Britain's Got Talent magician says show saved him after devastating suicide bid

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Dazzling the Britain’s Got Talent judges with his mind-bending magic tricks, personal trainer Damien O’Brien oozed charisma.

And as the 2,000-strong audience rose to their feet, BGT impresario and judge Simon Cowell called him “unbelievably talented, very cool, very relevant”.

It was a big moment for Damien, who only two years previously changed his mind about auditioning as he was suicidal. Damien, 35, says: “People might have seen me up there on stage looking confident.

But behind the act has been a long, hard struggle. “I was close to ending my life but was able to get help. “I’ve hit my lowest but now I’m working hard to make my dreams come true.” Damien, from South East London, believes his mental health problems took root when his