Lewis Capaldi slams Netflix over hilarious billboard mix-up featuring Liz Truss
Lewis Capaldi joked that Netflix should lay off staff after a billboard announcing his upcoming documentary featured a young Liz Truss.
The Scottish singer, 26, will launch his new documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, on the streaming platform on April 5.
She watches him speak candidly about his mental health struggles, Tourette’s diagnosis, and life in the spotlight.
On Tuesday, Lewis shared one of the hilarious billboards for the upcoming music documentary on Twitter.
Instead of Capaldi appearing on the big screen, a photo of Liz Truss in his youth was put on display, to whom he had previously been compared.
Funny: Lewis Capaldi joked that Netflix should lay off staff after a billboard announcing his upcoming documentary featured a young Liz Truss
Strange! Instead of Capaldi appearing on the big screen, a photo of Liz Truss in her youth was displayed, to whom he had previously compared himself.
His Twitter caption read: “Ffs whoever is in charge of the billboards on Netflix needs to be fired.”
Netflix’s official Twitter account responded: “I had a good run”
Lewis previously laughed off the comparisons between himself and the former prime minister. He tweeted: ‘Why do I look like so many female politicians?’
The Someone You Love singer was replying to a tweet that shared a photo of a young Liz Truss captioned: ‘Congratulations @LewisCapaldi on becoming the next Prime Minister #LizTruss.
Lewis has spoken candidly about his ongoing mental health struggles in a new Netflix documentary How I Feel Now.
In the trailer, ahead of its April 5 release, the 26-year-old Scottish singer squirmed as his mother recalled having to pick him up from a one-night stand after he suffered a panic attack.
“That’s not a story that needs to be told,” she said as her mother laughed and told the camera about the awkward incident.
She said: ‘Having to be picked up by your mum from your one-night stand because you’re having a panic attack.
Only for Lewis to sarcastically reply, “I’m glad you brought that up.”
Directed by BAFTA winner Joe Pearlman, the all-access documentary follows Lewis Capaldi at a pivotal moment in his career after achieving worldwide success with his debut album.
And the trailer shows him struggling with the pressures of his fame while the world awaits new music.
She’ll also be delving into her Tourette’s after the megastar bravely revealed her diagnosis to the world last year.
Talking about the film on Instagram, he wrote: “The film is called ‘How I’m Feeling Now’ and is named after a song I wrote, which will be released at midnight on March 17.”
“It’s the last song I wrote for my next album and it’s a tune that’s about something I’ve never written about in my music before, which is my mental health.”
His Twitter caption read: “Ffs whoever is in charge of the billboards on Netflix needs to be fired.”
Netflix’s official Twitter account responded: “I had a good run”
Lewis previously laughed off the comparisons between himself and the former prime minister. He tweeted: ‘Why do I look like so many female politicians?’
It comes after Lewis revealed that he is struggling with vertigo and admitted that he thought he was dying “for a couple of days” while suffering from the perplexing symptom.
Lewis revealed his latest health issue at Glasgow’s Everyman Cinema on Thursday, as part of a special screening of his upcoming Netflix documentary.
Speaking to fans, he said: ‘I’m alive and alive. I have not been very well. I have dizziness. So I’m spinning but I’m smiling. I’m not dying so it’s good. I thought I would be for a couple of days, but luckily I’m here.
Vertigo is a symptom, rather than a condition itself. It is the feeling that you, or the environment around you, is moving or spinning.
Speaking to Alison and Dermot, she sang: “I’ve got vertigo right now so I’m kind of spinning, get out of my way.”
He explained: ‘I don’t normally have it, it’s because I had bronchitis. Now I only tell you my ailments.
‘I have vertigo and now we are at the other end and I expect diarrhea in the next two weeks. Normally I don’t have it, but sometimes I feel a little dizzy.
In September, Lewis revealed that he has Tourette’s syndrome, explaining that he wanted to go public because he “didn’t want people to think he was doing cocaine.”
The singer said the diagnosis was recent, explaining that he is learning new methods to deal with it “all the time.”
Candid: Lewis has candidly discussed his ongoing mental health struggles in his new Netflix documentary How I Feel Now
Health issues: It comes after Lewis revealed he’s struggling with vertigo and admitted he thought he was dying “for a couple of days” while suffering from the perplexing symptom
Tourette syndrome is a neurological condition characterized by a combination of noises and involuntary movements called tics.
The Hold Me While You Wait hitmaker revealed that he is being treated with Botox injections to freeze his muscles and try to control tics.
Speaking about the diagnosis, Lewis said it filled him with relief, saying: “I’m a hypochondriac so I immediately think of death, it’s more than worry, I have an all-consuming sense of doom.”
“So when I was diagnosed with Tourette’s, I said thank God for that, at least it’s not life threatening and everything is fine.”