How Cormac Murphy Became Mr USA After a Battle That Almost Cost Him His Life

How do you get sober when you feel like no one in the world loves you? I sat down with Cormac Murphy, an Irish-born fitness coach in New York and former Love Island contestant who won Mr USA in 2024 and had just marked two years sober.

Cormac shares how his brother Liam flew to New York and had him home in Ireland within five days, the relapse after rehab that landed him in hospital, and the sober client who called him out for hiding another one. He explains why he learned an addictive personality wasn't the real reason he drank, what The Wolf of Wall Street and Blow taught him about playing the tape forward, and why a good morning starts the night before.

He also gives his fitness basics (sleep and food first, then lifting with a good coach) and shares the scrapbook gift that made him cry.