Profile: Michael Barrymore

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 22, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

IT WAS like an awards ceremony from hell. The television celebrity mounted the podium, had a medallion hung around his neck, fought back tears and promised he would never touch liquor or drugs again. Doctors, nurses, monks, drunks and junkies applauded.

When Michael Barrymore received the Comedy Achievement Award in London earlier this year, he made a wicked speech parodying the archetypal showbiz award recipient. But last week's ceremony, surreal though it seemed, was no parody. Barrymore made his vow of abstinence at a drink and drugs clinic run by a Benedictine monk in the American state ...

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