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Tony Blackburn recalls lusting after Angela Rippon following ecstasy pill mix-up

Broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn has mocked his own sex, drugs and pop music antics - and joked about having the hots for Angela Rippon. 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" in that decade. And while he stressed he does not "do" drugs, he admitted: "I have experienced them," reports the Mirror.

Tony recalled the occasion he took an ecstasy pill that he believed to be paracetamol – given to him by his late pal, the DJ Steve Walsh. He said: "I thought it was a headache pill but I suddenly went really hot.

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