Blue's Clues original host Steve Burns struggled with 'severe clinical depression' during filming
dailymail.co.ukWith his highly-anticipated return to Blues Clues with the new Paramount Plus movie Blue's Big City Adventures, Steve Burns is opening up about his depression on the original series.Burns, 49, was plucked from obscurity to host the beloved Nickelodeon series, which debuted in 1996, before he left after 100 episodes in 2001.The actor opened up about how depressed he really was while filming the show, in a new interview with Variety.
Opening up: With his highly-anticipated return to Blues Clues with the new Paramount Plus movie Blue's Big City Adventures, Steve Burns is opening up about his depression on the original series Host: Burns, 49, was plucked from obscurity to host the beloved Nickelodeon series, which debuted in 1996, before he left after 100 episodes in 2001Burns landed the gig when he was just 22, having moved to New York City to try to be a 'serious' actor.'But I gotta say, even at the first audition, there was a thing that I loved: this idea of talking to the camera, like a Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton thing,' he said. 'I thought the interactivity was really breakthrough.
I used to call it ‘The Rocky Horror Children’s Show.’ But yeah, the persona was not what any 22-year-old dude would have wanted,' Burns admitted.
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