LIAM Gallagher insists he’s a “kind-hearted” person, despite his hardman reputation.
The 51-year-old frontman has had a 14-year feud his brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel, 56, caused by the guitarist’s decision to quit the ‘Supersonic’ band in August 2009 in the wake of backstage bust-up at the Rock en Seine music festival near Paris, which ended when Liam allegedly tried to strike his sibling with a guitar.
But the ‘Just Another Rainbow’ singer insists he’s nothing like his reputation and in reality he just wants to get on with people and have fun.
He told Politicalite: “Listen, I’ve got many strings to my bow. But most of the time I’m a kind-hearted, sociable person. I’m very witty and I like that people feel at ease with me, I like to feel good with other people.”
But Liam insists he is prepared to dish out a “slap” if someone deserves it.
He added: “I can be a little aggressive sometimes. Like if someone behaves like an a**hole and wants a slap, I’ll oblige.”
Amongst Liam’s litany of troublemaking incidents are the time when he got thrown off a ferry going to Amsterdam in 1994 when he and his Oasis bandmates got into a fight with a group of West Ham football fans.
The rock ‘n’ roll star also had both of his front teeth knocked out when he got into a fight with a group of men in a Munich hotel, in Germany, in December 2002.
Liam prefers the quiet life these days at his £4 million Highgate mansion - which he shares with his fiancée Debbie Gwyther - and locals can see him enjoying rides on his bike and on walks with his pet pooch Buttons, a rescue dog from Thailand.
The musician also likes to chill out at his holiday home in the French Riviera – a property he purchased from British TV legend Noel Edmonds.
Liam said: “I try to ride my bike a bit. I walk the dog. When I’m healthy and I pay attention to it, I’m invincible. The problem is when I go a little off the rails and drink too much, smoke too much and get into a cycle that doesn’t feel good.”
