Inside Mikey Graham's quiet family life after leaving Boyzone

With his handsome looks and brooding personality, Mikey Graham was known arsenic Boyzone's quiescent one. In the 90s, his look was plastered each implicit the walls of teenagers' bedrooms arsenic a subordinate of the Irish group, who went connected to go 1 of the astir palmy lad bands of each clip selling implicit 25 cardinal records worldwide.

With the merchandise of tell-all documentary Boyzone: No Matter What, immoderate fans whitethorn beryllium asking, wherever is Mikey Graham now? While Mikey does look successful the documentary alongside the different surviving members of the band; Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, and Shane Lynch, helium skipped a caller promotional lawsuit and didn't be a reunion with different set members.

The band's line-up besides included Stephen Gately who died successful 2009 from an undiagnosed bosom information aged conscionable 33.

In the candid documentary, there's besides an quality by manager Louis Walsh, who managed respective large Irish popular acts and became a justice connected the X-Factor.

So, what does Mikey accidental astir his clip successful the band, and what is helium doing now?

Boyzone: No Matter What documentary

Boyzone: No Matter What sheds immoderate airy onto wherefore Mikey didn't privation to enactment successful a set reunion. He reveals that erstwhile helium was added to the band, helium was a small older and much experienced than the different members, truthful expected to beryllium a pb singer. But helium was near disappointed erstwhile Ronan and Stephen became the frontmen of Boyzone.

Speaking candidly, Mikey says: "I was upset astir it astatine the time, I tried to convey that but it fell upon deaf ears". He often felt overlooked successful the band, saying: "Remember, I was 21. As a kid that was tough, and Louis went from 1 time speaking with maine to ne'er speaking with maine for 7 years and I ne'er knew why, I had perfectly nary thought why. I conscionable thought helium didn’t similar me". Louis, however, claims helium thought Mikey was "happy being the quiescent 1 astatine the back".

Mikey reveals that helium has struggled with slump and anxiousness done the years, arsenic good arsenic utilizing intoxicant to "get him done the years" during his Boyzone days.

While the set broke up successful 2000, they reunited successful 2007 and had a 25th day circuit successful 2017. The documentary reveals that during a 2019 tour, things came to a head, with changeless arguments, the worst of which being betwixt Mikey and Keith. "There were things that happened that were cruel", helium admits, without elaborating connected the origin of the row.

He goes connected to say: "We near Japan, immoderate of america not talking with each different and yet we inactive had to bash the last 5 nights successful the (London) Palladium. I conscionable wanted to get retired of there. Get distant from that toxic environment. I haven’t seen anybody since that night. That’s erstwhile I began to recognize that I needed to marque immoderate changes."

Why didn't Mikey Graham spell to the reunion?

Since the 2019 tour, Mikey has refused immoderate further reunions with his Boyzone bandmates, though successful the documentary helium says helium wishes them well: "I privation them each the best, nary grudges, nary animosity, nothing. However, I don't privation to spell backmost to however I felt for galore years. To spot them, if it were for excessively long, would punctual maine of that."

The closing scenes of the documentary amusement Ronan, Keith and Shane reuniting successful a pub, sharing memories implicit pints of Guinness, but Mikey is noticeably absent. The set members speech astir however Mikey was possibly not suited to the boyband lifestyle, with Shane saying: "He's rather the recluse... I've not spoken to Mike for 4 years, I deliberation there's an constituent of this manufacture that damaged him."

What is Mikey Graham doing now?

After Boyzone's archetypal split, Mikey moved into acting. He trained successful the USA and went connected to marque appearances successful a mates of debased fund cult moves. He was past connected Dancing connected Ice successful 2010, paired disconnected with nonrecreational skater Melanie Lambert. He described taking portion successful the amusement arsenic therapeutic, helping him aft the daze of bandmate Stephen's death.

Mikey released a solo medium called Meet Me Halfway successful 2001. While his archetypal single, You're My Angel, reached 13 successful the UK singles chart, the pursuing 2 singles didn't bash well. Mikey went connected to marque a bid to correspond Ireland successful Eurovision successful 2010, with a opus called Baby, Nothing's Wrong. He missed retired connected the spot which went to vocalist Niamh Kavanagh who'd won the contention successful 1993. Mikey besides took portion successful Ireland’s Celebrity Apprentice successful 2013.

But existent to his estimation arsenic 'the quiescent one', Mikey present lives his beingness distant from the spotlight. He lives successful agrarian Ireland, and lone occasionally posts connected societal media. He is inactive progressive successful the euphony manufacture and presently works arsenic a songwriter.

Is Mikey Graham joined and does helium person children?

Mikey was joined to Karen Corradi for 20 years. The brace met erstwhile she was a dancer connected a Boyzone tour, and the brace person a girl together. They announced their divided past year, with Mikey saying connected X "I’m precise severely wounded astatine this point, but I won’t springiness up connected love".

He besides has different girl with ex-partner Sharon Keane. Hannah, 27, has a 3 twelvemonth aged daughter, meaning Mikey is simply a grandad.

All 3 hour-long episodes of Boyzone: No Matter what are disposable via Sky Documentaries, connected request via SkyGo oregon by streaming connected NOW.