'Diddy' David Hamilton says he once presented Top of the Pops “completely stoned” after drink was spiked
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'Diddy' David Hamilton says he once presented Top of the Pops “completely stoned” after claiming his drink was spiked in the BBC canteen.
The former Radio 1 DJ remembers feeling unwell and fluffing his lines when filming an episode in the 1970s.
He added he was later informed that a drug had been slipped into what he was drinking before the show.
The broadcaster said: “Someone at the record company told me they had spiked my drink in the BBC canteen.
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“Obviously I had never had any drugs but I was drinking tea or orange.”
He said he was told he had been slipped “a Mickey Finn” – a drink secretly laced with drugs.
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David, 78, added: “They spiked my drink and I was completely stoned on Top of the Pops.”
He said it caused him to mess up an introduction for a Rod Stewart performance several times.
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David said he was known as “one take Hamilton” so a mistake like that was out of character.
The star, who spoke on local BBC radio about his drink being spiked, has hosted more than 12,000 radio shows and 1,000 TV programmes during his 58-year career.
He was a regular Top of the Pops presenter in the mid-1970s when it had over 10 million viewers.