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Sir Elton John Served Cocaine-Spiked Food by Friends

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Friends of Sir Elton John once spiked the flamboyant singer's food with cocaine in an effort to make him play longer. The revelation surfaces in a new documentary, 'Madman Across the Water: The Making of Elton,' which delves into John's rise to prominence in the US during the late '60s and early '70s.

According to Contactmusic, the 63-year-old said of the night in question, "I left at 7.30 in the morning and I thought, 'I've never stayed up until 7.30 before but I feel really good!' Years later I learned they had put cocaine in my food."

The unorthodox choice of condiment was made by Three Dog Night singer Danny Hutton, who said, "I might have forgot to tell him. Well, it certainly didn't hurt him. He went on to be quite successful."

Another high -- this time a legal one -- that Sir Elton experienced was hanging out with the likes of Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson. The knight-of-the-realm summed it up saying "in two months I met some of the greats of the music world, it was joyous."

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Ed

Just like the old Dead shows. You never ate or drank anything that you didn't bring unless you wanted to play !!

October 22 2010 at 7:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
martbild

That ain't all that he's had spiked.

October 22 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patricia

Oh, and here are some other things that would be fun:
*Stir lots of sugar into the drink of a diabetic.
*Hide some peanut butter in the lunch of someone who is allergic to peanuts.
*Spike the drink of someone with irregular heart beat with a strong stimulant.

As the old saying goes, "With friends like this, who needs enemies?"

October 22 2010 at 5:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

Anyone that "spikes" food or drink (or drug) is NOT a "friend". In the late 60's it took my aunt more than a month to recover from the mental damage (mostly severe paranoia) done by a "FRIEND" putting LSD in her coffee. Just saying...

October 22 2010 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob

My friends used to spike my cocaine with food, just to keep me going.

October 22 2010 at 4:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
capwhan

Wish someone would spike my food.

October 22 2010 at 4:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply