West Lothian singing superstar Lewis Capaldi has revealed he has been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome.And the 25-year-old global sensation admitted he was relieved after fearing he had a degenerative disease.He says he is undergoing treatment, including Botox injections, as he learns to lives with the condition, which is characterised by involuntary sounds and movements known as "tics".
He revealed to fans on Instagram that he was going public with his diagnosis so people didn't think he had been "taking cocaine or something".Capaldi's diagnosis comes days after the star stripped down to his underpants for a billboard campaign to promote his new single Forget Me - his first new song in three years.He said: "I do this shoulder twitch quite a lot.
You see it underneath TikToks and stuff, people like, 'why's he twitching?'"Curiosity is fine, I get it, but some people are like, 'he's definitely taken cocaine'.
Do you think, before I play to 20,000 people as an anxious person, I'm going to take a big line of cocaine? Never going to happen."It’s a new thing.
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