Diabetic Bret Michaels: I Hold Off Insulin For Better Sex

Bret Michaels has a back-page interview with the July issue of Elle Magazine, which has Gwen Stefani on the cover.

Inside he talks about groupies and life on the road, and finishes saying how he literally risks his life for better sex.

ELLE: You've lived with diabetes since you were a kid. How does the disease affect your sex life?

BM: The only time it will ever affect you in bed is if you have extremely low blood sugar and you go into insulin shock, at which point you won't be standing up, let alone performing sex. However, I will sometimes hold off on the insulin, which will jack my blood sugar level up to the low 200 range. It's like how a prizefighter will want to go into the ring with his blood sugar levels high. It gives you the stamina of a bull. So, yes, sometimes I will endanger my own life to pleasure a woman.

Comments

[Allison Blass]

The problem with his statement is not that he says he starts his sexual activity at 200 mg/dl. Starting a bit higher before exercise is fine, because exercise typically drops your blood sugar. The problem with his statement is that he says a blood sugar of 200 mg/dl makes him BETTER in bed. This is not true. A higher blood sugar will not make you a stallion in bed. The most it will do is prevent you from having a low blood sugar, which will, as he said, totally cut sex short. There's nothing wrong with saying you're preventing an inevitable low blood sugar. But it's just not true that a 200 mg/dl will make him a sex maniac. The only thing it will do is allow him to perform AS USUAL. How he performs is entirely up to him...

[indy girl]

Maybe he just THINKS he's great, and he's really he's a complete loser in the sack, with or without insulin.

[396]

Bret's a trout.

[jwatso7]

But what about your STDs, Brett? How does that affect you? What a fool.

[OkieIntellectual]

I guess I could bag on Brett like almost everyone else here, but that won't change the fact that I rocked out to "Nothin but a good time" and "Every Rose" in high school. So he's a big 'ol tool, kind of dorky in his middle age, and he really doesn't seem to understand just how bad that ever-present bandana makes him look, so what. I guess he reminds me of my brother; he thinks he's way cooler than he actually is & he's totally full of crap, but underneath it all a generally decent guy.

[youvegot2bekidding]

Ewww.
The only way for him to pleasure a woman would be to leave the room.

[Sunnyhorse]

Bwah!

[learntofly]

Elle Magazine has got to be using this interview as a comedy piece.

Bret - You just keep telling yourself that all the women in the universe revolve around you.

lol

[follygirl]

Do you take off your hat and bandana when you "pleasure a woman"? Pathetic has-been!!!

[indy girl]

he puts it in a ponytail with a clip-on bow.

[TracyLouWho]

WHO CARES!!!! Get some better extensions or hair plugs man!!!

[LBCityGirl]

EEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. TMI!

[Okieborn]

No mug shots for this guy , or he would but Phil Spector to shame !!

[scottowego]

I read this yesterday and thought about it for a while. Something was wrong with this picture. As a type 2 diabetic myself my understanding from what I've read is that insulin allows the cells of your body to accept glucose (sugar) for energy. Now, if Brett's glucose is 200+ then that "energy" is stuck floating around in his blood and cannot be used by his cells and muscles. It would make you tired not, as he states more energetic. If he took his insulin he'd actually have more energy in bed because that glucose would be available to be used.

[lauras50]

Type 2 and type one are TOTALLY different. You wouldn't understand.

[HottBrainsJill]

My sister is a Type 1 (Juvenile Diabetes - the same as Brett) and she is off the wall wound up when her sugar is high. She is in slow motion when it's low.

[jennytaylia]

Keep it up, Bret... and your shows will eventually (finally, MERCIFULLY) be over.

[Megley]

Bret: Please don't do us women any favors!!!
Or, if you really want to please a woman, try wearing less makeup than she does.

[dinglebe]

I'm sure his dog is thankful.

[HurryUp1212009]

Perfect!

[SiberianRat]

Gross. He's gross.