Colin Farrell keeps showing up at photo calls for Total Recall, and I keep feeling a general ambivalence towards him. Maybe that’s the sign of Colin’s successful image makeover – for a while he was too overexposed, too in-our-faces, the drunk poet who would nail us without remembering our names. Then Colin got sober and he went “dark” for a while – very few photo-ops, radio silence, etc. This current phase is weird though – he’s a bit more accessible, he gets pap’d sometimes, he’s still sober, his hair is short and he’s still well-built… but nothing’s really happening. He’s just kind of… eh. I mean, I’m happy that he’s a better person overall. But he’s just not doing anything for my lady parts.

Anyway, Colin covers the new issue of Men’s Health UK. Colin talks about his two sons, James and Henry, and how they inspire him to be healthy.

He has been to rehab for addiction to drugs and in the early years of his career was well known for being a hell-raiser. But Colin Farrell has revealed that his wild days are over and he now enjoys a healthy lifestyle crediting his children as the reason for the dramatic change.

In an interview in the September issue of Men’s Health magazine the Irish star has revealed he has undergone a total body overhaul in order to ‘live as long as possible’ so he can see his sons James, nine, and Henry, two, grow up.

Colin explained: ‘What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn’t care for myself. James saved my life.’

Farrell’s eldest son, who suffers from Angelman syndrome, was fathered with US model Kim Bordenav, while Henry’s mother is actress Alicja Bachleda-Curuś who Colin split from a year after the birth of their son.

And speaking about his healthy lifestyle compared to his old habits he explained: ‘I don’t put the same level of energy into healthy living as I did into unhealthy living. I put an enormous amount of energy into the destruction of my body and if I put the same amount into treating my body in a positive way, that too would end up being a sickness. But I eat really well, drink loads of green tea, and take a s***load of vitamins.’

And it a healthy diet isn’t enough Colin recently embarked on a gruelling fitness schedule to get into shape for his latest film Total Recall which involved jogging two miles and a hour of weights six days a week three months before the film began shooting.

The actor found himself impressed by his stamina and noted: ‘I’m somebody who a couple of years ago couldn’t even run a mile.’

While Colin describes the simple life as ‘so f***ing boring’ he reveals he actually quite enjoys all the peace and quiet spending time devoted to his two boys.

He noted: ‘Life has mutated to take on this sweet simplicity that I am really f***ing ok with.’

All he needs now is to perhaps work a little on his potty mouth, which Colin admits his children have already picked up on.

‘I had my kid saying ‘sh*t, sh*t’ when he spilled something the other day. At least it was an appropriate use of the word.’

[From The Mail]

Oooh, his son cusses like Colin! I wonder if his boys mimic their dad’s accent too? I do wonder about Colin’s relationships with those boys – from what little I know, Colin and Kim Bordenave do share custody of James, and Colin spends a lot of time with James when he’s in LA, which is more often than not. But what about Henry, the son he had with Alicja Bachleda? Henry will be 3 years old this October. I never hear about Colin seeing Henry… I mean, it could totally happen under the radar and everything. But I do wonder if Colin and Alicja ended their relationship on somewhat bad terms.

Also… it seems like forever since we’ve heard anything about Colin hooking up with ANYONE. There was something about Rihanna a while back…?? Beyond that, I’m at a loss. We should totally set him up with someone interesting. Don’t say Kristen Stewart. Or Katy Perry. He should be with someone closer to his age. January Jones, maybe?