Gary Barlow has said he had to ‘step up’ as a husband and look after his wife Dawn following the death of their daughter, Poppy.
The former Take That singer, 47, and his wife Dawn lost Poppy when she was stillborn at full term days before Gary was due to perform at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012.
In an interview with Lorraine’s Ross King on Tuesday, Gary said his main priority after losing Poppy was being there for his “amazing” wife.
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Speaking about the heartbreaking moment they lost their baby daughter, Gary said: “The way I was thinking around Poppy’s death was, I’ve got to look after Dawn.
“It wasn’t about me, it was about her and me stepping up as a husband. When you say you are going to be together and you take those vows, you look after your partner, that’s just what you do.”
He added: “That’s how you react in that situation. She’s just amazing.”
Gary also spoke about having to perform at the London Olympics after losing his daughter.
He admitted: “It felt like a job, I’ve just got to get on and got to get off again. It was really going through the motions for me, I was in my own world.
“I never watched it back. I don’t know what was going on in my head. It was tough.”
Gary also said that now their three older children – son Daniel, 18, daughter Emily, 16, and nine-year-old daughter Daisy – are growing up, he and Dawn are hitting a “brilliant” time in their lives where they are rediscovering each other again and becoming closer.
The singer has been busy promoting his new autobiography A Better Me, in which he details the heartbreaking moment he watched Dawn holding Poppy.
In an extract of his upcoming autobiography, obtained by The Sun, Gary said that there was “no sadder sight” than seeing “a mum with her dead baby in her arms, willing it back to life with all her being”.
Gary said: “When she was born it was like a light came into the room. It was one of the best hours of my life I’ve ever experienced in the midst of the hardest time of my life.
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“Then the reality comes rushing into the room and all the air leaves your lungs. It felt like someone had a hand held tight at my throat.
“The nurses start hovering and they want to take her away. What we experienced and saw over those 24 hours, no-one should have to see or have to go through.”
The star said he hopes that sharing his story will help other people going through or that have been through a similar situation.
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