Lionel Richie says he uses s.e.x to stay young

#jaiyeorie After being criticized as "disappointing" by viewers of King Charles' celebratory concert on Sunday, Lionel Richie's coronation performance sparked quite the controversy. However, the renowned crooner is now poised to ignite serious debate for a completely different reason: his position on anti-aging techniques. Despite the pressure celebrities experience to seem young, the 73-year-old musician has managed to maintain the same youthful appearance for many years. Lionel swears, though, that you will never discover him getting plastic surgery in an effort to maintain his looks. Speaking to DailyMail.com, the father-of-three revealed why he won’t ever go down the same surgical route as many of his Hollywood contemporaries, explaining that he would hate not being able to return to his natural appearance after getting plastic surgery.

‘[Plastic surgery] locks you in for that year [while you recover] – and after that you can’t go naturally, you’re staying right there… You try and go back to reset, and you can’t,’ he said, adding: ‘[And] that s*** goes wrong!’

And there’s one other very important reason why the All Night Long singer wants to avoid undergoing an aesthetic procedure: ‘God might not recognize me, so I want to make sure he knows me.’

Instead of surgery, Lionel – who has been in a relationship with Swiss-Caribbean model Lisa Parigi for more than a decade – said he prefers to focus on a much more natural approach to anti-aging, combining traditional methods like plenty of sleep and lots of water with another rather more risque activity: s3x.

‘Water, sleep, and sweat, not too much red meat,’ he said when asked how he takes care of himself at the eighth annual Hollywood Beauty Awards. ‘I know it’s real boring. [S3x] will work also and it’s good for your heart.’

Lionel’s seemingly ageless appearance became the source of much interest once again this past weekend after he performed alongside the likes of Katy Perry and British boyband Take That at a Sunday night concert held to celebrate the coronation of King Charles.

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