'The actor and comic Stephen Fry is considered by some to be a national treasure who adds greatly to the gaiety of the nation.It’s a role to which he self-consciously plays up as raconteur, wit and genial host for any TV occasion. But why, then, does he feel compelled so egregiously to abuse this privileged position?
At the weekend, a preview was published of a self-regarding interview to be transmitted on TV in June in which Fry talks about the fact that he was addicted to cocaine for a period of 15 years.
Did he express any concern or remorse about this addiction, any insight into the harm it may have done to his health or career — or indeed, to anyone else in his life? No, there was not one syllable of regret. Instead, he said lightly, cocaine had been such a calming influence it had helped him do the crossword.
If this is what Fry thinks passes for wit, then the drugs he has taken have clearly affected more of his brain than might be thought.'
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