28 December 2025

I am So Jealous

Stewart Copeland, composer and drummer for The Police, has stated that he once, "Bogarted a joint from a Beatle." 

It was Paul McCartney.

He's also a magnificent drummer, and a fine composer.

I want to Bogart a joint with Paul McCartney.  Hell, I want to Bogart a joint with Ringo. 

Q: What’s been your most cringe-worthy run-in with a celebrity?

A: I once Bogarted a Beatle. It was at the after party for the Foo Fighters concert at Wembley Stadium. Somebody says, “Oh, I smell marijuana”, and so I wander over in that general direction just as somebody’s handing a joint. So I said, “OK, sure” – just to be polite – I took the joint, and I looked over and I realised that the intended recipient of the joint was none other than Paul McCartney. And I had just interrupted the passage of this chalice to the great one! I had interloped in this moment.

I went to bed that night not quite sure whether I was mortally embarrassed or if that was kind of a cool brag.

Just so you know, McCartney never held this against him.

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