United Kingdom, June 1 -- Andrew McCarthy has admitted alcohol "derailed his career entirely".

The Pretty In Pink actor - who was part of the 1980s Hollywood Brat Pack alongside the like sof Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore - has been sober since 1992 but admitted it took "years" to fully recover and he struggled to get his working life back on track for a long time afterwards.

Speaking to Ted Danson on his Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, he said: ""Those kind of movies, that was early on. I was just starting to drink in those movies, but I certainly think it derailed my career entirely. ... Because not only the drinking, but then the years it took to recover from the drinking.

"I was so clouded for years after and by t...