JUSTIN HAWKINS - HAWKINS' BANDMATES REFUSE TO DRINK AROUND REFORMING ADDICT

HAWKINS' BANDMATES REFUSE TO DRINK AROUND REFORMING ADDICT

Rocker JUSTIN HAWKINS' HOT LEG bandmates refuse to drink around the former THE DARKNESS frontman in a bid to aid his ongoing battle with booze.
The I Believe In A Thing Called Love hitmaker gave up drugs and alcohol at the end of his tenure with The Darkness after his substance abuse became a huge problem.
Hawkins even went to rehab in a bid to get clean and now insists he's seriously sober - and his bandmates in Hot Leg want him to stay that way.
Guitarist Pete Rinaldi tells Spin magazine, "For Justin to be in a band where the rest of us are getting hammered all the time would be impossible, so we don't drink around him.
"Everyone who comes into our dressing rooms expecting a beer is rudely awakened by hummus, asparagus tips and juice."
And Hawkins insists he doesn't miss boozing: "It's like I flicked a switch. Now people who drink, I find really f**king tedious. Even if it's, like, one or two, I can smell it on you, I can hear the slight slurring of the words, and I'm like, 'Well, that's that conversation finished.'"