Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and even a llama: what happened at freddie Mercury's parties
On the eve of the presentation of the film "Bohemian Rhapsody". The tape is dedicated to one of the most famous musicians, the icon of the genre and the soloist of the band Queen Freddie Mercury.
His bisexuality has been a secret for a long time, and the details of depraved parties make party-goers curl their lips enviously even today. Do you want to know more? To your attention, some of the most scandalous stories from the singer's life, filled with drugs, sex and euphoria.
Biographer Lesley-Ann Jones, who traveled with Queen at the peak of their fame, speaks about Mercury in this way:
At the peak of his career, the incendiary Freddie plunged headlong into the coveted world of parties.
The Queen group gained notoriety in the entertainment industry, especially after a scandalous party at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans in 1978.
The party dedicated to the presentation of the Jazz music album turned into a drunken brawl. Naked waitresses were serving drinks, and the entertainer was biting off the heads of live chickens.
In addition, nude models wrestled in the bathing pool, and an "army" of dwarfs walked around the hall with trays full of cocaine on their heads.
His wild parties were a reflection of the poor childhood that Freddie spent in a strict Indian school. When he turned 8, his whole family moved to London.
In the photo – Freddie with a huge cake in the shape of a car on his 38th birthday. In addition to the fame of the Queen soloist, Freddie also became infamous for a craving for a luxurious life and parties.
Accusations of drug addiction pursued Freddie constantly, but he did not reduce the degree of carousing, even when he contracted HIV.
Freddie celebrated his 41st birthday at the Pikes Hotel in Ibiza after he knew about the diagnosis. The party turned out to be the brightest that this island has ever seen.
One of Freddie's most scandalous hangouts took place at the Pikes Hotel in Ibiza.
He invited 700 guests to the party, including: Kylie Minogue, Boy George, Bon Jovi. Freddy organized a salute that was visible at a distance of 160 kilometers in Majorca.
350 bottles of Moet & Chandon champagne were ordered for the guests. The group administrator also had to pay for 232 broken glasses.
In the photo, model Samantha Fox with Freddie. Of course, there is no evidence that she, or any other woman invited to the party, took drugs or participated in orgies.
By the mid-80s, Queen had gained such popularity that the band members began hanging out with people of royal blood.
Freddie Mercury was intimately acquainted with Princess Diana and even once took her to a gay bar, where a girl in dark glasses and a hat, unrecognized by anyone, spent an interesting night.
Also, the Queen soloist was warmly friends with the king of pop music Michael Jackson. They even recorded together in 1983, but because of Michael's overly extravagant behavior, Freddie decided that he had had enough.
Other sources claim that on the contrary, it was Michael who interrupted the recording after he saw Freddie snorting cocaine with a hundred-dollar bill.
Freddie struggled with his inner demons throughout his life. He tried not to advertise his close relationships with both women and men.
Freddie never told his parents about his own bisexuality. Presumably, the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" was supposed to serve as his cuming-out.
As for women, Freddie has experienced great love twice: his girlfriend Mary Austin, whom he met before he became famous and always considered his wife, and Barbara Valentine, an explosive blonde with an eccentric personality completely suitable for Freddie.
Mary always suspected Freddie of homosexuality and even thought that the singer experimented with men when they were together. She became the sole heiress of his wealth.
As for Barbara, the biographer Leslie Ann recalls:
Freddie Mercury spent the last six years of his life with hairdresser Jim Huttan. He was with the singer until the end, even when the disease began to progress. When the lead singer of Queen was dying, there was an engagement ring on his finger that Jim had given him once.
On the left in the photo is Jim Hutton. It was with him that Freddie Mercury had a relationship at the end of his life.
Having a lot of different hobbies and attachments, Freddie Mercury had trembling feelings for abandoned cats. He has sheltered many animals.
The last years of Freddie's life were filled with the daily struggle with AIDS. But the singer denied until the last day that he was ill.
Despite the differences in the group and a lot of scandals, everyone who knew Freddie Mercury, unanimously claim that he was a man of unprecedented talent and a huge thirst for life.
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