COMEDIAN Jim Davidson admitted “I found out what legless means” after collapsing outside a pub and being helped up by drinking buddies.
The star downed two bottles of wine, tequila, vodka, six pints of Guinness and two whiskies on an all-day session, saying: “I think it must have been that last scotch that did it.”
Ex-Big Break and Generation Game host Jim, 72, had sailed to the Isle of Wight on his £350,000 yacht Lady Natasha — named after his fiancée.
The pair dined at The Hut in Colwell Bay before Natasha, 49, called it a night and Jim carried on drinking with some yachtsmen.
He said: “It was boys stuff. I found out what the term legless means.
“My quote is ‘must take more water with it’.
“We had a smashing meal at The Hut, which is the best restaurant in the country, then I decided to go on the p***.
“It was a bit of a harmless fun, no one died.”
Jim, who has five ex-wives, detailed his mammoth booze-up, which ended with him collapsing outside Salty’s pub in Yarmouth.
He said: “Most people leave Salty’s like that. First I had a couple of bottles of wine that made me a bit dizzy.
“I thought I better have some tequila to sober me up. After the tequilas made me feel worse, I thought vodka will kill the tequila.
“And after that six pints of Guinness. I thought well I need a wee, I’ll go into this pub and use their toilet and while I’m here I’ll have a couple of scotches.
“I think it must have been that last scotch that did it.”
Jim admitted being a binge drinker and said: “I can do that when I’m not working. I can’t when I’m working.
“Today I’ve got to drive five hours to Blackpool, do a show in the club and then five hours back tomorrow. This is the reality of showbiz. Then back to the studio to film my weekly satire show.
“When you’ve got a picture of me coming off stage in a theatre like that, then I’m in trouble.”