Flavor Flav Spent Thousands of Dollars on Drugs a Day

Hip-hop veteran Flavor Flav spent thousands of dollars on drugs a day - for six years.

The Public Enemy star and reality TV regular details the extent of his battle for sobriety in his new memoir Flavor Flav Icon, admitting he'd never be able to live with himself if he totalled up the amount of money he wasted on drugs.

He tells PopEater.com, "I was spending $2,600 (£1,625) a day, for six years, every single day (on drugs). I don't know how much that is, but, if you did the math, wow, I went through a lot of money. If I did the math I'd probably be shocked on how much money I spent, I'd probably punch myself in the face".

Based on his estimate, he would have spent nearly $5.7 million (£3.56 million) over a six-year period just to fuel his addiction.