MATT Willis has confessed to ‘keeping secrets’ and staying out all night long during a relapse of cocaine addiction during Busted’s successful 2016 tour.
The boyband star, 40, made the revelation during his hard-hitting and emotional BBC One documentary, Fighting Addiction.
Matt Willis opened up on keeping secrets during his drug battle
Emma was left emotional as the pair discussed Matt’s addiction
During the programme, Matt opened up on his 20-year battle with addiction and being untruthful about what he was up to when his battle with cocaine peaked in 2016.
His wife Emma, 47, appeared in the programme alongside him where she found it difficult to talk about the strain it had placed on their lives and their marriage.
Speaking candidly, Matt revealed that the relapse went on for four months after previously being clean after starting a family with Emma.
He said: “After one of our shows, someone offered me a line of coke, and I was like ‘Oh, cocaine wasn’t a problem for me, alcohol was my downfall’.
“Within a month, I was doing six grams.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang – on my own, every f***ing day, you know and not coming home till three in the morning pretending I was working on an album, which I wasn’t really writing.
“I was making s*** music in the studio, doing coke.”
He went onto admit to feeling ‘shameful’ about what he was doing and “letting everyone down”.
He added of his regret during the dark time: “All that f***ing secretive, hiding, horrible manipulation, horrible bulls*** stuff.”
The revelations about his drug use on tour came as wife Emma admitted her concern and worry ahead of Busted’s upcoming reunion tour.
Speaking to the camera, an emotional Emma said: “Matt’s always had issues but they seem to really kick in when he’s on tour.”
She added: “I know he doesn’t wanna be that person but is his brain going to trick him and go, ‘just one more time, no one will know’.
“That’s the worry.”
Elsewhere in the documentary, Emma was left in tears as she admitted her worry over whether Matt would die from his addictions as well as heartbreakingly revealing that she kept a daily diary to monitor everything Matt had consumed.
During one of the days, it could be seen that Emma wrote that Matt was “totally p***ed”.
The star said: “The only thing I could think of to keep track, was to keep a diary.
“I don’t think I’ve ever read it since I wrote it.
“It’s literally just notes of… what I knew he had consumed.
“A bottle of champagne, a couple of wines, a couple of wines… another bottle of champagne, and more.”
Emma went on: “And more, is a reference to… um, drugs.”
Matt admitted to doing six grams of cocaine a day
Emma was left in tears at points during the BBC documentary
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