Richards: I was joking

The Rolling Stones machine is desperately trying to hit recall to stop Keith Richards becoming known as the man who snorted his own dad:

However, Richard's manager JANE ROSE tells MTV.com that the hellraiser's comments were "said in jest. Can't believe anyone took (it) seriously."

It's quite an elaborate jokey quote, and as for not being able to believe that anyone took it seriously, this is Keith Richards we're talking about here - it's not too hard to take a leap from "63 year-old man falls out a coconut tree" to "snorts his dad's ashes". In fact, we were more surprised he was cutting his coke than claiming to have snorted his pappy.