Oh hey, in case you were curious, Helen Mirren tried acid once in her twenties. It's true! I'm serious!
She says, "I'd just taken a tab of acid - my first and last tab of acid, I can assure you - and was heading off into the fields and thinking, 'I'm not quite sure what's going to happen next.' And then, you know, the acid hit shortly after that and it was terrifying."
However the 62-year-old cannot understand how frequent users deal with the effects of the drug on a daily basis. She adds, "I don't know how people can take it time after time. I had the most wonderful time on it - it was wonderful, partly because my good friend came up to me just as the world was refracting and said, 'Don't worry Hel, it's gonna be fine. Just let go and enjoy it and it will be fine,' and I did."
"He sort of saved me and I had a fantastic time. But it's too much, too much."
Thanks, Helen, for that enlightening bit of personal revelation. You've done a lot to advance the cause of... uh... being in a gossip column, or something.
Oh and hey, by the way - Elton John used to do cocaine! I know, I had the same reaction - I was like, "No way, not Elton!" But it's all true!
The Rocket Man star claimed he was too shy to handle his fame until he was introduced to the drug in the 1970s: "It gave me the confidence to join the game. But I wasn't the kind of person who would do one or two lines. I did a gram and then called out for more."
But the drug caused John to meltdown. Besides almost killing him, he confesses it turned him into a detached and demanding diva, adding on the show: "I was once staying in a hotel in London and it was really windy outside. I rang up the office and asked if there was anything they could do about it. That's how bad it got."
Wow! Somebody call Erowid, because these are some really fascinating experience reports. I mean, can you imagine - he rang up the front office! OMG!!
