Don Johnson: 'I'm happier since I swapped parties for family life'

 
Don Johnson and his wife Kelley Phleger arrives to the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. GETTY IMAGES / FOTOS INTERNATION
Rashid Razaq25 June 2014

Don Johnson has told how he has been far happier since swapping partying for married life and fatherhood.

The 64-year-old actor’s fame peaked when he starred in Eighties TV series Miami Vice as detective Sonny Crockett.

He told how drugs were “everywhere” at the parties he went to, which were attended by “politicians, state senators, drug dealers, police and the best-looking hookers in the business”.

But the actor said: “I had what everyone assumes are the elements that make you happy, and I was intensely unhappy.”

He has since sold his collection of 20 cars and his Colorado ranch.

Johnson, who stars in detective film Cold In July, in cinemas from Friday, said his life changed when he met his wife, teacher Kelley Phleger, with whom he has three children.

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