Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Supermodel Caroline Winberg hosted the swedish radio program "Sommar i P1" on july 30th and talked about her friendship with Axl and a funny story about how they first met at Ciprianis in New York City, having a late swedish meatball dinner at her apartment and drinking too many "Axl drinks" (champagne, vodka and cranberry juice)...

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/407723?programid=2071&playepisode=407723 (http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/407723?programid=2071&playepisode=407723)
(at 34:00, only in swedish)

On the 2006 tour, I remember Axl joking from stage (he was hungover) about these drinks and at one point he said he was in pain... "vod-pagne" ('pain')...

Very cool! Thanks for posting or I'd never hear it. She talks about how they met at some karaoke club, Sweet Child O Mine was her favorite song, he came over from the table next to hers and asked politely if he could sing it but "like a teenage brat" she said " Dude no way, this is my song" He asked once more and she got pissed and said "This is my fucking song, I always sing it and it's my birthday"  He looked at her with a kind smile and said "but, but I wrote it. She looked at him, "his pale skin and his dreadlocks and all I could say was. What the fuck happened to your hair?" They have been friends ever since.
She mentions that she was with him when he bit the guard in Sweden, Had been to over 20 GNR concerts. Was on stage in Barcelona and got in a fight with Seb Bach because he thought she and her friend was in his way. That she had been nagging on Axl to sing Don't Cry til he did it. Having him over to a dinner party where he "of course showed up 5 hours late".

She's ending it with saying that those who have read biographies and stories in the press don't understand what a wonderful and kind person he is. how he's traveling around the world with Beta and has helped Vanessa and Fernando a lot and that they really love each other like a family (Axl and the Lebeis). She's very happy to have been a very small part of their lives. 
 Here they are in Stockholm 2006.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt1NeKeCcAEd6eC.jpg:large)

I can imagine that situation at the karaoke place   ;D No no no who do you think you are ? this my birthday, this is my song.

lol great story. Always nice too see people actually talking about the true Axl instead of what the media wants too put out.

Hahaha
What a great story
love this one

great story! thanks for the translation CheapJON!

So fuckin funny! ;D I must have contemplated a million times what I would say to Axl if I ever met him; Thank you for the music and blah blah blah you mean so much to me ( and Im a guy!) blah blah embarissing jibberish and nervous laughter and could I take your Picture? And he got "what the fuck happend to your hair?" Awseome! Cool for him to meet someone like that! :beer:

Fun time in Sweden  : ok: thanks for posting.  That was great.

Yes, thanks for the translations!  Coool story and interesting drink...vod-pagne

Thanks for the news and translation!