Al Pacino says he’s never taken cocaine in his life even though “everybody thinks I have”

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Al Pacino has said he has never taken cocaine in his life, even though “everybody thinks I have”.The Hollywood icon and star of The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon and Scarface releases his “astonishingly revelatory” memoir Sonny Boy today (October 8), which you can order here.He has appeared on the New York Times’ The Daily podcast to talk about the book, in which he explains that, despite believing he has a reputation as a cocaine addict, he has in fact never touched the class A drug.“They’re shocked when they find out I don’t take cocaine,” he said. “I never took it in my life.”Check out the interview below:When asked who these people are who assumed he was taking the drug, he said, “Ah, I have a grapevine over at my house.”“I’m not the kind of guy to take coke,” he continued. “Any upper, I don’t need.

I’m up!”In another interview to promote the release, the legendary actor, 84, revealed that he nearly died of COVID-19 in 2020. “I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone,” he said. “Like that.

I didn’t have a pulse. In a matter of minutes they were there — the ambulance in front of my house.”“I had about six paramedics in that living room, and there were two doctors, and they had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something.

It was kind of shocking to open your eyes and see that. Everybody was around me, and they said: ‘He’s back. He’s here.’”The nine-time Oscar nominee was then asked if the experience had any “metaphysical ripples” on him, to which he responded: “It actually did.