Posted: 00:29, 21 August 2022 | Updated: 00:55, 21 August 2022
Fred Fairbrass has revealed he used to ‘sell speed and coke’ when he worked as a minibus driver before he found fame on Saturday. The 68-year-old Right Said Fred star, who rose to fame alongside his brother Richard with the 1991 hit I’m Too Sexy, gave a glimpse into his life before the band. The musician admitted to selling amphetamines and cocaine at “parties and doors” during night shifts in 1982, but did not consider it illegal. Confession: Fred Fairbrass revealed he used to ‘sell speed and coke’ when he worked as a minibus driver before finding fame on Saturday (pictured in September 2021) In extracts obtained by the Sun from their autobiography Too Sexy: Surviving Right Said Fred, he said: ‘I was selling speed and coke. I was a mini driver in Fulham in 1982, working nights, and a man in the house I was staying at was a cook on amphetamines.’ Fred explained that he started buying drugs to stay awake during his long night shifts, until he found people who wanted to buy them. He continued: “I was working nights because the party crowd and fans were only too happy to buy my drugs. That paid me very well.’ Job: The Right Said star Fred, who shot to fame with his brother Richard, said he sold amphetamines and cocaine to “party hosts and fans” in 1982 (both pictured in 2016) He added: “Even though I was driving around with grams of speed on me, London felt quite lawless at the time so it didn’t occur to me that it was illegal.” Fred and his brother Richard rose to fame in the early 90s with their song I’m Too Sexy, along with current member Rob Manzoli. They also had two big hits with Don’t Talk Just Kiss and Deeply Dippy, while touring with Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and David Bowie. In August 2017 Taylor Swift used an interlude from the band Right Said Fred’s 1991 I’m Too Sexy in the chorus of her upbeat new track Look What You Made Me Do. After releasing the track overnight, the duo are thankful for the recognition – dubbing her song a ‘wonderful reinvention’. The band were approached by Taylor’s team prior to the song’s release and gave their permission to use the song. “We had people on the phone from the US just checking that we were OK for him to use it and that we were cool with it and we weren’t going to cause a fuss – which, obviously, we didn’t,” the band. member Richard told People. “When we recorded ‘Sexy’ I didn’t think it would take more than six months. So to be talking about it 26 years later and a star like Taylor using it and being influenced by it is really flattering. Absolutely flattering.’ Oops: Fred added: “Even though I was driving around with grams of speed on me, London felt quite lawless at the time so it didn’t occur to me that it was illegal” (pictured in 2018)
