MCFLY star Dougie Poynter has revealed he took lethal doses of Valium after the band’s break-up. The bassist, 32, had suggested they take an indefinite rest in 2016 — but within two years he was struggling to cope without his best pals.
Dougie had attempted suicide in 2011 over drink and drugs problems and said the relapse was the closest he came to “losing myself”.
In ITV show McFly: All About Us, he reveals how joint therapy reunited bandmates Tom Fletcher, Harry Judd and Danny Jones. Dougie, who won 2011’s I’m A Celebrity, said of the split: “On the one hand I felt inspired because friends in LA would take me to see other bands and stuff. “On the other hand, I was like, ‘But my band’s broken and it’s all my fault’.
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