What a tough situation for Lewis Capaldi!
The Scottish singer has a documentary coming out on Netflix next week which is going to show us a side of him we've never seen before.
The singer is known for being quite a funny character and never taking himself seriously, so this documentary is going to show a new side of him.
A trailer for the documentary shows him getting real about the struggles he faces with Tourettes and how it affects him when he's singing live.
This week, while he's promoting the release of the documentary, he did an emotional interview with The Sunday Times.
He admits that his Tourette's is severely triggered when he's playig music, and there may come a time in the future when he has to make a choice on whether it's worth continuing if it gets any worse.
"It’s only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it’s a weird situation," he said. "Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I’m doing irreparable damage to myself, I’ll quit. I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in."
The documentary will be a sad watch, as Lewis admits that the twitches can cause him a lot of actual pain.
"My twitch gets worse when I sit down to play piano, physically painful. And I get really short of breath and it’s like my back fucking kills me when I go to do it."
Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's diagnosis came to light last year, and he told The Sunday Times how serious it can be.
"It feels like I’m going insane. Completely disconnected from reality," he said. "I can’t breathe. I get dizzy. I’m sweating, my whole body starts convulsing. Either I feel like I’m going to be stuck with it forever, or I’m going to die."
While it's awful to see how intensely his condition affects him, hopefully Lewis's documentary will bring a lot of awareness to Tourette's Syndrome and he'll find a way of treating it effectively so he can live the life he deserves ♥
