“I don’t drink whisky at all. It’s actually not hard, it’s like smoking – you just don’t smoke. I do a bit of exercise and I’m still working. I don’t particularly want to work very much now, but I want to keep my brain ticking over.”
As well as making lifestyle changes, Tarrant also had to have speech therapy and tone down his social life.
He added: “I also needed a lot of speech therapy as my talking was a bit slurred. Obviously my speech is a relevant part of how I earn my living and pay for my kids, so I went through all sorts of facial, muscle work and speech therapy.
“Back in the day, I would go out and party and go straight into my job at Capital Radio without having slept. But Chris Evans, Wogan and Kenny Everett did it too.