Elton John: 'I Took Just as Much Cocaine as Whitney'

March 29, 2012 Hot Topics

Elton John, 65, revealed his drug habit was once so severe, he's lucky he didn't suffer the same fate as Whitney Houston.

In a recent interview with E!, the "Tiny Dancer" singer admitted to having major drinking and drug problems, but overcame the addictions in 1990.

"I'd probably be dead. I didn't want to end up like Whitney and I could so easily have ended up like her," declared John.

Extra's Last Interview with Whitney Houston.

The six-time Grammy winner, who married David Furnish in 2005 and now has a son, Zachary, added, "I would not be the person I am today. I wouldn't have Zachary, I wouldn't have David, I wouldn't have anything."

Reports are that two plan to have a second child, but they have not confirmed.

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