Heaven is still having a nose says Belinda Carlisle as she admits to 30-year drug habit
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:18 PM on 6th February 2011
Eighties pop star Belinda Carlisle has admitted her 30-year-drug habit was so severe sheâ??s lucky to still â??have a noseâ??.
She also revealed she had a secret ten-year affair with the late rock star Michael Hutchence.
Miss Carlisle, 52, said she stopped taking drugs only when it was a â??matter of life and deathâ??.
Lucky: Belinda Carlisle, 52, said she stopped taking drugs only when it was a 'matter of life and death' and has now been drug-free for six years
The star, whose hits included Heaven Is A Place On Earth, said: â??Iâ??m surprised I have a nose, and a brain that works most of the time, and that I never ended up in jail, because I should have with the things I did.
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â??But those days of debauchery are behind me now.â??
Speaking of her ten-year friendship with womaniser Hutchence, who died aged 37 after fathering daughter Tiger Lily with Paula Yates, she said: â??It was more friendship, but I guess you could say romance. He was a heartbreaker, totally. But I was smart enough not to be too serious about someone like that because heâ??d just break your heart.â??
In their prime: Belinda Carlisle has revealed how she had a ten year friendship with rocker Michael Hutchence that became more of a romance. She claims the singer, who died aged 37, was a total heartbreaker
Hutchence, who was found dead in his Sydney hotel room in 1997, also dated pop singer Kylie Minogue and supermodel Helena Christensen.
Miss Carlisle, who has been drug-free for six years, said: â??He had a charisma Iâ??ve never seen in anyone else. There was a moment in 1984 when I had a flash that he wasnâ??t long for this earth. I saw him just before his death and that sparkle was gone. I wasnâ??t really surprised when he died.â??
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