Noel Gallagher’s pet cats were called Benson and Hedges after the cigarettes (Picture: Getty)
Noel Gallagher’s wild parties caused his cats to have nervous breakdowns.
The former Oasis rocker was known for his star-studded bashes in the 90s and his London pad was even nicknamed Supernova Heights.
But while the 56-year-old’s pals had a grand old time, it sounds as though Noel’s poor moggies weren’t so keen on all the partying.
‘I had a couple of cats who had a nervous breakdown. Benson and Hedges, after the cigarettes,’ revealed Noel in a new interview.
Speaking on the Take 5 podcast, he added: ‘They were a pair of f*****g lightweights. The cats had a thousand-yard stare by the end of it.
‘They’d seen things that no feline should ever see.’
Noel called his cats ‘a pair of f*****g lightweights’ (Picture: Gus Stewart/Redferns)
Noel – who has daughter Anais, 23, with first wife Meg Matthews, and sons Donovan, 16, and Sonny, 13, with estranged wife Sara MacDonald – sold the house in 2005 but said he’ll always look back at that time in his life with fondness.
‘They were great times, it was an open house. I look back on it as just really fun, happy, hedonistic, carefree times,’ Noel noted, adding: ‘I didn’t have any kids. It was great. That period from 1998, there were a couple of years that were a bit turbulent but I enjoyed it.’
Noel and his brother Liam Gallagher are not on speaking terms (Picture: Getty)
Noel and 50-year-old Liam’s band Oasis imploded in 2009 (Picture: PA)
Noel’s feline confession comes after he admitted that he would be keen to revive his former band Oasis despite his long feud with his ex-band member and brother Liam Gallagher.
Noel and 50-year-old Liam’s band imploded in 2009, but back in August, the former insisted they would both be part of the line-up if the band ever reformed.
The star is said to have confirmed their togetherness in the face of a revival during a Q&A at The Rose Theatre in Kingston.
According to NME, when asked by an audience member during a recent chat about who should be included in an Oasis reunion line-up, Noel replied: ‘So me…Liam…Well, it’s a funny thing because we’re all at a certain age now.
‘Hair was a thing in Oasis, so we’ll have to see what everybody’s hair is looking like. I’m in no matter what. This is not f****** going anywhere. I don’t know. Look. Me, Liam and a load of f****** fit birds.’
Please can the music gods make this happen!
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Noel’s reps for comment.
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Those poor moggies!