'I tell whatever I want to say to help sell records': Robin Thicke reveals he was high during interviews promoting 'Blurred Lines'

Singer Robin Thicke was high on both alcohol and drugs during all the interviews he did in 2013 and 2014 while promoting his single, “Blurred Lines,” the singer himself has revealed.

Thicke was drunk and high on Vicodin when he did an interview with Oprah in 2013, according to a videotaped examination published exclusively on Saturday by The Hollywood Reporter.

“I didn't do a single interview last year without being high on both,” Thicke admitted during his April 23, 2014 deposition by an attorney in the lawsuit that accused him and fellow singer Pharrell Williams of copying Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up" to create their hit song "Blurred Lines.”

When lawyer Richard Busch asked him if he considered himself an honest person, the 38-year-old answered: “No.” Thicke also explained his stance when it comes to giving interviews to media.

“When I give interviews, I tell [them] whatever I want to say to help sell records,” he said.

Apart from Thicke, Busch also questioned Pharrell Williams on his involvement with plagiarising “Blurred Lines” from Marvin Gaye's song. “I did not go in the studio with the intention of making anything feel like, or to sound like, Marvin Gaye,” replies Williams, according to the website.

However, when the attorney pressurised him further, Williams admitted that the similarities between the two tracks did not appeal to him at that time but upon reflection, he does “feel that feeling.”

When asked about his ability to read music notes, Williams said he was “not comfortable," telling the attorney "I am not here to teach you music."

On March 10, a federal jury ordered Williams and Thicke to pay the late singer's family almost US$7.4 million (approx. AU$10 million), which was later reduced to US$5.4 million (approx. AU$7 million).

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