Rylan Clark reveals he treated himself like a ‘little boy’ to help him get through his mental breakdown

Rylan Clark has revealed how he treated himself “like a little boy” to help him get over his mental breakdown following the collapse of his marriage to husband Dan Neal.

The presenter, 34, hit rock bottom after the breakup of his six-year marriage after he admitted to cheating on his partner, then attempted suicide twice and was admitted to a mental hospital for a time.

And now, in a candid interview, Rylan admitted he had trouble doing the smallest of tasks like showering and making tea as he was overwhelmed with emotion, with the star detailing how he took “baby steps” to get his life back on track. life.

told the sun sunday: ‘I couldn’t make my mom a cup of tea. I had the fear. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t listen to music and I couldn’t watch TV. What I look back on are little things. You have to look at yourself as a little child. Going to the kitchen and pressing the button on the kettle is one step.

“The day you say, ‘I’m just going to push the button, I’m not going to make the tea, let it boil, fuck it.’ The day you do that, it’s one small step. And the reason I say little boy is because you sit back and applaud yourself for it.

The It Takes Two host when detailing that on his darkest days he didn’t want to ‘get clean’ and ‘pretended’ taking a shower to appease his worried mother Linda, detailing that he would simply stand under the water to pee himself. and then run away.

Divided: The presenter, 34, hit rock bottom following the breakup of his six-year marriage after he admitted to cheating on his partner, then tried his own life twice (pictured in 2017)

He said that the further he went with his hygiene routine was a ‘step’, recounting how shampooing his hair was an achievement, and Rylan stated that he continues these ‘child steps’ in a way now that he lives on his own.

Speaking about his ordeal, Rylan went on to claim that it was partly due to his split from Dan, but also the combination of him working non-stop for a whole nine years.

Rylan found fame on X Factor in 2012, won Celebrity Big Brother the following year, and subsequently appeared frequently on television shows including Strictly’s It Takes Two, Ready Steady Cook, and Supermarket Sweep, as well as their radio seasons.

Ordeal: Rylan admitted he had trouble doing the smallest tasks like showering and making tea as he was overwhelmed with emotion, with the star detailing how he took “baby steps” to get his life back on track

He shared: ‘I think the end of my marriage was the catalyst for the machine to stop. But really, it was nine years of never stopping and never having time to breathe and really understand what happened to me. For five months I stopped and closed. I tried to take my life. I tried to do it twice.

The star shared that in the wake of their split and breakup, friends and family rallied around and urged him to “get out of it,” but Rylan said the only person who could get him out of it was “himself.”

He compared the experience to being blind and deaf at the same time, recounting how one ‘can’t see and can’t hear’ when others tried to communicate with him.

Steps: ‘I couldn’t make my mum a cup of tea. I had the fear. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t listen to music and I couldn’t watch TV. What I look back on are little things. You have to look at yourself as a little child’

It comes after Rylan revealed that he’s finally ‘feeling bright’ again after his marital separation and is now ready to find ‘the one’.

The presenter said that he “feels great” after letting go of the situation that “wasn’t okay” in the past, stating, “The clouds parted when I realized that I hadn’t lost what I thought I had.”

Rylan suffered a mental health issue following her 2021 marital separation from her now ex-husband Dan with whom she was for six years.

Reflecting on how far he’s come since Rylan said at the high performance podcast this week: ‘I had an idea of ​​what I wanted in life, which was a husband and a Range Rover… and I still have the Range Rover.’

Moving On: Comes after Rylan revealed he’s finally ‘feeling bright’ again after his marital breakup and is now ready to find ‘the one’

Now I’m brilliant. I’m fine The clouds began to part as I realized I hadn’t lost something I thought I had.

‘I turned a situation that I thought was horrible into an opportunity. I was 34 years old and I realized that when something is not right, it is not right. it was not good

‘That’s when things started to change. Mainly during the last year I have tried to merge more my work and my professional life and my personal life.’

Speaking further about her hopes for her romantic future, she said: ‘I would like to be with someone. I would like to share, I am quite a sharer.

‘I like to give and take care of people. For the last year and a half I haven’t been doing that and for the first time I had to be alone.

“I am 34 years old and I have never lived alone in my life.”

Happy: The presenter said he ‘feels great’ and leaves the situation that ‘wasn’t good’ in the past, stating: ‘The clouds parted when I realized I hadn’t lost what I thought I had’