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Rocker Billy Idol ‘a Little Bit’ Shocked at Discovery of Long-Lost Son

SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL

The British rock star opened up about his promiscuous youth in a recent interview.

Billy Idol at the Shaky Knees festival.
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British punk star Billy Idol has spoken quite openly about the sex and drug-filled lifestyle he lived in the ‘70s and ‘80s as his career was taking off, once telling New York magazine that, “I was f---ing everything that moved.” In an interview with iNews released today, however, the idol seemed to bare even more of his bawdy past. When asked about discovering he had an adult son during the filming of the 2023 documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, Idol said that he was “maybe a little bit” shocked about the discovery. However, he added, “The more I thought about it, I guessed there must be something like that.” He went on to say that “we were going around in the ’80s, and ’70s, just having knockdown, drag-out sex with a million people you didn’t know.” Since the 2023 discovery, Idol has developed a relationship with his son Brant and the two have become “quite good friends.” His ninth studio album, Dream Into It, debuted on April 25 of this year, just days before he narrowly missed the cut for the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame.

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