It was 20 years ago now but he was a public figure breaking the law so it was never gonna end well. If it was weed he’d probably have gotten away with it but coke is a class A. Theoretically possession is 5 years in prison I think.

I do recall at the time the general public was pretty forgiving but the BBC is publicly funded, the optics of keeping someone on who is doing coke and shagging hookers aren’t great for that.

That was good too. Again, fair play to him for taking it like a champ.

The best thing about that coke scandal was the fact the host presented the same week that it broke. I remember Merton wearing a T-shirt with the front page of the news of the world under his shirt that said “TVs Deaytons drugs romp with vice girls” as the headline. They fucking mauled him that episode and the fact he did that episode knowing that was bound to happen was fantastic lol