Darren Day has admitted he relapsed during lockdown after kicking the booze for 10 months.
The 52-year-old singer and actor opened up about the slip, and said lockdown played a big part.
What did Darren Day say about his addictions?
Speaking to Vicky Pattinson on her The Secret Of… podcast, he said: “I had a relapse. I was a week away from Footloose, the musical I was going to be doing, me and Gareth Gates.
“We were one week from rehearsals when everything was pulled.
I’m not gonna lie… I relapsed at the beginning of the lockdown.
“And I kept it together for a couple of weeks, but I’m not gonna lie… I relapsed at the beginning of the lockdown.
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“It shook me so much that I got back into sobriety like I did at the beginning.
“I got into AA meetings, NA meetings, on Zoom, and everything like that.”
What else did he say?
He continued: “The biggest thing to come out of lockdown for me personally, which has to be more important than any of the career stuff, is I’m now a month and a half away from being a year sober again.
“For me that’s the big one, because without sobriety my career’s gone, my family’s gone, my partner.
“For an ex-addict, having [bleep] all to do and no structured day is a disaster waiting to happen.
“But if I can do it under these circumstances, I hope I’ll be okay when everything goes back to normal.”
He also explained during the chat that he had previously been 10 months sober.
Spot the difference! My girl@SophieLadds & I just got engaged.
She rocks my world ❤️💍 pic.twitter.com/QwARyF3LLw— Darren Day (@DarrenDOfficial) August 16, 2020
What else happened to Darren last year?
Last year also marked a special moment in Darren’s life.
He got engaged for the sixth time.
Darren announced the engagement to partner Sophie Ladds on social media.
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In images showing off Sophie’s ring, he wrote: “Spot the difference!
“My girl @SophieLadds & I just got engaged. She rocks my world.”
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