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01-09-2008 12:01
She decided to quit when Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was uncovered as a drugs baron.
When she was asked if she had ever taken any illegal substances, Helen added to GQ magazine: "A bit of dope when I was younger. A bit of cocaine. I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties.
"But what ended it for me was when they caught Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early 80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron. And I read that in the paper, and all the cards fell into place and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route to this f***ing horrible man in South America.
"And from that day I never touched cocaine again. Until that moment I had never grasped the full horrifying structure of what brings coke to our parties in Britain."
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#1 by Missy - 21-09-2008 05:20
I've read a lot of material in criticism of this comment, and I have to say I think she was misunderstood. I think she may have been trying to say that the woman would be unlikely to s... READ MORE