Daniel Johns dropped a good old fashioned clanger on breakfast radio this morning when he inadvertently alleged that ALP Shadow Minister Peter Garrett has smoked pot.

The Silverchar frontman relayed a story about himself, Garrett and Bono, sharing a spliff on the U2 singers bed, to Triple J Breakfast hosts Jay and the Docotor. 

JOHNS: "He [Bono] buzzed me over to the house that he was staying at in Sydney and asked if I'd play the demos and it was really one of the most surreal moments in my life. It was me and Natalie and Peter Garrett and Bono laying on Bono's bed smoking joints listening to Young Modern demos."

The folk at Crikey figure that according to Johns' story, Garrett would’ve been engaging in Spliff Politics in around November last year, while he was shadow parliamentary secretary for reconciliation and the arts. 

By midday, Johns had promptly shifted into reverse gear.

JOHNS:  'In an interview I did this morning on Triple J I made a stupid joke. It’s just been brought to my attention that some people in the media have taken my dumb joke seriously so I want to set the record straight. At no time have I ever “smoked a joint” with Bono or Peter Garrett. They are both well known to be very anti-drugs so that’s why I assumed everybody would know I was joking when I made that comment. Clearly that wasn’t the case and I feel sick that I might have caused embarrassment to two people who I admire so much.

''I was fortunate enough to once get to play them some of my demo’s but I swear that no joints were involved. I guess I felt a bit like a namedropper mentioning them on the radio so that’s why I added a silly throwaway joke. I accept that drug use is no laughing matter and I apologize sincerely for any confusion or harm I’ve caused. Just by the way, this is one of the reasons why I hate doing interviews. I really should just shut up and stick to singing.''

I think Peter Garrett and Bono would second that mate.