Did you make any resolutions when you became a parent, such as nixing the swearing or smoking, to provide a good example for your kids?
Well, Sir Paul McCartney is no different, it seems. The former mop-haired, serial-marrying Beatle gave up smoking dope for his eight-year-old daughter Beatrice.
According to the Telegraph report, 69-year-old Sir Paul did indeed smoke marijuana “a lot.” In fact, Beatrice's mom, McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills, said he smoked pot "as often as most people drink cups of tea" during their divorce proceedings.
“I smoked my share. When you’re bringing up a youngster, your sense of responsibility does kick in, if you’re lucky, at some point,” McCartney confessed to Rolling Stone magazine. “Enough’s enough – you just don’t seem to think it’s necessary.”
Apparently it wasn't so necessary to give up Mary Jane for his other four kids, including virtuoso designer, Stella.
Maybe for McCartney—who famously took everything from LSD, heroin and cocaine, and was once arrested for possession—it's less about fatherhood and more about mellowing out in old age. After all, you can't keep up the rock-and-roll lifestyle as an octogenarian. (Or can you, Keith?)
Do you think giving up pot will make Sir Paul a better dad, or at least a more alert one?
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