Will Young

Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert is a raw and open film about the difficulties of alcohol addiction.

What followed was both a celebration of Rupert and a soul-crushing story about the horrors of addiction. “But it is now.” “It wasn’t my story to tell,” he said at the start.

Learn more about Will Young's twin brother Rupert ahead of Channel 4's new documentary about his struggles with alcohol and drug addiction before his ...

Rupert died by suicide at the age of 41 following a long battle with depression and addiction to alcohol and pain killers. Opening up about Rupert's final weeks, he said: "At the end, he would be drinking 24 hours a day. Channel 4's new documentary, Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, sees Will and his parents tell Rupert's story.

The Pop Idol winner, who is opening up in Channel 4 documentary Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, was forced to make an agonising decision to help him ...

So the only thing was to throw him out but also to be aware he might end up killing himself. "I had thought I was coping well... I was OK with everything I’d done to try to help him." Revealing how he was Rupert's carer, Will says: "My day would start. Will added: "At the end, he would be drinking 24 hours a day. "There was a moment I remember, when I had to go to some awards thing. "I wrote a song about it. I was so upset about that, and felt so very far away from my family. "But I knew I had to leave him alone. It's one of those things that I'll keep for myself." It was very tricky." And in that respect being so involved in work was a great thing.

TW: this article contains reference to suicide, alcoholism and suicide attempts. Will Young captured the nation's hearts with his smiley persona and sweet ...

“Wherever you’re going back to – say for instance you’re going back to your family – they haven’t gone through this process, they haven’t had all of these lessons and they haven’t had the therapy,” she says. It’s taken me a long time to get there, but it was the right thing to do…” When this became too much to bear – and Will worried he was “enabling” his brother’s behaviour – he asked him to leave. “I developed a dependency to it because I couldn’t cope with how I felt about myself.” “But it was the right thing. In July 2020, two police officers arrived at his door to tell him Rupert had taken his own life. Their mother recalls Rupert holding his bleeding wrist and refusing to go to the ambulance until he’d watched Will perform. “I think we have five inpatient units now in the country – that is it. And of those that need specialist treatment, just 18% are getting it. ” But his drinking began to spiral around 2002, just as Will’s career took off. “I think the important thing to note is that the anxiety and depression that Rupert felt was there before the alcohol,” Will notes early in the programme.

In Channel 4 documentary, Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, the 43-year-old opens up about how Rupert's death has impacted him. In emotional scenes, Will says ...

Channel 4's introduction to the documentary says: “Singer Will Young lived with his twin’s alcoholism for over 20 years, until Rupert died in 2020. In the new film, Will describes how he found out that Rupert had died. Will's relationship with grief is complex due to the hardships that Rupert put him through whilst struggling with alcoholism. He describes how Rupert came to the studio and his stitches had come undone. The singer recalls a time when, during one of his Pop Idol appearances, Rupert had attended after he had tried to cut his wrists. In emotional scenes, Will says that he initially kept his grief hidden.

Rupert fell from Westminster Bridge in July 2020 aged 41 following a long battle with depression and an addiction to alcohol and painkillers.

Will said: 'He had become a person that was on the street. He said: 'The suicide attempts, him cutting his wrists, that started at 18 and carried on for years. One said: 'Losing My Twin Rupert is a brilliant programme. I just thought, I’ve got to get on with it.' 'He had become a person that was on the street. 'I was his carer. and I said, "Just tell me", and one of them said, "Yeah he has killed himself." Will said: 'I can’t remember why they broke up but I do think then he went back into drinking. At the end he would be drinking for 24 hours a day.' He said: 'It was like her and Rupert were one. I knew there was nothing more that I could do. He was passed out outside a newsagent.

WILL Young left viewers in floods of tears as he opened up about his twin brother's tragic death in a new documentary.Singer Will is an award-winning.

He said: “I remember we were beaten with slippers. But we didn’t want to complain.” I believe everyone deserves help and support, sadly it's lacking," a third commented. You are an inspiration to so many people," another added. He explained: “It’s important to tell my story, to tell Rupert’s story, to tell my family’s story and to tell the story of 20 years living with my twin, who was an alcoholic. Annabel described how Rupert was a “bouncy and naughty” child who once shot his brother in the leg with an air rifle, while Will was “quieter”. He previously said: “There was William on Richard and Judy, giving the most amazing performance of one of his songs. He said: “That’s when the drinking started taking hold more — but the anxiety and depression Rupert felt was there before the alcohol.” After Pop Idol, Rupert plunged deeper into the grips of addiction. The singer also revealed he hit Rupert the last time he saw him, he said: “I don’t have a problem with that because he deserved that.” Will admitted he became his brother's carer and was clearing up his p*** and sick. Rupert tried to turn his life around and was three years sober - with Will getting his brother's initials tattooed on his arm. He tells how a previous suicide attempt left Rupert watching him perform from the Pop Idol audience in 2002 with his wrists dripping with blood, and how drink turned him into a “monster”.

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