Keith Thibodeaux, 64, the sole surviving cast member of the hit 1950s show "I Love Lucy" says that he would have probably lived a life of hopelessness and rebellion had he not found comfort and redemption in Jesus Christ.
"I found Jesus. And God did the work in my life," he told Fox News in an interview.
Thibodeaux played Lucy and Ricardo's adorable son Little Ricky the drummer in I Love Lucy, but after the show, Thibodeaux encountered some personal setbacks. He tried making appearances in the "Andy Griffith Show" but nothing worked and his family's woes didn't help.
"My parents divorced when I was about 15 years old. So I left Hollywood kind of embittered," he said. The child star tried to shake off his Little Ricky persona so he rebelled during his teenage years and joined the rock band David and the Giants.
Thibodeaux's life spiralled out of control and it was during a desperate moment that he realised he needed something more in his life. "I needed a saviour because I got down to the end of my rope when I was playing rock," Thibodeaux said. "And just went down into the drug world and I was clinically depressed. It was at that point that God answered my prayer - my cry."
The impact was so great on his life that the actor said he found a purpose to live because of God. "I don't need anything else but God and Jesus in my life," he said. "Because He's my beginning, my middle, and my ending," he said.
Now, Thibodeaux and his wife manage a Christian ballet studio in Jackson, Mississippi called "Ballet Magnificat!" During his down time, Thibodeaux still plays the drums for David and the Giants and they have just released a new album called "Still Rockin."
