I would advise against leading with it... and having a glaring hole in the resume timeline.
So, (eg) if you didn't work all of 2018 and 2019, don't list that time at all, unless you did something relevant to your career.
I certainly wouldn't open with it... nor avoid it. Honesty is the best bet. If it comes up, sure talk about it, but talk about what you did to keep your finger on the pulse, what you researched, etc... just like you would with any talking point in an interview.
Once, early on as a kid I took 12 months off (but wrote an accounting package and some stock market correlation tools), and regularly took a month or six off between gigs.
So, (eg) if you didn't work all of 2018 and 2019, don't list that time at all, unless you did something relevant to your career.
I certainly wouldn't open with it... nor avoid it. Honesty is the best bet. If it comes up, sure talk about it, but talk about what you did to keep your finger on the pulse, what you researched, etc... just like you would with any talking point in an interview.
Once, early on as a kid I took 12 months off (but wrote an accounting package and some stock market correlation tools), and regularly took a month or six off between gigs.