Robin Thicke and son evacuated from Cabo following Hurricane Odile... days after singer admits he was 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell wrote Blurred Lines

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Robin Thicke and son evacuated from Cabo following Hurricane Odile... days after singer admits he was 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell wrote Blurred Lines

Things are going from bad to worse for Robin Thicke.

Just days after a deposition released by The Hollywood Reporter exposed the fact that the singer lied about writing his 2013 smash hit Blurred Lines and was actually 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell Williams penned it, the 37-year-old has been caught up in Hurricane Odile.

Vacationing with his four-year-old son, Julian, and a nanny in celebrity hot spot Cabo San Lucas, Mexico last week, the trio were among 30,000 tourists that became stranded when the hurricane ripped through the seaside resort town, TMZ reports.

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From bad to worse: Just days after it was revealed Robin Thicke lied about writing Blurred Lines and was 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell Williams penned it, he and son Julian have been caught up in Hurricane Odile, which hit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico late on Sunday

According to the website, Robin - along with actress and former model Angie Everhart - was among the celebrities caught in the eye of the storm when it hit late on Sunday night.

Though while they may have expected their star status to get them to the front of the queue when
it came time to evacuate, that apparently wasn't the case at all.

TMZ reports that the 37-year-old hitmaker wasn't even made aware that the airport had reopened
on Tuesday until he saw a military aircraft fly overhead.

Stressful situation: The star looked rather frantic as he joined a group of fellow stranded holidaymakers on Tuesday, before they got word that the airport had reopened and they could finally head home

Having been holed up with the hoi polloi in a secure facility as they waited out the storm, he was among hundreds who 'literally ran to the airport to get the hell out'.

Angie, 45, meanwhile, was on the same plane, which took them to Mexico City before heading onwards to Los Angeles, where they arrived safe and sound on Wednesday following their ordeal.

Of course, this news comes just days after it became public knowledge that Thicke had not only lied about penning his hit song of the summer with Pharrell but admitted to being 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' at the time.

Not the relaxing holiday he had planned: The 37-year-old was vacationing with his four-year-old son and a nanny in the celebrity hot spot when the hurricane hit, stranding as many as 30,000 tourists

In the eye of the storm: Actress and former model Angie Everhart was also caught up in the aftermath, though neither she nor Robin were given any special treatment, evacuated by military aircraft on Tuesday and taken to Mexico City before heading onwards to Los Angeles

The deposition came to light following a lawsuit filed by Robin and Pharrell defending claims they ripped off Marvin Gaye's 1977 classic Got To Give It Up to create their controversial Blurred Lines.

Yet more interestingly, in providing statements to prove that their song does not borrow from the Marvin Gaye hit, Robin was forced to admit that he had no part in writing it with the talented Happy hitmaker in the first place.

Robin previously told GQ Magazine that he and Pharrell 'literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it' as well as stating that they were inspired by the Marvin Gaye track in question.

Confession: Robin Thicke has been forced to admit that he lied about his writing contribution to the hit Blurred Lines in a leaked deposition

But speaking under oath in the deposition, Robin now admits that he wasn't as involved in the songwriting process as he had initially claimed, and was actually 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell was hard at work writing it in the studio.

'I was jealous and I wanted some of the credit... I tried to take credit for it later because [Williams] wrote the whole thing pretty much by himself and I was envious of that,' Robin revealed.

Asked where he was when the song was being created by Pharrell, Robin added: 'To be honest, that's the only part where - I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio.

Controversy: Blurred Lines - which has been criticized for its 'misogynist lyrics' - is also the subject of a complaint from the children of Marvin Gaye who claim it sounds similar to their father's hit Got To Give It Up

Not a great help: Not only did he not contribute to the songwriting session, but Robin reveals he was 'high on Vicodin and alcohol' when Pharrell Williams was hard at work

'So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted - I - I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit.

'So I started kind of convincing myself that I was a little more part of it than I was and I - because I didn't want him - I wanted some credit for this big hit.

'But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song.'

True talent: Pharrell Williams admitted that he wrote Blurred Lines by himself, but has credited Robin for his vocal skills

First page: The deposition obtained by The Hollywood Report in full

He also added that he was just 'lucky to be in a room with Pharrell' and that he made up the ridiculous story as he thought it would help sell more records.

Still, he was awarded 18-22 per cent of the publishing royalties, despite his lack of input to the track.

If the lawsuit wasn't bad enough, the song has already been heavily criticised, with critics slamming the song for its misogynistic lyrics.

Trying to impress: Robin said he had hoped saying he wrote the song would help sell records

Insightful: The deposition shows what often goes on in the music industry when it comes to artists and songwriters

Earlier this year, A Boston University student group demanded their school cancel a Robin Thicke concert, complaining that the lyrics are sexist.

More than 1,600 people signed an online petition started by members of Humanists Of Boston University to get Thicke’s March 4 date at the school’s Agganis Arena cancelled.

'Thicke's hit song, Blurred Lines, celebrates having sex with women against their will,' the group's petition at change.org stated.

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