Bez: I lived in a cave
HAPPY Mondays star Bez has told how he lived in a cave to dodge angry locals.
The 57-year-old Dancing on Ice favourite, real name Mark Berry, went travelling to get away from trouble as a teen.
After his parents booted him out in Salford, GreaterManchester, and falling foul of the authorities, he headed for Morocco in North Africa.
He told the Guardian magazine: “At the peak of my rebellion, I did time in detention centres and borstals. I was living on the street and getting into all sorts of trouble. By the time I was about 19, I decided the best thing was to have a huge adventure and go travelling.
“I lived in Morocco for a bit and was shoplifting to survive, pinching bars of chocolate.
“I got chased out of town and had to hide in a cave for three weeks until money I’d been waiting for arrived.”
Bez said drugs were behind him, and he loved veg: “I juice every day, using fruit and veg out of the garden. If I go for two days without having juice I start panicking.”