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Inside James Arthur's life: drug addiction, devastating loss and mental health battles

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James Arthur looks almost unrecognisable from his X Factor days as the singer shocked fans with his appearance on ITV's Lorraine on Monday.The 35-year-old British songwriter has recently made a comeback with his new single 'A Year Ago' which he took to the Britain's Got Talent stage to perform yesterday evening.Arthur rose to fame after he won the ninth season of the X-Factor in 2012 and became a worldwide sensation with his hit single cover of Shontelle's 'Impossible'.

Inside Love Island's most dramatic moments over the years as 2023 line up revealed Fast forward eleven years and the star is now a parent for the first time after he welcomed his daughter into the world with his long term on-and-off girlfriend Jessica Grist.However, things have not always been as plain sailing for the Middlesbrough singer who struggled a lot with the pressures of being in the public eye and previously admitted that fame nearly killed him as he turned to drugs to cope.Arthur, who grew up in foster care as a teen, has candidly spoken about his mental health battles in the past before and after The X Factor.

He also suffered a devastating loss as a parent before he was blessed with his first born daughter in 2021.Here we take a closer look inside James Arthur's private life including his past drug addiction, mental health battles and his devastating child loss.In addition to Arthur's struggle with drug addiction, he revealed in his book Back to the Boy that he started "bingeing on sex".

The star admitted that after the high of his X-Factor success all came crashing down, he was left feeling lonely and isolated.He candidly confessed in the book: "I became as addicted to sex as I was to weed.

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