Robin Thicke: I was high on Vicodin, alcohol while promoting ‘Blurred Lines’

Robin Thicke has testified that he was high when promoting his megahit.RobinThickeVEVO Robin Thicke has testified that he was high when promoting his megahit.

Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” controversy has gotten cloudier.

Thicke confessed he was high on drugs and alcohol when the hit song he insists is not a rip-off of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” was written, court depositions now obtained by The Hollywood Reporter show.

“I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio,” Thicke said when questioned if he was present during the creation of the hit.

Robin Thicke previously stated he and Pharrell Williams were looking for a sound similar to Marvin Gaye's when they wrote ‘Blurred Lines.’ Now, the singer confessed he didn’t co-write the hit song.Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Robin Thicke previously confirmed he and Pharrell Williams were looking for a sound similar to Marvin Gaye’s when they wrote ‘Blurred Lines.’ Now, the singer confessed he didn’t co-write the hit song.

“My recollection is when we made the song. … I wanted to be more caught up than I really was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit,” he continued, backtracking on previous statements.

Thicke initially confirmed to GQ magazine in May 2013, “Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up.’ I was like ‘Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.’ Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it.”

Pharrell Williams didn't hesitate taking full credit for writing the hit, court depositions show.RobinThickeVEVO Pharrell Williams didn’t hesitate taking full credit for prose the hit, court depositions show.

Now he’s singing a different song.

“The reality is … Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every release part of the song,” Thicke admitted in the deposition.

Singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams perform 'Blurred Lines' at the BET Awards June 30, 2013, in Los Angeles.Jason Merritt/Getty Images for BET Singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams perform ‘Blurred Lines’ at the BET Awards June 30, 2013, in Los Angeles.

The 37-year-ancient singer said he “had a drug and alcohol problem for the year” of 2013 and showed up to most of his interviews high, including “Oprah’s Next Chapter ” in October, where he appeared with his then 3-year-ancient son with ex-wife Paula Patton, Julian Fuego.

Those issues eventually caused Patton, his wife of eight years, to end their marriage.

The 'Blurred Lines' singer says that he and his wife Paula Patton broke up because of his drug problem.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images The ‘Blurred Lines’ singer says that he and his wife Paula Patton broke up because of his drug problem.

“I told my wife the truth,” he said in the deposition. “That’s why she left me.”

He also revealed that while he’s since given up the Vicodin he has not stopped drinking alcohol.

Despite his admissions to fabricating the tales of how caught up he was in the 2013 summer smash hit song, Williams still allowed Thicke to be given a co-writer credit, entitling him to around 18-22 percent of publishing royalties, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“This is what happens every day in our industry,” the famed producer and new coach on “The Voice” Rob Verhorst/Redferns The children of Marvin Gaye, above, say that Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and rapper T.I. ripped off the musician’s sound.

Still, Williams didn’t hesitate in taking full credit for the prose of the song during his testimony.

Marvin Gaye’s children continue in the legal fight, claiming Thicke, Williams and co-writer Clifford (T.I.) Harris Jr. ripped off their father’s classic song.

OCT. 3, 2013 FILE PHOTO.Damian Dovarganes/AP Marvin Gaye III, above, is one of Marvin Gaye’s children suing Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams Clifford (T.I.) Harris Jr.

Just last week they filed summary motion papers that included an audio mash-up of the two songs in question.

When the family’s attorney, Richard Busch, started to play the mash-up for Thicke, it was quickly interrupted by the singer.

“It’s so hard to listen to it,” he said. “It’s like nails on a f—ing chalkboard.”

“Thicke, for his part, now claims he made all his statements while drunk or on drugs,” the Gayes said ahead of the copyright infringement trial set to start on Feb. 10, 2015.

“(He) mentioned Marvin Gaye only to sell records,” they added in the counter-claimants’ court papers.

“He also really testified that he is not an honest person,”
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