Watch: Joe Burrow's Met Gala 2025 Debut Is, Of Course, a TouchdownJoe Burrow is overwhelmed on and off the field. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback recently spoke out about the pressure he feels both personally and professionally, sharing that he's juggling too many footballs in every aspect of his life. "There's just a lot of things going on right now," he told reporters in a Dec. 10 press conference. "A lot of things going on right now." When asked whether these feelings apply to football or his life off the field, a typically private Joe candidly replied, "All of the above." And the 29-year-old-who sat out on most of the season after suffering a Grade 3 turf toe injury on his left foot during the second week of the season-kept it real about his frustrations with the sport that he loves. "If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it," he explained. "You know, I've been through a lot and if it's not fun then what am I doing it for? So, that's the mindset I'm trying to bring to the table."readSee Joe Burrow and Olivia Ponton Seemingly Confirm Romance During Night OutThough the Bengals lost against the Buffalo Bills 34-39 in the Dec. 7 match, Joe is hoping that his team can make a steady comeback this season. "All we can do is focus week to week and try to win games," he continued. "I don't think anybody's really thinking about the playoffs right now. That's within reach but on our fingertips so we just got to keep doing what we're doing and try to get better."(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)But the Bengals' rocky football season isn't the only challenge that Joe has faced recently. In December 2024, the NFL pro made headlines when rumored girlfriend Olivia Ponton, 23, alerted authorities that Joe's home had been broken into. (Four men were ultimately charged in connection to a series of burglaries at athletes' homes.) Days later, Joe addressed the disadvantages of being in the public eye. "I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one," Joe said in a press conference at the time, per Sports Illustrated. "Way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share, so that's all I got to say about that." In dealing with life in the limelight, Joe admitted that he's still getting his footing. "We live a public life and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy," he continued. "That has been difficult for me to deal with my entire career. Still learning. But I understand it's the life that we choose. Doesn't make it any easier to deal with." For more stars who have shared personal journeys, keep reading...
Franklin Sheard/Fad Media Group/ShutterstockGucci ManeThe rapper (real name Radric Davis) revealed in his October 2025 book Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which prompted a mental health episode in 2020. "After that, I was like, 'Man, I got to really just hold myself accountable and take care of my health,'" he said on an episode of The Breakfast Club. "I don't never want to have an episode again. I'm gonna see a therapist, [even] if I have to take medicine." In addition to his hope that his vulnerability would help others in need, Gucci Mane said that his kids Ice Davis and Iceland Ka'oir Davis with wife Keyshia Ka'Oir inspired him to seek help amid his episode. "My wife was pregnant with my little boy," he continued. "I don't want to raise a family and then my mental health [is] gone. What if I have an episode I can't come back from? So, I just started doing the work and started seeking help."Sansho Scott/BFA.com/ShutterstockPenn BadgleyThe Gossip Girl alum detailed his experience as a child actor with what he described as "body dysmorphia." "I know that I hated my body," Penn told The Guardian in April 2025, "and simply wanted a different one." In response to the weight he gained following his parents' divorce, he added, "There was just a period where, coming out of depression and isolation, I was jumping wilfully into, but also being thrust into, this world where the more conventionally beautiful I seemed, the more successful I might be, the more value I might have." Despite the mental struggles, though, Penn credited his ability to persist to his spirituality. "That is what allowed me to persevere through the disillusionment, all the things I'd been grappling with," he explained, "and then come back to it all, but with hopefully some kind of inner transformation." John Salangsang/ShutterstockEliza CoupeThe Scrubs alum has been vocal about her past difficult relationship with food. "Some may call it an eating disorder, I just call it my life," she said on the The Funny Thing Is podcast. "My drug of choice was always food. I did crazy s--t with it." She added, "I would over-exercise, and there was a sprinkle of bulimia in there." Though she has confessed her struggles with her diet, she has also shared her progress with her health and fitness goals. "Whe