I haven't a clue who I am Michael Barrymore has survived alcoholism, a bitter divorce and the death of a party guest in his swimming pool. Undeterred, he will soon open a one-man show in the West End. Is he intent on self-destruction?

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: July 27, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Arranged carefully across a deep window sill in Michael Barrymore's sprawling bungalow are a dozen or so "most popular entertainer" awards; some glass, some Perspex, others silver. Beyond them, framed by the window, is a swimming pool. As twin symbols of a showbusiness rise-and-fall they, sill and pool, are hard to improve upon.

Barrymore himself is sitting at one end of a long, leather sofa adjacent to the window, his sad, jowly face half in shadow. His fingers tremble as he talks - he's a recovering alcoholic; been sober for two years thanks to daily AA meetings - and, in this light, he ...

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