Prompt: Vinnie Jones has revealed he turned to legendary Sex Pistol Steve Jones after admitting he was boozing too much. In a typically feisty interview he credits the bassist for getting him sober. He also reveals the inside story of his infamous spat with Gary Lineker.
FOOTBALL’S most notorious hardman Vinnie Jones is glad to have turned his back on his “lunatic” heavy-drinking past that featured brushes with the law in its wilder moments.who became a Hollywood star reveals all is now “quiet” in his life with new partner Emma Ford on hisBut when we meet the actor at his former club’s stadium, where he is filming an advert for theof wildman players, there may still be a bit of the Crazy Gang left in the man who was sent off 12 times in his career.
But the Ceefax putdown was not Gary’s only snipe at the Crazy Gang, and a year later he said that Vinnie was “no benefit to the game”.Three years later all appeared to be well when the pair appeared together in a Walkers crisps advert.The in-demand actor — who has a second series of The Gentlemen coming up, as well as Paramount Plus fly-on-the-wall documentary series Vinnie Jones In The Country — admits he was too aggressive in the old days.
When he retired from football a decade later aged 34 he made his movie debut in Lock, Stock and headed toVinnie recalls: “We’d had a good drink one night, and I phoned Steve Jones.“Steve’s 30-odd years, 40 years sober now. And he was the one I turned to.”
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