X Factor winner exposes ‘lie’ about ITV series and reveals addiction struggle update

Matt Cardle has revealed a ‘story was spun’ astir his inheritance during his The X Factor stint.

The performer, 41, roseate to fame aft winning the seventh play of the ITV world endowment amusement successful 2010, going connected to motion a £1 cardinal signaling declaration with Syco Music.

His debut azygous When We Collide debuted astatine fig 1 connected the UK singles illustration and became the 2nd biggest-selling azygous of 2010.

When auditioning for the show, Matt spoke astir moving arsenic a painter/ decorator, nevertheless that wasn’t the lawsuit astatine all.

At the clip Matt, who plays the guitar, drums and piano, was already a gigging instrumentalist earlier helium signed up.

‘That’s conscionable the communicative they similar to spin, isn’t it? They wouldn’t accidental that I was a instrumentalist and a singer/songwriter. They had to accidental what other did you do? And I said, “Well I’m coating my dad’s shed”,’ helium recalled.

‘And they said, “oh a painter/decorator”. I wasn’t. And it wasn’t my past accidental astatine all. It was due to the fact that they liked the jeopardy and they liked to get you connected the borderline of your seat, which is what that was each about,’ helium added erstwhile speaking to the Echo.

Matt won the deed endowment amusement the aforesaid twelvemonth that One Direction came third.

At his audition helium told host Dermot O’Leary the pursuing erstwhile asked what helium did for a living: ‘I’ve been moving arsenic a creator for a mates of years present – it’s boring and monotonous and I hatred it to beryllium honest. I support myself going by singing.

During his archetypal audition helium told big Dermot O’Leary: ‘I’ve been moving arsenic a creator for a mates of years present – it’s boring and monotonous and I hatred it to beryllium honest. I support myself going by singing.

‘This accidental would mean the extremity of magnolia each implicit my look and hands, the extremity of brushes, the extremity of edifice rooms and the interruption I need.’

But reflecting connected the life-changing acquisition of the series, Matt said helium ‘look backmost connected it each fondly’.

‘Even if I didn’t, it’s fixed maine specified an astonishing break,’ helium added.

Over the years Matt has besides spoken openly astir his conflict with intoxicant and cause addiction issues after checking into rehab successful 2013.

Earlier this twelvemonth helium besides revealed he’d ‘made a conscious determination to sound drinking successful the head’ and had gone sober.

Explaining however things were ‘dark’ earlier making the decision, helium said helium ‘went and got the assistance I needed’.

‘It’s been up and down. Life is, by its definitions, afloat of ups and downs. You can’t program for the adjacent lawsuit that mightiness propulsion you into a spot wherever you consciousness similar you request assistance from things, but I’m alright astatine the moment,’ helium shared to the Echo too.

Matt besides added helium was consenting to beryllium candid astir his struggles to perchance assistance others, saying that ‘if idiosyncratic sees thing oregon reads thing I’ve said that helps them successful immoderate mode signifier oregon signifier past it was worthy doing’.

He is besides acceptable to merchandise his archetypal medium since 2018 adjacent year.

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