(1978) Michael was staying in my house in Dohney and was happy to be there… We went to have dinner with Burt Bucharach and Carole Bayer Sager…
Burt had requested a bottle of an expensive french red wine that he, Carol and I were drinking. Michael never drank but that night was impressed by the wine.
Incredibly, he did not know what was made of.
- Grapes, I said.
- I like grapes, Michael said, I think I will try some.
So we served him a cup and he drank it. Obviously he liked it because he drank another one. We were drinking a sweet wine, and that it should be like.
Until that time, we all had drunk a glass or two, so that the bottle was finished. Burt requested a second bottle. This time, Michael drank almost all the bottle, he had become accustomed to the taste of the wine, a good wine as it was that, and he was swallowing the whole.
So we ask a third bottle and Michael drank the most also. Then, it was when I knew that we were going to have a problem that night.
The night came to the end and I brought Michael back to my house. He was understandably happy. In fact, he was flying high, very high. In the car he was talking and laughing. He was singing, "I wanna be where you are" and "Never can say goodbye".
Then he continued singing most of its successes, such as "Ben". He was laughing all the time.
You are going to be in troubles, he said. I am going to tell Joseph what you have done.
I was not going to fall, "Not me, you did", I told him.
It took us a few minutes to get home. At the moment I parked the car and opened the door, Michael bent over and vomited all over the place. He spent the rest of the night going to the bathroom. He was more bad than a dog. I spent the night at his side.
He continued saying, I am going to tell Joseph that you corrupted me. I was somewhat concerned that he was going to do it, but he never did…