Lewis Capaldi says being “hammered” is the one method he doesn’t endure indicators of the Tourette’s syndrome he fears might pressure him to stop music.
The 26-year-old BRIT Award winner revealed in 2022 on The Zach Sang Show he had the syndrome, which causes uncontrollable twitching and undesirable sounds in victims, and continues to be scared that regardless of revealing his situation followers might mistake his ever-worsening tics as the results of drug abuse.
He advised The Sun in an interview from his favorite pub, Tennant’s Bar, in Glasgow’s West End, about the one method he can management it: “As long as I numb myself to the world… funnily, when I’m hammered, it doesn’t happen at all.
“But I’d be lying if I said this hasn’t got the better of me recently. It has.”
He added concerning the situation being sparked by nervousness linked to being a musician: “There are times it has been really bad and I’ve wondered whether I can continue to do this with the stress, anxiety and Tourette’s. It all comes as a direct result of doing this job.
“Before, in my life, I was OK – it was never a thing. If I was a fishmonger, I’d have been fine.
“I’m not in control of it at all. There have been times in recent weeks on stage where it’s been really bad, but I have to just get on with it — as lots of people do with other things.”
Someone You Loved singer Lewis additionally harassed his twitches are usually not the results of medicine: “The truth is, I’m not banging loads of gear down. This isn’t drugs, and I’ve had that accusation on nights out.
“People have asked me directly, ‘Are you on drugs, is it cocaine?’ and I saw a few tweets knocking around after shows with people saying ‘He’s on drugs’ — and that wasn’t the case.
“If you think I’m going to take drugs and then come out on stage in front of 15,000 and then try to do a show – I mean, obviously, I wait until afterwards. That’s a joke.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
