![]() ![]() Am I gonna stick to it?' And that's what I did."īoyd stayed with Clapton for 14 tumultuous years. "At the end of the day, I just had to take the bull by the horns and say, 'Right, I'm making a decision. And I just didn't want any more of it," Boyd said. I couldn't see any way out of this situation. He continued his pursuit, and in the summer of 1974, Boyd decided to split with Harrison. "The whole thing was a mess."Ĭlapton kicked heroin, but he couldn't let go of Boyd. "Maybe he was reacting against what Eric had said to him," she said. And I think when you're unhappy … you behave badly," she said.Īccording to Boyd, "badly" meant infidelity, drinking and drugs, not to mention one particularly hideous scene, when Harrison was caught having an affair with Ringo Starr's then-wife Maureen. "We were just really unhappy with each other. After the Beatles broke up, Boyd said he became distant and distracted. "The result of that was that he sunk into a sort of heroin addiction for about four years … three, four years," Boyd said. The next time he saw Boyd, he held up a vial of heroin, vowing to take it if she didn't run off with him. It's a really bad sign to be in this situation."Ĭlapton didn't let her decision phase him. ![]() So I am typical, being pulled one way or the other. "In astrology that's two fishes swimming in different directions. Harrison asked who she was going home with. "I just wanted the earth to swallow me up," she said. ![]()
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