Urgent:Mick Hucknall Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition
Mick Hucknall, the legendary lothario and blue-eyed soul hellraiser, has said that he has had his share of fun experimenting with narcotics. The leader of Simply Red said in an interview with The Sunday Times magazine that, like many musicians, he has “done everything.”
When asked about more potent substances, he explains that he had lived with a heroin addict before deciding it was not for him after giving it a try. He described the incident as follows: “Smoked it.” I puked and felt dizzy. It was not for me.
Discussing cocaine, he said: “I have been around it all my working life, but it was not my thing. Cocaine, to me, is one of the most pointless drugs of all time. It just makes you feel like wood. I just go completely numb and every time I tried it.”
He went on to admit his main vice was an entirely more legal one, saying: “For me, it was just basically a lot of alcohol. You either decide to stay on it and go out with a bang, or you decide to find something else that is more enriching.” He says his playboy days are long behind him, and he now considers himself “moderate drinker”.
Hucknall became known for his womanising ways, and apparently once boasted about sleeping with 3,000 women in three years – which when broken down works out to be between two to three partners per night. Read more: Keith Lemon’s guide to ginger-haired happiness Tiring stuff, but Hucknall has since said the claim wasn’t true, and was simply a mix up in the figures in one article.
