Everything was Blurred: Thicke admits he was high and drunk ‘every time’

Robin Thicke repeatedly acknowledged that he was drunk and high when promoting Blurred Lines in video released showing him testifying about the song’s creation. The footage shows the singer and Pharrell Williams in a tense deposition with a lawyer for Marvin Gaye’s children who sued the men for copyright infringement and were awarded $7.4m (£4.8m) in March. The 2014 testimony includes Thicke responding “No” when asked if he considered himself an honest man. US District Judge John A Kronstadt ordered the release of the footage earlier this month, writing that it had been kept under seal to prevent it from influencing potential jurors in the case.

With all due respect, I was high and drunk every time I did an interview last year.

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The testimony reflected especially poorly on Thicke, who scored the biggest hit of his career with Blurred Lines and was forced to admit under oath that he didn’t have anything to do with the song’s creation. The verdict, which Kronstadt later cut to $5.3 million, is being appealed. Gaye’s heirs claimed “Blurred Lines” copied their father’s hit, “Got to Give It Up,” although lawyers for Thicke and Williams said the newer song merely “mimicked the feel of Gaye’s music and didn’t copy it.”

When I give interviews, I tell whatever I want to say to help sell records.

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