TV presenter Emma Willis "worries" about her husband Matt Willis potentially relapsing while on tour with Busted.
Matt Willis is aware of a relapse risk by going on tour with Busted
The ‘Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction’ documentary star knows how “dangerous” heading on the road to perform with his fellow ‘Year 3000’ hitmakers Charlie Simpson, 38, and James Bourne, 40, could be, due to there being a relapse potential, but he is confident of staying "clean and sober", and is glad for his wife's support.
The 40-year-old musician told Tom Bryant's 'Men in Mind' podcast: “Being on tour has been a moment of relapse for me again and again and again. Our life is really great … and a lot of people say to me, ‘Matt, why do you put yourself in a dangerous situation?’
“And it’s because I love it, and I really do, and I feel passionate about it, and I’m capable of doing that clean and sober. I am.
“Emma understandably worries about that, but I think she can see the work that I put in. She can see where I am, and see how open I am about everything.”
Matt - who has daughters Isabelle, 13, Trixie, seven, and son Ace, 11, with the ex ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ presenter - admitted he previously struggled to open up about his issues, but has since realised that was “not the right move”.
He said: “I never really talked to anybody really, I just kept everything to myself, which was not the right move.
“I was struggling for so many years, but I kind of didn’t want to ever let on, because I didn’t want anyone to think I wasn’t coping. I knew how important it was and what it all meant for everybody. And I kind of felt this pressure to keep my face on.
“If you talk to anybody who was around in those days, I was the last one in bed, the first one on the bus. I was always really trying to prove that I was okay, when I was the one who was falling to pieces.”
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