Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets were ‘gateway’ to his cocaine addiction

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stephen Fry has blamed sweets for triggering the “addictive impulse” that later led to his cocaine addiction. The former QI presenter, 66, discussed his former substance abuse issues with John Cleese in the first episode of the Monty Python star’s GB News show, The Dinosaur Hour. I don’t like the responsibility of apologising the next day if I’ve been drunk.” Fry is currently on the mend after falling around six feet from a stage at an AI conference in September. I didn’t know as I fiddled with the black curtain that there was a six-foot drop onto concrete.” Fry said that he broke his leg in two places, his pelvis “in many places”, and “a bunch of ribs”.