Horror author Stephen King claims his wife threatened to DIVORCE him because he played Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5 on repeat
Horror writer Stephen King claims his wife threatened to divorce him for repeatedly playing Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5
- The 75-year-old horror author loved Mambo No.5 so much that his wife almost divorced him
- He was writing his book 11/22/63 when he played the song over and over
- He wrote in 2009 “my wife said she would cut me open with her sharpest Ginsu knife if I played the extended version again”
Stephen King’s music listening habits truly make him the Master of Horror.
In his recent interview with Rolling stonerevealed the horror novelist that his obsession with Lou Bega’s iconic 1990s song Mambo No.5 almost got him divorced.
“I played that thing until my wife said, ‘One more time, and I’m fucking leaving you,'” King said in his interview promoting his latest book, Holly.
The author of The Dark Half didn’t hesitate to express his love for Mambo Number 5, which apparently annoyed his wife Tabitha King.
He replied, ‘On, yes. Big time,” when asked if he was a fan of Bega. “My wife threatened to divorce me,” he continued.
Stephen King and his wife Tabitha King at the 54th Annual National Book Awards in November 2003. The king of horror loved Mambo No. 5 so much that his wife threatened to divorce him
German singer Lou Bega added lyrics to the soundtrack Mambo No.5, which reached number 3 on the Billboard 100
“I played that a lot. I had the dance mix. I loved that extended play stuff, and I played both sides of it. And one of them was just totally instrumental,” the author added.
The novelist was in the process of writing his critically acclaimed book 11/22/63, which tells a story about a high school teacher who travels back in time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, when he wrote the song. heard.
It is not the first time that the novelist has revealed his love for Mambo No.5.
He called the song one of “the Latin-tinged songs that scored high on the ‘this is driving me crazy’ meter in his 2009 piece.” Songs that get stuck in your headfor Entertainment Weekly.
The horror author was writing his critically acclaimed book 11/22/63 when he was playing on Mambo No.5
The wife of the king of horror threatened to disembowel the author with her sharpest Ginsu knife if he played Mambo No.5 again
By the time his wife’s threat had reached the point of murder.
“I want to share that my wife once told me she would cut me open with her sharpest Ginsu knife if I played the extended version again. I waited for her to run errands and then played it… not once, but several times. Because that’s the problem with earwigs: they attract while they repel,” Stephen wrote.
Mambo No.5 is an instrumental song released in 1949 by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado. In the summer of 1999, German singer Lou Bega revived it by adding updated lyrics.
‘A little Sandra in the sun, a little Mary all night; a little bit Jessica, here I am; a little bit of you makes me your man.’
The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard 100 in 1999 and topped the charts everywhere.
Stephen King’s net worth is estimated to be around $450 million to $500 million. He and his wife moved to Casey Key, Florida, earlier this year after spending more than 37 years in Bangor, Maine.