Lionel Richie Jokes That Sex No Longer Lasts ‘All Night Long’


Lionel Richie says that intercourse with hime not lasts “all evening lengthy,” and at his age he’s bought it “right down to a fierce quarter-hour.”

The 73-year-old singer and American Idol decide revealed the revelation to fellow judges Katy Perry and Luke Bryan throughout Tuesday’s episode of The View.

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He says that when he wrote the hit 1983 single “All Night time Lengthy” – which turns 40 this 12 months – “it was actually all evening lengthy.

“Once I wrote ‘All Night time Lengthy,’ it was actually all evening lengthy,” Richie joked, inflicting the gang to applause. “Now my ‘all evening lengthy’ is right down to a fierce quarter-hour.”

He continued: “However, don’t fear, we’ll discuss that later.”

“Fifteen minutes? That’s lengthy, bud,” Perry, 38, informed the previous Commodores singer “And don’t you overlook that, alright?” Richie replied.

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In the meantime, Katy Perry interjected: “So long as it’s not 4 instances an evening, seven days every week.”

Bryan didn’t seem to share the “California Gurls” singer, and regarded shocked at Richie’s confession.

And whereas he will not be performing “all evening lengthy” anymore, his longtime girlfriend Lisa Parigi appears happy.

Parigi, is 40 years his junior, is believed to have began courting Richie again in 2014, when the 2 had been launched at a cocktail party.

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“I’m a person who’s been by way of the ups and the downs, the ins and the outs of affection,” Richie informed Folks in 2019 when requested about Parigi.

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He added: “She’s extraordinarily lovely, however most significantly she’s good and helps me cope with my loopy world.”

Richie had beforehand been married to Brenda Harvey-Richie – his highschool sweetheart – who he wed in 1975.

The previous couple finally adopted daughter Nicole Richie earlier than parting methods in 1993.

He then married Diane Alexander in 1995 earlier than divorcing in 2004. The pair are mother and father to Sofia Richie and Miles Richie.