The pirate of rock 'n' roll said in an interview that after his father was cremated he could not resist grinding up and snorting the ashes, he also said that they "went down pretty well."

False - The guitarist's publicist, Jane Rose, said that the remark was "just a joke" and that she couldn't believe that it was taken so seriously. Richards also released a statement saying that what he said had been "lost in translation."