I seem to remember a mention about Meat, TV, and alcohol from some time ago
(just one of those things that sticks).
A little search later shows that Meat did an interview for Q magazine in June 2003, in which he said he drinks tequila before TV interviews because he gets nervous doing TV stuff.
I haven't seen the interview, so I can't comment, but if he was talking about his dad (which has always been a pretty hard subject to deal with, seeing what he went through) I think a couple of belts might have been in order (if not bloody obligatory).
So perhaps Meat DID have a couple of drinks, but I don't think he'd ever drink so much he couldn't handle what was going on.
For instance I can't see Meat ever getting in this state..................
There will only ever be ONE Ollie Reed
