Another Teen Idol Busted
The LA Times is reporting that Leif Garrett, former teen idol, was busted today for heroin possession.
Garrett pre-heroin:
Garrett post-heroin:
This breaks my heart.
Leif Garrett was my first big crush—and that’s okay, Eros Thought Police. There was nothing pedo about my crush on Garrett: I was a teenager myself when I was stuck on Garrett and he was the older man in our fantasy relationship. I outgrew Garrett, but my crush on Garrett was, um, formative. It left me with a life-long affinity for shaggy-haired blonds with big lips. At 13 I wanted to marry Garrett when I grew up, but I settled for the next best thing. I married a shaggy-haired blond guy with big lips who doesn’t have a heroin problem. Yet, anyway.
UPDATE: Some Leif links…
Visit Leif’s official website—there’s a “news” link but the LA Times story isn’t linked yet. Download his new song: Betty Ford for Xmas.
A huge Leif fan site, and another, and another filled with Leif quotes. And, of course, VH1.
So sad. I loved him too and lusted after the posters on my sister's wall from Tiger Beat(off). We saw him at an auto show in the Kingdome in the mid 70s. My sis got his autograph on his album. I was one of the few boys there.