Billy Connolly once revealed he was diagnosed with a sleeping disorder after a particularly disturbing dream about murdering Sir Paul McCartney.Sir Billy, 79, suffers with Parkinson's disease but was recently diagnosed with a sleep behaviour disorder as he has trouble when he drifts off.
The legendary comedian is known for his foul-mouthed jokes on stage, but also recently revealed he can't even stop swearing in his sleep.
The Big Yin went into more detail about his recent diagnosis in his memoir, Windswept And Interesting."I yell and swear and thrash about," he confessed, "and have done so for years.""Recently, I was diagnosed with sleep behaviour disorder because, apparently, I have raging battles during the night."I rarely remember the fights, although I did once wake up in horror after dreaming I’d murdered Paul McCartney and buried him at the traffic lights in Glasgow Cross."Despite the disturbing dream about The Beatles frontman, Billy dismissed his swearing outbursts in his sleep as just another part of life."Almost everybody swears," he shrugged."George Square in Glasgow is the place to hear swearing.
That’s where you see swearing experts."He added: “I’ve never tried to control my swearing. People have criticised me for it: ‘Oh, he swears too much,’ but I care not a jot."Fondly referring to his obscenities as an art-form, he explained: "I like it.
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