Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets like candy cigarettes were a gateway to his cocaine addiction

Stephen Fry has said getting hooked on sugar as a child as a result of his 'addictive impulse' was a gateway to an eventual cocaine addiction which he battled for more than a decade. in recovery: Stephen Fry, 66, has said getting hooked on sugar as a child as a result of his 'addictive impulse' was a gateway to an eventual cocaine addiction which he battled for more than a decade Honest: The beloved TV star said that after first indulging in sweets he eventually moved on to tobacco and then Class A drugs Stephen pictured as a child) 'You would have a pipe made of liquorice and you would have cigarettes with red tips on the end which were candy cigarettes'. Honest: While appearing as a guest on John Cleese's GB News show Stephen said: 'When I was a teenager, I had this vast empty hole in me that said 'Feed me, I need this sugar, I need it' Sweet tooth: He went on to blast the sugary treats of yesteryear as well as his school tuck shop which sold coconut shreds packaged as rolling tobacco It also revealed his brushes with the law and how he narrowly escaped drug charges after being stopped by police while in possession of cocaine. Shocking: Stephen previously claimed to have taken cocaine at Buckingham Palace as well as a whole host of other respected institutions 'Tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds, and as many hours, sniffing, snorting and tooting away time that could have been employed writing, performing, thinking, exercising, living.’ The actor, who suffers from bipolar disorder, also explained his simple motivations behind taking cocaine: ‘I didn’t take coke because I was depressed or under pressure.