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| Dame Helen in cocaine admission | Dame Helen in cocaine admission |
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| Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has admitted that she used to "love" taking cocaine. | Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has admitted that she used to "love" taking cocaine. |
| The actress, 63, told GQ Magazine she used the Class A drug "just a little bit at parties" until the early 1980s. | The actress, 63, told GQ Magazine she used the Class A drug "just a little bit at parties" until the early 1980s. |
| She said she gave up the drug after learning that Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie had been making money from the drug in South America. | She said she gave up the drug after learning that Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie had been making money from the drug in South America. |
| That had revealed to her the "full horrifying structure of what brings coke to our parties", she added. | That had revealed to her the "full horrifying structure of what brings coke to our parties", she added. |
| She said: "I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties." | She said: "I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties." |
| Dope always made me feel miserable and paranoid and unhappy Dame Helen Mirren | Dope always made me feel miserable and paranoid and unhappy Dame Helen Mirren |
| She said that, after reading a newspaper article about Klaus Barbie, "all the cards fell into place and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route" to him. | She said that, after reading a newspaper article about Klaus Barbie, "all the cards fell into place and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route" to him. |
| "And from that day I never touched cocaine again," she added. | "And from that day I never touched cocaine again," she added. |
| Dame Helen also told GQ she had used marijuana in the past. | Dame Helen also told GQ she had used marijuana in the past. |
| "I hated it," she said. | "I hated it," she said. |
| "Dope always made me feel miserable and paranoid and unhappy. | "Dope always made me feel miserable and paranoid and unhappy. |
| "And I woke up one day and thought, 'no more of that, thank you'." | "And I woke up one day and thought, 'no more of that, thank you'." |
| Dame Helen has previously spoken about a bad experience she had after taking LSD in her early 20s. | Dame Helen has previously spoken about a bad experience she had after taking LSD in her early 20s. |
| Queen meeting | Queen meeting |
| In her interview with former national newspaper editor Piers Morgan in the October edition of GQ, Dame Helen also spoke about being date-raped as a student - something she first revealed in a 2003 interview. | In her interview with former national newspaper editor Piers Morgan in the October edition of GQ, Dame Helen also spoke about being date-raped as a student - something she first revealed in a 2003 interview. |
| She told GQ: "I was [date-raped], yes. A couple of times. | She told GQ: "I was [date-raped], yes. A couple of times. |
| "Not with excessive violence, or being hit, but rather being locked in a room and made to have sex against my will." | "Not with excessive violence, or being hit, but rather being locked in a room and made to have sex against my will." |
| Dame Helen said it was rape if a couple engaged in sexual activity but the woman said "no" at the last second. | Dame Helen said it was rape if a couple engaged in sexual activity but the woman said "no" at the last second. |
| She said 'hello, it's lovely to meet you'. And that was about it, other than horsey chat Dame Helen on meeting the Queen | She said 'hello, it's lovely to meet you'. And that was about it, other than horsey chat Dame Helen on meeting the Queen |
| However, she said: "I don't think she can have that man into court under those circumstances." | However, she said: "I don't think she can have that man into court under those circumstances." |
| She said she had not reported her own experiences to police because "you couldn't do that in those days". | She said she had not reported her own experiences to police because "you couldn't do that in those days". |
| Her comments were called "profoundly disappointing" by Home Office minister Tony McNulty. | |
| "At a time when we're trying to get more and more women to report rape, I find her comments very unhelpful and a matter of regret," he told BBC Five Live. | |
| Dame Helen, who won an Oscar last year for her role as the Queen, also revealed she finally met the monarch at Ascot this summer - after filming commitments meant she had to turn down an invitation for dinner at Buckingham Palace. | |
| She said: "She said 'hello, it's lovely to meet you'. And that was about it, other than horsey chat." | She said: "She said 'hello, it's lovely to meet you'. And that was about it, other than horsey chat." |