Billy Connolly diagnosed with disorder after horror dreams 'I'd murdered Paul McCartney!'
express.co.ukThe dark-sounding dreams are the reality of his recent diagnosis.However, in his new book Windswept And Interesting, he has courageously dismissed it all as 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 penchant for obscenities as an art-form, he explained: "I like it.Swearing is very natural for me – and for most Glaswegians – and we’re very, very good at it.“If you’re going to take up swearing, you have to learn how to do it properly, and make it sound like it’s normal conversation with a normal meaning.“Glasgow swearing is extremely sophisticated.
It’s a highly developed art.”Billy also confessed that his late father was less impressed by the string of obscenities he would often produce in daylight hours, to the point of criticising his stand-up shows."My father came a couple of times [to my performances], but he wounded me with his comments," he revealed."At that time, even saying ‘fart’ onstage was startling, and I was up there swearing, and talking like people did in pubs, so of course my father disapproved.“I imagine he would have liked to see me in a bow tie playing in variety theatre.
I hoped he’d stay away."The difficult relationship between Billy and his father has also been highlighted in his book, where he claimed that his father had sexually abused him during childhood.He also spoke of him as a volatile and physically abusive parent, and of his memories of being picked up and hurled over the sofa, only to land on the floor.The traumatised star has.
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