Fergie of the group Black Eyed Peas arrives at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 file photo. Fergie, the female voice of the Black Eyed Peas, says she had to dig deep into herself to kick her crystal meth addiction. "It was the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with. I dug deep as to why I got there," Stacey "Fergie" Ferguson told Time magazine in its issue, which hits newstands Monday. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, FILE)
Fergie Recounts Crystal Meth Addiction
Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:54 PM EDT
The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie, the female voice of the Black Eyed Peas, says she had to dig deep into herself to kick her crystal meth addiction.
"It was the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with," Stacey "Fergie" Ferguson told Time magazine in an interview for the issue that hits newsstands Monday.
"It's the drug that's addicting," said Fergie, who has released her first solo album, "The Dutchess." "But it's why you start doing it in the first place that's interesting. A lot of it was being a child actor; I learned to suppress feelings."
When asked what she does now with those feelings, she said, "I have an hour and a half of performing every night and improvising. If there's a rafter, I can climb right on."
Asked if she ever met Sarah Ferguson, the duchess of York, she said, "We're talking about doing some charity work together, building schools."
