Lionel Richie performs onstage during the 26th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s “Taste For A Cure” Event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on April 28, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for UCLA)
*Lionel Richie is shutting down rumors that he had plastic surgery.
“[Plastic surgery] locks you in for that year [while you recover]and after that, you can’t go naturally, you’re staying right there … You try and go back to reset, and you can’t,” the “American Idol” judge told Daily Mail.
Richie, 73, said he focuses on “water, sleep, and sweat” and doesn’t eat “too much red meat.”
“I know it’s real boring. [Sex] will work also and it’s good for your heart,” he added.
Speaking of sex… Richie and his fellow “American Idol” judges, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan were guests recently on “The View,” and he shared his frustration with erectile dysfunction.
As EUR reported previously, the topic came up during a conversation about Richie’s 1983 hit song “All Night Long (All Night).”
“When I wrote ‘All Night Long,’ it was truly all night long,” Richie said, referring to his sex life. “Now my ‘all night long’ is down to a fierce 15 minutes. But don’t worry about it, we’ll talk about it later,” he added.
According to Entertainment Tonight, for nearly ten years, Richie has been dating Lisa Parigi, who is 40 years his junior. He was previously married to Brenda Harvey-Richie, from 1973 to 1993, and Diane Alexander from 1995 to 2004.
During his appearance on “The View,” Richie recalled the writing process for “All Night Long.”
“I had everything but the hook,” he explained, noting that he came up with the lyric during Thanksgiving dinner with a friend named Lloyd in Jamaica.
“I said, ‘Guys, I gotta go back to the studio, man. I got to go back, man, ’cause I gotta go work all night long, all night long,’” he continued, PEOPLE reports. After the track became a hit, a friend asked Lloyd if Richie shared the profits from the song.
As the pop star explained, “He said, ‘No, man. I didn’t write the song. He just wrote it at my house,’ and he said, ‘Man, you got ripped off,’” added Richie. “The View” co-host Joy Behar suggested he should send Lloyd some money anyway.
“Alright, Lloyd, I’ll send you a check,” Richie said.
Watch the moment via the YouTube clip above.
READ MORE: Lionel Richie Can’t Go All Night Long – Singer Reveals He Suffers with Erectile Dysfunction | WATCH
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