Lee Ryan wears 'mask which cracks' to hide personal issues from fans, says Duncan James

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Celebs Go Dating star, 39, recently revealed in 2019 how he now allows himself to have one glass but “has to be sensible” with alcohol, and has vowed never to touch whiskey again.READ MORE: Blue star Lee Ryan arrested after 'going berserk on plane' following 'alcohol bust up'But his fellow bandmate Duncan has explained how the dad-of-two used to use alcohol as a way to “numb the pain” when dealing with personal issues, and that over the years his “mask” has started to “crack.”In an exclusive interview with Daily Star, the Celebrity Gogglebox star, 44, has revealed the impact that being in the public eye has had on him since the group rose to stardom in 2001.He explained: “I think being in the public eye, it’s difficult because if you’re going through some personal issue and it’s really getting to you – you can’t really hide from it.“When you’re working in this industry and you’re going on a TV show or whatever and you’re deal with that, a lot of the time you’re just trying to put on a brave face.”The star went on to reveal that sometimes his calm and collected nature slips when things in his life come to a head, which some people see as the singer going “crazy.”He added: “And sometimes that mask that you’re putting on cracks and then you might say something crazy or some something [crazy] and people are like, ‘What’s going on with him?

He’s crazy or he’s lost the plot’.“And I think that was happening a lot with Lee, bless him.”The singer said what it was like living with his bandmate when he found him searching through his cupboards for booze during the peak of his addiction back in mid-noughties.Duncan went on: “We were living together at the time and he was in a very toxic relationship at the time and he was just.