'I was a kid in a sweet shop': Mick Hucknall couldn't resist female attention

Mick Hucknall was like "a kid in a sweet shop" when it came to female attention.

The Simply Red frontman famously claimed back in 2010 that he would sleep with "three women a day" during the 1980s and admits that he couldn't resist the appeal of the fairer sex after finding fame with the Holding Back the Years band.

Mick, who has since denied he was being serious with the claim, told The Sunday Times Magazine: "I was a kid in a sweet shop who couldn't believe his luck."

The singer was romantically linked with the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Helena Christensen but insists that his female encounters were "always mutual".

The 65-year-old star - who has been married to art dealer Gabriella Wesberry since 2010 - explained: "It was always mutual.

"You want to be attractive and, in my