Robert Downey Jr. says fast food chain Burger King helped him beat drugs.

The ‘Iron Man’ actor – who was arrested in 1996 on drug and weapons charges,
spent nearly a year in prison in 1999 and was arrested again in 2000 for a
hotel drug sting operation – has publicly thanked the eatery for making him
realize he needed to kick his habit.

Recalling an incident in 2003 when he was driving with “tons of f***ing
dope” in his car, Robert says he stopped at a Burger King to get a burger,
but the food had such a bad effect on him he thought he had overdosed.

He told Empire magazine: “I have to thank Burger King. It was such a
disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought
something really bad was going to happen.”

Robert revealed he then threw all his drugs into the sea and immediately
decided to turn his life around.

The 43-year-old actor also admits his ‘Iron Man’ character Tony Stark’s
request for a cheeseburger after being released from his terrorist captors
is a reference to his own experience.

Robert can next be seen starring alongside Ben Stiller in controversial
comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’.