“But I’m also a music junkie,” he confesses.

“I used to be much more of a 24-hour news junkie, and this has made me step back and really consider the sources of news I’m taking in,” he says.

As a massage junkie, I prefer the warmth and responsiveness of human touch.

He once described himself as a “politics junkie” and even in retirement he kept a close eye on Stormont, Westminster and the Dáil.

Why did the mostly abstemious Cher pursue a relationship with a known junkie?