By Daddy Fair
If there's anything close associates and relations of Charles Oputa, the maverick all-rounder, popularly called Charly Boy, know about his social life, it's his indifference to alcohol.
The liquid content, especially the one known as beer, may have never appealed to him. Charly Boy, who identified with politics in the last dispensation, to add to his myriad of engagements, however likes the stick (cigarettes).
The 73-year-old revealed this last weekend and said he was already battling with the habit.
"I'm trying to give up my nicotine (smoking) habit. It's really not good for me. I've been trying to stop, but the habit comes back. It's the only habit I struggle with."
As for alcohol, he swore that it has never attracted his liking. "People think that my fitness has to do with alcohol but it's not; it's rather due to genetic factors and lifestyle. My grandparents and parents lived long.
"I was also lucky to form the habit of always going to the gym and looking after my physical well-being. But the entertainment industry is full of speculations. But I've never taken alcohol, except a little is added to the wine..."
Charly Boy, however, promised to give up smoking soon.
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