James Blunt has revealed that Carrie Fisher felt so pressured by Star Wars bosses to be thin at 60 that it led her to abuse drugs again, which ultimately led to her death.
The You’re Beautiful hitmaker was close friends with Fisher, famous for playing Princess Leia in the franchise, and lived at her home in Los Angeles during the 2000s when she was recording her debut album.
Blunt, 50, told an audience at the Hay Literature Festival: “I knew that the day before she died, when she returned to my house, she had been abusing her body a lot and had just gotten the job of being Princess again. “. Leia in the new Star Wars movies.
“So she’s doing great and positive, but they had put a lot of pressure on her to be thin, which is what they do, so she talked about the difficulties women have in the industry that men are allowed to age.” women are no longer.
“She had to put a lot of pressure on herself and started abusing drugs again.
James Blunt has revealed that Carrie Fisher felt so pressured by Star Wars bosses to be thin at 60 that it led her to abuse drugs again, which ultimately led to her death.
Blunt, 50, told an audience at the Hay Literature Festival: “I knew that the day before she died, when she returned to my house, she had been abusing her body a lot and had just gotten the job of being Princess again. “. Leia in the new Star Wars movies
“So when he got on the plane, he had practically committed suicide. They said it was heart failure but he had taken enough medication to throw a big party.
Fisher died in 2016 and an autopsy revealed a drug cocktail including cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, alcohol and opiates found in his system that caused him to go into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles.
Speaking of the strange pitfalls of fame, Blunt alleged that he was once threatened by the Pussycat Dolls’ boss at Interscope Records to stop sleeping with members of the girl band.
The Wisemen singer said: “I’m a normal human being thrown into this strange scenario, being in the music business and along the way, some amazing things happened to me.”
‘Jimmy Iovine, head of a record label, sent a big man to tell me he’ll kill me if I sleep with a Pussycat Doll again.
“I was having a normal conversation with Robbie Williams on one side and Shakira on the other and then I turned to him and said, ‘Tell Jimmy to tell him not to fuck me and then you won’t have to kill me.'”
The actress played Princess Leia in the epic film series for several years (pictured in 1980).
James counted Hollywood star Carrie (centre) among his close friends.
Fisher (pictured on the set of Star Wars in 1977) died in 2016 and an autopsy revealed a drug cocktail including cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, alcohol and opiates found in his system that caused him to go into cardiac arrest on a flight from London. to the Angels.
Carrie (pictured in 2014) was the daughter of fellow Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds, who died just days after her death.
James Blunt is now married to aristocrat Sophia Wellesley, who is the granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington and the couple have two young children together with Ed Sheeran, godfather to the eldest (pictured in 2022).
Blunt is alleged to have spent the night with former Pussycat Doll, Jessica Sutta, 42, in 2006.
In 2014, he married his wife, aristocrat Sophia Wellesley, who is the granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington and the couple share two young children together with Ed Sheeran, godfather to the eldest.
He said: “Fame is like a drug and I’m in this glorious part of my life where it’s fading, that album and that song were so long ago now that I’m back to normal.” This mushroom trip of fame.
The British singer, who now lives in Ibiza, revealed: ‘I’m from Norfolk and we’re all related to each other. I’m not even joking, my grandparents are cousins, I’m absolutely serious.
‘Everything I write about my family is totally true. I toned down some things, I wanted to call my mom a tomboy and she didn’t like it so I called her a tomboy because she’s big and tough.
