Singer Larry Gatlin says he did cocaine in Carter's White House
It was back in the day. Jimmy Carter was president. The Gatlin Brothers were cranking out the hits.
"Back then," country singer Larry Gatlin says, "cocaine ran like water. It was the currency of the realm."
Given those circumstances, who wouldn't do coke in a White House bathroom?
Gatlin shares that tidbit, and hints at who might have been with him, on Fox News' overnight show "RedEye w/Greg Gutfeld."
The Grammy winner isn't exactly bragging about it -- "I've been outed!" he jokes after host Gutfeld practically drags him to water and forces him to take a deep gulp.
"I did quit drinking about 25 years ago and quit doing drugs," a self-deprecating Gatlin says. "I got tired of pukin' on people I didn't know. They really got tired of it. ... You can have hit records all you want, but puke's a different story."
He says he'd be happy to play for President Obama "out of respect for the office" -- which we assume would now rule out that '70s-style preparation for the gig.
The interview airs at midnight Pacific time on Wednesday, which in real life feels like Tuesday night -- it's complicated.
-- Christie D'Zurilla
Photo: Larry Gatlin performs with the Gatlin Brothers on "Imus in the Morning" in New York on March 3, 2010. Credit: Richard Drew / Associated Press
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I'm sure GWBush was there to lend a hand...uh..a snort...
Posted by: Cisco | May 04, 2010 at 05:06 PM
WELL ....What is his new song, now that he has woke up? ........Repent your sins and you will be BLESSED..........!!!!!!!
Posted by: DEF | May 04, 2010 at 06:16 PM
@Cisco-- So what do you suppose Obama would have been doing? Dealing? Hard to throw stones at the guy you don't like when the one you do has admitted to worse isn't it? But you keep trying...Somehow Obama's indiscretions are Bush's fault, I'm sure. You'll find a way to get there.
Posted by: sqt | May 04, 2010 at 09:25 PM
THERE'S a braggin' right. In a Democrat Whitehouse? Say it isn't so! That would sure explain Jimmuh's incompetence. 'Barry sell it to him?
Posted by: Kevin Stowell | May 05, 2010 at 08:03 AM
sqt: It is a well known fact your unbeloved GWB was a major coke-head...Obama, Clinton smoked pot...big whoop! The only things that are Georgie boy's fault is the bad economy, the mess in Iraq, a very corrupt Wall Street along with a bunch of greedy corrupt corporations, Katrina response failure,...the list could go on and on...but all of America would rather forget Georgie's failed presidency...
Posted by: Cisco | May 05, 2010 at 10:39 AM
...while Willie Nelson was up on the roof sparking a blunt.
Posted by: Cpm | May 05, 2010 at 10:58 AM