Express.co.uk that there was a “deeply unhappy” period in his marriage to his wife of over 60 years, Mary Ann Parkinson.The chat show legend told how he began to increasingly rely upon alcohol during the beginning of his career when he was working on Fleet Street.However after Mary said he had become “ugly” when he drank, the star decided it was to quit alcohol altogether.He recalled: “I decided to quit drinking when my wife turned to me and said, ‘The problem with you is when you drink you can become ugly’, so I stopped.“I was not far short of being a chronic alcoholic,” he added.The chat show host said he turned to booze after going through difficulties in his life.He continued: “It was an episode in my life when I was deeply unhappy, and.
Read more on express.co.uk