Overview
- In a Sunday Times interview tied to his memoir promotion, Hopkins said “ADHD, OCD, Asperger’s … it’s all nonsense” and described diagnostic labels as fashionable.
- He recounted that his wife, Stella Arroyave, once suggested he fit Asperger’s traits such as fixation on numbers, detail and order, a term now folded into autism spectrum disorder.
- ADHD UK criticized the comments and highlighted suicide risk and lower life expectancy statistics for people with ADHD, while noting specialist assessments and lengthy NHS waits.
- The ADHD Foundation and Ambitious About Autism said dismissive rhetoric fuels stigma and misunderstanding, emphasizing that these are lifelong neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Reporting notes Hopkins has not publicly walked back the remarks; his memoir, We Did OK, Kid, is due for release on November 4, with coverage also referencing his decades of sobriety after a past drunk-driving wake-up call.