James Blunt has detailed a failed plan to grow hallucinogenic figs in his garden in Ibiza. He spent thousands on liquid acid to water his fruit trees with, he claims, but it all came to nothing. The figs were just normal figs at the end of it.
So that’s fun. it’s also probably not true. But it might be. What is truth anyway? The story is set to appear in Blunt’s new book ‘Loosely Based On A Made Up Story: A Non-Memoir’, which comes out this week. Yeah, he’s followed Pat Sharp into the weird world of fictionalising your own life story.
"This book is inspired by true events but is not a biography”, says Blunt in the official blurb for the book. “The truth is My Truth is not The Truth, and that's as honest as I can be. It's partially true, rather than painfully true, and I have possibly been economical with the truth, Your Honour. Basically, I made this shit up”.
Publisher Constable then suggests that it’s not made up at all, but also adds that it’s possible that “the stories in this book [were] grossly exaggerated in an attempt to impress”. So who knows? Might be worth a read.
Other stories it promises to tell include what it takes “to run a male escort agency” and why you should “refrain from crowdsurfing”.