There was a bit bit an excessive amount of of Monica — and Erica and Rita and Tina — in her life.
Horror novelist Stephen King revealed Tuesday that his love for Lou Bega’s 1999 hit “Mambo No. 5” nearly caused his wife, Tabitha, to divorce him.
“Oh, yeah. Big time,” said King, 75, to Rolling Stone magazine. “My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that quite a bit.”
The author made the surprising revelation while promoting his brand recent book, “Holly.”
“I had the dance mix,” continued “The Shining” writer. “I loved those prolonged playthings, and I played either side of it.”
“And one in every of them was just total instrumental,” continued King. “And I played that thing until my wife just said, ‘Yet one more time, and I’m going to f–king leave you.’”
In line with the interview, the writer listened to the track while penning the critically acclaimed “11/22/63” which tells the story of a highschool English teacher who goes back in time to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The Post reached out to King for comment.
King also revealed that he loves listening to music when he writes.
“After I write, there are things that I can hearken to quite a bit,” King told the publication. “And quite a lot of it’s techno stuff or disco stuff, but techno particularly, there’s this group called LCD Soundsystem, and I like that.”
Originally released in 1949 by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado as a purely instrumental track, the dance hit was revitalized in 1999 when Lou Bega, a German singer, gave the song brand recent lyrics.
The song mamboed to the highest 3 songs on Billboard’s Top 100 despite being the primary song on every other chart.
Elsewhere within the interview, King revealed that he fully expects people to hate his recent book resulting from the controversial nature of the subject.
“I feel that quite a lot of people are usually not going to prefer it,” admitted King. “I feel that quite a lot of people — particularly people on the opposite side of the Covid issue and the Trump issue — are going to offer it one-star reviews on Amazon. But all I can say to those people is, ‘Knock yourself out.’”
“Holly”, a by-product story of a personality King introduced in his 2014 “Mr. Mercedes” series, tells the story of the private investigator as she attempts to unravel a string of disappearances throughout the height of Covid.
King’s latest book shall be available for purchase on Amazon on Sept. 5.
