I mean we knew he was a little strange to begin with, but this one defies description:
LONDON (AP) – Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.
In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.
“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father,” Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said. “… It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”
Yea, Keith we’re all still trying to figure out how you’ve managed that last part.
Update 4/4/07: Richards’ agent is now saying this was all a joke:
In a buzz-killing mood, though, we decided to check with Richards’ longtime manager, Jane Rose. We asked her about the dad-snorting quotes in the NME interview. She responded with an e-mail:
“Said in jest,” she explained. “Can’t believe anyone took [it] seriously.”
