<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-downey-jr-responds-to-scorsese-slamming-marvel-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Downey Jr.</a> opened up about what he called the &#8220;worst thing&#8221; that ever happened to him — and that was the year he spent behind bars in 1999 in connection with a DUI arrest while in possession of cocaine.</p>
<p>During the 58-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on Dax Shepard&#8217;s &#8220;Armchair Expert&#8221; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wXARSTxY8GERqcL2uDBN8?si=579680dd3f5a4e57&amp;nd=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; star talked about his former substance abuse issues and being &#8220;over-sentenced by an angry judge&#8221; who sent him to North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/robert-downey-jr-prison-experience-1235519898/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. It came after the star failed to appear at several court-ordered drug tests tied to the cocaine possession charge.</p>
<p>&#8220;Two weeks later, I&#8217;m in a place called Delano, which is a receiving center where they decide where you&#8217;re going to go. Arguably the most dangerous place I&#8217;ve ever been in my life because nobody is designated,&#8221; Downey said. &#8220;If they&#8217;re a level 1, 2, 3 or 4 criminal, [everyone&#8217;s there]. You could just feel the evil in the air.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;It was kind of like just being in a really bad neighborhood, and there was no opportunity there; there was only threats,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So, yes, everyone is going to take your wallet, so watch it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Walking onto the yard that you&#8217;re gonna be doing more than a year on for the first time, the closest thing I can associate it to is being sent to a distant planet where there is no way home until the planets align &#8230;&#8221; Downey continued.</p>
<p>The Marvel star also explained how he survived the experience.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are programmed to within a short amount of time be able to adjust to things that are seemingly impossible,&#8221; the star said. &#8220;And for me, there&#8217;s worse things that could have happened than being sent to an institution, for sure. However, we can only go by what we know, and I would imagine if I had to guess, that was the worst thing that happened to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 1999, Downey was sentenced to spend three years in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison after he missed several court-ordered drug tests tied to his arrest. In 1996, Downey was arrested for driving under the influence where police found he was in possession of heroin, cocaine, crack, and a .357 Magnum, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-downey-jr-describes-year-jail-could-feel-evil-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.</p>
<p>He ended up only serving a year, after getting early release in 2000 on the condition of posting bail, THR noted.</p>

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