Robin Thicke opens up about substance abuse, Marvin Gaye lawsuit, death of father and divorce

Robin Thicke has put the “Blurred Lines” behind him.

The five-time Grammy Award-nominated blue-eyed soul singer says he has come a long way since he rode pop music’s stratosphere in 2013.

When “Blurred Lines” — which featured Pharrell Williams and T.I., became a crossover sensation and dominated the Billboard charts for 12 weeks — the fame was overwhelming for the son of late actor Alan Thicke and actress/singer Gloria Loring.

“In some ways, I’ve never been happier,” the said in a People interview published Wednesday. “In many ways, I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy.”

Thicke, who recently welcomed a son named Luca with fiancée April Love Geary, said the fame became too overwhelming and took a toll on his personal life.

“My marriage to Paula was crumbling. I started using painkillers,” he confessed. “It was a melting pot of trouble brewing, and I was so arrogant that I thought I could handle it all.”

Thicke’s wife of nine years, Paula Patton, filed for divorce a year after the Marvin Gaye-styled track became a ubiquitous radio staple. The “Jumping the Broom” actress accused Thicke of drug use, infidelity and physical abuse.

With the song’s huge success came major controversy. Gaye’s estate filed a massive lawsuit against all the artists, claiming the song infringed on the copyright of Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.”

Thicke lost the case and was ordered to pony up $5.3 million.

“Everything seemed to burn down there for a few years... A whirlwind of fame, and overindulgence all coming to a head,” the 43-year-old father of four confided. “Fame and a lot of those things — they got to me.”

“You don’t realize you’re not in control,” he added. “Fame and a lot of those things — they got to me. I was in a bad place. I’m happy to have closed that chapter.”

Thicke described the unexpected 2016 death of his father as a wakeup call.

“I wasn’t in a good place when he passed, and I wasn’t in a better place right after,” he confided. “However, a few months later I decided to dedicate my time to raising my son. I put everything aside. That was a big turn for me.”

In 2018, Thicke’s home was lost in the Woolsey fire.

“I was suffering blow after blow, loss after loss,” he shared. “But I saw the house burning down as a chance for me to step up.”

Currently a judge on Fox’s wildly popular celebrity singing series “The Masked Singer,” Thicke plans to chronicle his new outlook on life with his new album “On Earth, and in Heaven,” which he described as “a testament to all the love in my life and the people who have gotten me here.”