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Daily Mirror
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Ashleigh Rainbird

Tony Blackburn got high on ecstasy and lusted after Angela Rippon in drug confession

Radio king Tony Blackburn has poked fun at his sex, drugs and pop music antics - and becoming enamoured with Angela Rippon while high on ecstasy.

The Radio 2 DJ, 79, also became obsessed with traffic lights during a "fantastic" trip on hash cakes.

Despite enjoying the Swinging Sixties, Tony insists he was "never interested in drugs" - or even offered them - in that decade. And while he is adamant he does not "do" drugs, he admitted: "I have experienced them."

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