Editing Colin Farrell (section)

==Personal life==
Farrell owns homes in [[Dublin]] and [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/colin-farrell-la-is-superficial-but-you-get-that-in-dublin-too-1.3837778|title=Colin Farrell: 'LA is superficial, but you get that in Dublin too'|first=Donald|last=Clarke|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=30 March 2019|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331233108/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/colin-farrell-la-is-superficial-but-you-get-that-in-dublin-too-1.3837778|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, he revealed that he suffers from [[insomnia]] and has suffered from occasional bouts of [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and [[Intrusive thought|dark thoughts]].<ref name=taylor>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/colin-farrell-reveals-affair-with-elizabeth-taylor-she-was-my-last-romantic-relationship-9010620.html|title=Colin Farrell reveals 'affair' with Elizabeth Taylor: 'She was my last romantic relationship'|last=Selby|first=Jenn|date=17 December 2013|website=The Independent|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923160405/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/colin-farrell-reveals-affair-with-elizabeth-taylor-she-was-my-last-romantic-relationship-9010620.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.contactmusic.com/colin-farrell/news/colin-farrell-confesses-to-drugs-and-drink-depression | title=Colin Farrell Confesses to Drugs and Drink Depression | newspaper=Contactmusic.com | date=30 September 2003 | access-date=22 May 2023 | archive-date=22 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522180016/https://www.contactmusic.com/colin-farrell/news/colin-farrell-confesses-to-drugs-and-drink-depression | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Relationships and children===
Farrell met English actress and singer [[Amelia Warner]] at the premiere of ''[[Quills (film)|Quills]]'' in 2000. They dated from July to November 2001.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/23/features.review | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=How to make it big, the Colin Farrell way | first=Anne | last=Thompson | date=23 February 2003 | access-date=11 December 2016 | archive-date=3 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403015825/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/23/features.review | url-status=live }}</ref> There was unproven speculation that they married. Farrell said of the relationship that they were "too fast, too young".<ref name=People/> He has had relationships with American model [[Nicole Narain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/celeb_profiles_model/6_nicole_narain.html|title=Nicole Narain|website=[[Askmen.com]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728145759/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/celeb_profiles_model/6_nicole_narain.html|archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> singer [[Britney Spears]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britney Spears Says in New Book She Had Rough Sex with Colin Farrell |url=https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/20/britney-spears-colin-farrell-hookup-sex-memoir-breakup-justin-timberlake/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=TMZ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hollyweird: Britney Spears Briefly Dated Colin Farrell - PAPER Magazine |url=https://www.papermag.com/hollyweird-britney-spears-colin-farrell |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.papermag.com |language=en}}</ref> and actresses [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]],<ref name=taylor /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wheat |first1=Alynda |title=Secrets of Elizabeth Taylor's Amazing Home |url=https://people.com/books/elizabeth-taylors-home-diamonds-mementoes-and-michael-jackson/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=9 August 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809194458/https://people.com/books/elizabeth-taylors-home-diamonds-mementoes-and-michael-jackson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Maeve Quinlan]], and [[Demi Moore]].<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_8292/ | work=[[Intelligencer (website)|Intelligencer]] | title=Spears, Farrell officially an item? | first=Mark S. | last=Malkin | date=3 February 2003 | access-date=20 April 2020 | archive-date=4 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804172517/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_8292/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

He has a son, James Padraig Farrell, born on 12 September 2003, with American model Kim Bordenave.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colin Farrell's 2 Sons: All About James and Henry |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-colin-farrell-kids/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008045814/https://people.com/parents/all-about-colin-farrell-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2007, he said that his son has [[Angelman syndrome]], a rare genetic disorder characterised by intellectual and developmental delay, lack of speech, and an excitable demeanour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/superstar-colin-tells-of-blessed-life-with-special-needs-child-1188872.html|title=Superstar Colin tells of 'blessed' life with special needs child|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=15 October 2007|access-date=15 October 2007|archive-date=17 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017012832/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/superstar-colin-tells-of-blessed-life-with-special-needs-child-1188872.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 2007 to 2008, Farrell dated Irish medical student Muireann McDonnell.<ref name="People">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/colin_farrell/biography |title=Colin Farrell: Biography |access-date=19 February 2013 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829135511/http://www.people.com/people/colin_farrell/biography/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/has-reformed-badboy-colin-farrell-finally-settled-down-and-married-6927861.html |title=Has reformed badboy Colin Farrell finally settled down and married? |date=20 June 2008 |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060612/http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/has-reformed-badboy-colin-farrell-finally-settled-down-and-married-6927861.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showbiz.ie/news/march08/24-colin-farrell-and-muireann-mcdonnell-split.shtml |title=Colin Farrell & Muireann McDonnell Split... |date=24 March 2008 |website=ShowBiz Ireland |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053655/http://www.showbiz.ie/news/march08/24-colin-farrell-and-muireann-mcdonnell-split.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Farrell and British-American writer [[Emma Forrest]] dated for over a year, an experience she discussed in depth in her memoir ''Your Voice in My Head'' (which mostly focused on her relationship with her therapist, who died unexpectedly).<ref name="TheAwl">{{cite news | url=http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/when-your-shrink-dies-emma-forrests-therapy-memoir | work=The Awl | title=When Your Shrink Dies: Emma Forrest's Therapy Memoir | first=Maud | last=Newton | date=2 May 2011 | access-date=29 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021023544/https://www.theawl.com/2011/05/when-your-shrink-dies-emma-forrests-therapy-memoir/ | archive-date=21 October 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Forrest, she and Farrell planned to have a child together before he ended the relationship.

On 7 October 2009, Farrell's second son, Henry Tadeusz Farrell, was born to Polish actress [[Alicja Bachleda-Curuś]] (his [[Ondine (film)|''Ondine'']] co-star).<ref>{{cite web |last=Michaud |first=Sarah |url=https://people.com/parents/colin-farrell-and-girlfriend-welcome-a-son/ |title=Colin Farrell and Girlfriend Welcome a Son |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=30 October 2009 |access-date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226042617/https://people.com/parents/colin-farrell-and-girlfriend-welcome-a-son/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/split-with-colin-no-surprise-but-we-saved-our-friendship/ | work= evoke.ie | title= Alicja: Why I HAD to split up with Colin Farrell | date= 14 June 2015 | access-date= 15 June 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150826011855/http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/split-with-colin-no-surprise-but-we-saved-our-friendship | archive-date= 26 August 2015 | url-status=dead | df= dmy-all }}</ref> Farrell and Bachleda-Curuś split in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201211/colin-farrell-seven-psychopaths?currentPage=4 |title=The Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Colin Farrell |date=November 2012 |first=Adam |last=Sachs |work=[[Details Magazine]] |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019143740/http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201211/colin-farrell-seven-psychopaths?currentPage=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Drug addiction and sobriety===
Farrell said in an interview that "[He had] been drunk or high since [he] was 14."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandler |first=Josh |date=2021-04-28 |title=Celebrities in Recovery: How Colin Farrell Prevented Relapse After Rehab |url=https://musetreatment.com/blog/colin-farrell-back-to-alcohol-rehab/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Muse Treatment |language=en-US |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811113817/https://musetreatment.com/blog/colin-farrell-back-to-alcohol-rehab/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2005, he checked into a rehabilitation centre for addictions to [[Recreational drug use|recreational drugs]] and [[Analgesic|painkillers]].<ref name="CBS news">{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colin-farrell-rehab-was-horrible/ | location=New York | work=CBS News | title=Colin Farrell: 'Rehab Was Horrible' | first=Judy | last=Faber | date=11 February 2009 | access-date=20 April 2020 | archive-date=19 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019154531/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-1832247.html | url-status=live }}</ref> He commented on the topic during an interview on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' after leaving rehab,<ref name="CBS news" /> and continued later to talk about it.<ref name="Details3" /><ref name="Tele">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8157894/Colin-Farrell-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8157894/Colin-Farrell-interview.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Colin Farrell interview |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Horatia |last=Harrod |date=29 November 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He said, "There was an energy that was created, a character that was created, that no doubt benefited me... then there was a stage where it all began to crumble around me."<ref name="Tele" />

Farrell has been sober since leaving the rehab centre in 2006, and has credited his sobriety to his elder son James.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDiD8Z3lWQk |title=Colin Farrell Opens Up About His Son With Angelman Syndrome {{!}} PEOPLE |date=2024-08-07 |last=People |access-date=2024-08-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In 2018, he voluntarily checked himself into rehab, as a "preemptive measure", in order to maintain his sobriety.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=Colin Farrell checks into rehab after 12 years sobriety as a 'preemptive' measure |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/colin-farrell-checks-into-rehab-after-12-years-sobriety-as-a-preemptive-measure/36774029.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Irish Independent |language=en |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917130151/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/colin-farrell-checks-into-rehab-after-12-years-sobriety-as-a-preemptive-measure/36774029.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sex tape===
In January 2006, Farrell filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend, American model [[Nicole Narain]], and the Internet Commerce Group (ICG) for the unauthorised public distribution of a 13-minute [[Celebrity sex tape|sex tape]] they had made in 2003.<ref name="kde">{{cite web |title=Kdkaentertainment |work=Farrell Sex Tape Web Site Shuts Down |url=http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_011105504.html |access-date =11 January 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024642/http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_011105504.html |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref> He was offered $5 million for its rights.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/colin-farrell-quotes-interview?click=main_sr |title=Sober Sex with Colin Farrell |last=Rapkin |first=Mickey |publisher=ELLE |date=13 February 2014 |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=25 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625191854/http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/colin-farrell-quotes-interview?click=main_sr |url-status=live }}</ref> While ICG tried to release it, Narain said that she would work with Farrell to ensure that the tape remained private. Farrell said she tried to release it to damage his acting career and "make money out of it", which Narain denied.<ref name="kka">{{cite web |publisher=Kdka.com |title=Colin Farrell Settles Sex Tape Fight |url=http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_109112229.html |access-date =19 April 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024650/http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_109112229.html |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="bvt">{{cite web |publisher=Bravenet.com |title=Trial Date Set For Farrell Sextape Suit |url=http://pub38.bravenet.com/news/3208296063/44740/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011183047/http://pub38.bravenet.com/news/3208296063/44740/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=20 January 2005 }}</ref> On 16 April 2006, they reached a confidential settlement; Farrell's lawsuit against ICG continued with a trial date of 21 July 2006, and was eventually settled amicably.<ref name="nyd">{{cite news |title=Colin and ex-Playmate settle tale of the sex tape |work=Daily News|location=New York |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/409783p-346799c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211171911/http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/409783p-346799c.html |archive-date=11 December 2006}}</ref>