KJ Apa is opening up about his sobriety.

The 28-year-old actor, greatest identified for starring in The CW’s Riverdale, has been out selling his new film The Map That Results in You and whereas chatting with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Reside, shared how turning into a father compelled him to get sober.

If you happen to recall, KJ welcomed his first baby, four-year-old son Sasha, in September 2021 with ex Clara Berry.

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Throughout his look on Andy Cohen Reside, Andy requested how his son was and KJ shared that being a dad compelled him to sit back and to get sober.

“Quite a lot of issues that I spotted I needed to button up, I buttoned up. And I spotted that there’s no different approach for me to do it,” the actor shared, including that he obtained caught up within the fame after Riverdale.

He then shared that after his son was born, he discovered his approach again.

“Actually, my relationship with my increased energy. Sasha being a present that saved my life. I actually consider Sasha, having Sasha saved my life,” KJ stated. “You already know, folks say you’ll be able to’t, you shouldn’t care about, I imply, I care about, you realize, you’ve a child after which all of the sudden you perceive the concept of homicide. You already know, that like, you’ll be able to empathize with why somebody would kill somebody, since you love somebody a lot.”

“And that’s that very same feeling that I am going, ‘I really like you a lot greater than me,’” he added. “And to be able to, I’ve to sacrifice all these items for you and that’s what a great guardian does.”

Earlier this week, KJ suited up for the premiere of The Map That Results in You in Charleston, South Carolina, alongside co-stars Madelyn Cline, Sofia Wylie and Madison Thompson. The film debuts on Prime Video NEXT Wednesday (August 20).

If you happen to didn’t know, KJ can be set to painting the late Bradley Nowell in an upcoming Elegant biopic.