Marianne Faithfull, the infamous 1960s sex kitten has tarnished her sexy reputation by admitting that young men used to disgust her when she was younger, according to a new report released Monday.
Faithfull, who was linked to rockers like Sir Mick Jagger and David Bowie in the '60s, confessed she needed drugs or alcohol before she could be physically intimate with a partner, according to an interview with BBC TV.
In an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" Faithfull explains, "I think my mother and her unconscious and unspoken loathing of men had a huge effect on me. It was a big problem for me in the Sixties, especially as I had to pretend that everything was so wonderful, wild and sexual. But it really wasn't. It took me years, until the time I got to 50 or so, before I could be in a relationship and love and not have to take drink or drugs to have sex."
Faithfull tells the BBC that her intimacy issues stem from the rape of her mother and grandmother. Faithfull says: "It twisted them both. My grandmother turned away from my grandfather, who adored her. And Eva never got over that, and always hated men." The singer explains that her mother and grandmother's hatred toward men greatly affected her views on the opposite sex.
"I think my mother and her unconscious and unspoken loathing of men had a huge effect on me. It was a big problem for me in the Sixties, especially as I had to pretend that everything was so wonderful, wild and sexual. But it really wasn't. It took me years, until the time I got to 50 or so, before I could be in a relationship and love and not have to take drink or drugs to have sex."
Marianna Faithfull also had intimate relationships with Rolling Stones legends Keith Richards and Brian Jones, but admits her relationship with Sir Mick was the most difficult to get over. "He loved me and I loved him. I just walked away. I don't really know why. I had to move on. Of course it was very, very hard because I loved him."
Faithfull and Mick Jagger ended the relationship in 1970 after miscarrying his child.
