Sir Tom Jones uses viagra.

Sir Tom Jones

Sir Tom Jones

The 80-year-old singer has revealed he's started taking the medication - which is used to treat erectile dysfunction - because he wants a "little help here and there".

Asked how "everything else is working", the 'Sex Bomb' hitmaker told the 'WTF' podcast: "So far so good. There is always viagra. A little help here and there is alright. There is no shame in that at 80. You gotta do what you gotta do."

Despite his advancing years, Tom still has vivid memories of women throwing their underwear at him during his early days in the music business.

The singer - who was married to his late wife Melinda between 1957 and 2016 - said: "You have to use schtick and then it caught on and I was drowning in a sea of panties after a while. It backfired.

"I was in Vegas and someone threw a room key at me. I said 'Whose is this?' This woman said, 'Use it and you will find out.'"

Earlier this month, meanwhile, Tom claimed that God saved him from drowning in shark-infested waters.

The pop star recalled getting into trouble after he decided to cool off in the water while at a beach barbecue in Acapulco, Mexico, in 1980.

He said: "Me, schmuck, thought just over this dune is the ocean ... so I wonder off like a fool, and I look at the calm water and think it looks lovely out there.

"I go through the breakers and start swimming out, then somebody comes looking for me, standing on the beach and I look at them and the fellas about this big.

"I swam down and hadn't moved an inch. I thought, 'This is it now.'

"I always used to take my jewellery off and put it in my man bag, for some reason I didn’t. I put my hand on my chest and still had this big cross and chain on.

"I put my hand on it and said, 'God, I'm desperate here. What do I do?' I was going to give up. I thought I'd take a load of water in and say good night.

"A voice came to me and said, 'If you think you can swim, now is the time to prove it.'"


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