Ashley Parker Angel shot to fame in 2000 when he gained a spot on the boy band O-City, however he’s now opening up about his resolution to go away leisure.

The 44-year-old singer has dabbled in performing with roles on Broadway as Hyperlink Larkin in Hairspray and Fiyero in Depraved, plus he was a contestant on The Masked Singer in 2023.

Ashley has moved on from leisure and now works as a health coach, usually sharing horny thirst traps on his social media accounts. In current Instagram posts, he has defined why he left leisure and why he doesn’t care about backlash for his sizzling selfies.

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On leaving leisure, Ashley stated, “After 20 years of performing I spotted chasing leisure wins left me feeling anxious and depressed. I’m grateful for the successes — bought 10 million data, two hit tv exhibits, film roles, and starred within the greatest exhibits on Broadway with over 2000 performances.”

“I spotted throughout that point the LIFESTYLE of being away from your loved ones, on the highway, on location, and the fixed stress of making the subsequent BIG HIT on my resume was changing into disastrous for my bodily, psychological and emotional well being… As they are saying in leisure ‘you’re solely nearly as good as your final hit.’ The fixed want to take care of standing or success in an trade the place your fame or relevance is judged by your most up-to-date work left me feeling empty inside. You see it on a regular basis when the stress causes performers to crack — turning to medicine, prescribed drugs, alcohol, or spiral into unhealthy coping mechanisms,” Ashley continued.

“Consider what number of youngster stars or individuals who achieved fame of their teenage years have fallen into this class. I gained’t point out names however I’ve watched shut buddies die younger due to it. At a sure level in my mid 20’s, I considered taking my very own life to keep away from ever being known as ‘washed up’ and escape the psychological stress I felt to maintain up with my success,” Ashley admitted. “Fortunately, I had entry to the perfect household, buddies, mentors, peak efficiency coaches, therapists, health trainers, nutritionists and well being & wellness specialists that taught me the best way to treatment my very own melancholy and take again management of my life by breaking my addictions and studying wholesome coping mechanisms. On the finish of 20 years working solely in leisure I used to be grateful to vary somebody’s life for an hour or two onstage… however I needed to make a BIGGER influence and assist individuals change their lives endlessly.”

Ashley added, “That’s why I turned a full-time health and peak efficiency coach, educating well being & wellness and its energy to rework each facet of your life for the higher. The FREEDOM that beginning my very own firm has given me, like touring the world alone schedule, spending high quality time with my household, buddies and people I’ve the privilege and honor of teaching, has unlocked probably the most rewarding and fulfilling chapter of my life. It required letting go of my ego in chasing validation by means of leisure. Quitting a profession of status and following a ardour to pursue one thing extra significant and lasting.”

Ashley additionally responded to backlash for his sizzling photographs.

“I’ve been known as a narcissist, shallow, self-obsessed… all as a result of I submit photos like this. But when displaying confidence makes me a narcissist, then I suppose confidence is a criminal offense now. 🚔,” he stated.

Ashley stated that what usually holds his health shoppers again “isn’t the exercises or the eating regimen, it’s the concern of what individuals will say. Associates, household, ex’s, the barista on the Third Avenue Starbucks (okay, that one’s particular to me) are at all times the primary to say ‘you’re doing an excessive amount of’ the second you begin leveling up.”

“Right here’s the reality. The haters will at all times attempt to make you are feeling unhealthy for being assured as a result of your confidence exposes their very own insecurities. Now those self same ‘cringe’ posts have constructed a 7-figure enterprise that permits me to work with superb individuals from everywhere in the world,” he added.

10 years in the past, Ashley‘s son dabbled in performing too with a job on American Horror Story.