Kavana has detailed the second he was given a ‘lifetime ban’ from ITV’s Free Girls, saying that he has flashbacks and helps himself to a ‘slug of beer’ when he remembers

90s pop icon Kavana has disclosed that he was slapped with a ‘lifetime ban’ from Free Girls as a result of his conduct behind the scenes. The musician, whose beginning title is Anthony Gerard Kavanagh, appeared on the daytime programme in 2007 for an interview and stay efficiency, however confessed issues went badly improper, leading to his everlasting exclusion from the ITV discuss present.

The 47-year-old artist, well-known for his Prime 10 smash I Can Make You Really feel Good, has opened up in his newest autobiography Pop Scars about his battle with substance abuse throughout his profession peak, admitting his recollection of that individual TV look is nearly non-existent.

He penned: “I am unable to bear in mind a lot of my ‘efficiency’ on Free Girls aside from the odd flashback, which each time one comes, I slug a mouthful of beer on the harrowing thought. When somebody, particularly your new TV and theatre agent, leaves you a voicemail at 10am saying it is pressing, it is normally not the perfect information, is it?”

Reflecting on the following cellphone name along with his consultant, Kavana revealed he was knowledgeable: “I am afraid they are not pleased with you. They’ve given you a lifetime ban on Free Girls. You may by no means go on once more.”

Kavana additionally remembered how ITV chat present bosses have been removed from happy when he vanished from the set for 1 / 4 of an hour, leaving studio workers frantically trying to find him earlier than discovering him in a close-by pub simply moments earlier than his scheduled look. He additional disclosed that producers have been shocked when he grilled then-panellist Carol McGiffin about intimate particulars of her private life, experiences the Mirror.

His agent later informed him: “You then needed to be escorted off the premises and helped into the automotive by the motive force, who, by the way in which, almost did not conform to take you, as a result of you being so drunk. You then insisted he reroute the reserving and take you all the way in which to Soho and drop you there!”.

Earlier this yr, Kavana appeared on fellow ITV Daytime programme Lorraine, the place he mentioned how little understanding there was round ‘psychological well being’ throughout his rise to stardom.

Chatting to stand-in presenter Christine Lampard, Kavana stated: “A memoir will be about something, and though it does discuss fame, it is quite a bit about what occurs after fame to somebody,” he started.

“It begins once I’m 18, and talks about my journey, my rollercoaster by way of 90s pop.”

Discussing that turbulent interval, Kavana opened up concerning the “darkish instances” he endured. He revealed: “In these days, late 90s, there was no discuss psychological well being, we did not have a phrase for stuff like that, or bulimia, I am not saying I struggled very a lot with that however I used to be very acutely aware with how I seemed, and likewise I used to be within the closet and hiding my sexuality, I did not have any recommendation on what to say or what to not say.

“For me, as a result of I did not comprehend it on the time however I’m an alcoholic, I discovered alcohol which was medication. It utterly took away any concern, any anxiousness, it turned my boyfriend, it turned my medication, and it labored for a protracted, very long time.”

Addressing his viewers, he then inspired anybody battling with alcohol to hunt help, stating: “Three years in the past earlier than I obtained sober, I must drink, not as a result of I needed to get drunk, not as a result of I needed to have enjoyable, however as a result of I wanted it as essential as oxygen to get by way of the day.

“If anybody is watching this, there’s assist on the market. I might say my DMs are open, I can attempt to give some recommendation however there’s assist. Converse to someone, do not be ashamed, as a result of as soon as I surrendered, that is when the sunshine obtained in. And I have been attempting to jot down this for 10 years and it wasn’t till I obtained sober that it occurred.”