Lewis Capaldi was diagnosed with Tourette’s in March 2022 (Picture: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)
Lewis Capaldi has opened up about why he decided to share his Tourette’s diagnosis.
The Lost On You singer initially told fans he had the condition – which causes involuntarily movements and sounds – six months after his March diagnosis.
And now the chart-topper, 26, has revealed the decision to speak up on Instagram was sparked when he started ‘twitching a wee bit on stage’ in summer.
‘I was like, “Yeah, I’ve got Tourette’s. Don’t worry about it”,’ he said. ‘And then it became this thing. If something’s going on with me, I’ll share it with the room. (It) makes me feel better to share.’
He explained: ‘The movements are more exaggerated now. So, I do my neck cracks a lot; I, kind of, lift my left shoulder up, my face moves a bit and I do these deep breaths.
‘I can see… micro versions of them in interviews that I’ve done in the past. I think I’ve always done this stuff.’ He added that his diagnosis ‘was a shock but it was also like, “Oh, that explains so much of my life.”’
The singer told his fans six months later (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Frameless)
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Meanwhile, Lewis is pleased his pal Ed Sheeran didn’t set him up to fail when they co-wrote new single Pointless. ‘He could have actively helped me write a dud knowing that it’s going to end my f***ing career,’ he quipped.
He also said a collab with The 1975’s Matty Healy failed to make the cut for his second album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, out on May 19.
‘It’s proper, proper weird and I’m not there yet,’ he warned Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. ‘Maybe next record. We’ll get a bit freaky with it.’
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‘I’ll share it with the room.’
