 earned the American Podiatric Medical Association’s seal of acceptance for promoting good foot health.
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The celeb-loved kicks come in 25 different shades sure to meet any preferred color palette. The discounted sneakers come in a vibrant seaform and aqua breeze colorway, perfect for shoppers who opt for vibrant shades in spring. However, you can snag them in a slew of other shades ranging from monochromatic black styles to styles that combine vibrant yellow purple and red hues.
The comfort these sneaks provide comes in handy no matter what you’re up to. We love prioritizing comfort for working out, but you can add them to your lineup whether you’re commuting into the office or running to catch a flight for spring vacation. These sneakers are a great idea to ensure foot pain is the last thing on your mind when you’re on the go.
The sales don’t end here. Hoka’s equally impressive Bondi 8 sneakers, worn by Olivia Wilde, are also on sale at Zappos. You can snag an assortment of celeb-loved styles for less.
If you’re ready to kick spring off on the right food like Witherspoon and Lively, these Hoka Clifton 9 sneakers are a great place to start. They’re flying off the shelves online, so be sure to shop fast before your size sells out.
Can’t wait to snag more discounts? Check out these stylish and comfortable Hoka sneakers on sale at Zappos.
- Arahi 7 — was $140, now just $116!
- Rincon 4 — was $125, now just $10!
- Clifton L Athletics — was $150, now just $124!
- Mach 6 — was $140, now just $120!
- Speedgoat 5 Mid GTX — was $180, now just $162!
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