Lewis Capaldi took over Netflix’s Instagram account for a very chaotic string of Stories on Thursday.
To coincide with the release of his documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, the singer, 26, took part in a Q&A with fans – where he joked about his penis, ‘man boobs’ and kissing his pal Niall Horan.
He went on to tell the streaming service’s 2.8million UK followers that he would have ‘got into porn’ if he hadn’t pursued a career in music.
When asked to ‘rate how likely it is that you and niall have a cheeky kiss on a night out’, Lewis emulated a slobbery smooch while writing, ‘This noise is haunting.’
One submission read, ‘U have man boobs,’ to which he responded, ‘Maybe.’
Hilarious: Lewis Capaldi took over Netflix’s Instagram account for a very chaotic string of Stories on Thursday
Funny: To coincide with the release of his documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, the singer, 26, took part in a Q&A with fans – where he joked about his penis, ‘man boobs’ and kissing his pal Niall Horan
Another questioned, ‘Are you cut or uncut?’ and the Forget Me hitmaker used his quick wit to answer.
He said, ‘It’s uncut, yeah, it’s a real raw look of my life and I hope you guys enjoy it. It’s been a crazy thing, making this documentary… Oh you mean my penis? Uncut.’
Lewis’ fans broke down in tears on Wednesday as he candidly discussed how his mental health struggles almost ended his career.
In his emotional doc, the musician, speaks of how the pressure following the success of his first album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, triggered ‘frightful’ panic attacks.
Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s after doctors picked up on his uncontrollable shoulder twitch, also discussed being a Hypochondriac.
Hypochondria causes suffers to feel extreme anxiety about their health, including worrying that are or may become seriously ill.
The Scottish singer said: ‘I’ve always been a hypochondriac. I’ve been obsessed like, if something is wrong with me, I’m like, ‘F**k, I’m dying’.
‘I went to a therapist and she was like, “Do you not think that’s got something to do with the fact that your grandmother and your aunt both died when you were like three and four, within a year.”
Shocker: He went on to tell the streaming service’s 2.8million UK followers that he would have ‘got into porn’ if he hadn’t pursued a career in music
Clapback: One submission read, ‘U have man boobs,’ to which he responded, ‘Maybe’
Rib-tickling: Another questioned, ‘Are you cut or uncut?’ and the Forget Me hitmaker used his quick wit to answer
Friends: Niall and Lewis (L-R) are pictured together in 2020
Lewis described how his anxiety manifested itself in a shoulder twitch which would become so severe when he was songwriting, he had to put his second album on hold.
After his Someone You Love was a smash hit, Lewis was filled with self doubt if he could ever recreate the magic when he was writing back in lockdown .
He says: ‘I’m not confident in my abilities as a songwriter and I think that’s got worse the more successful I’ve got.
‘The twitch that I have gets worse when I sit down to play the piano. Physically painful. And I get really short of breath and it’s like my back kills me when I go to do it. Which is quite frightful.’
Lewis’s anxiety spiraled and he began to suffer terrible panic attacks as he struggled to deal with magnitude of his success.
He tells the documentary makers: ‘I’m completely disconnected from reality. I can’t breathe, I can’t feel breath going in. I get dizzy, I feel like something’s happening in my head and I’m sweating.
‘My whole body starts to do what my shoulder does and I’m convulsing. Either I feel like I’m going to be stuck like that forever or I’m going to die.
‘For me it’s a like a completely normal reaction to this. If you are put in this situation, you are going to have something like this, especially if you are already an anxious person, which I guess I was.
‘It was a hard watch’: Fans broke down in tears on Wednesday as Lewis candidly discussed how his mental health struggles almost ended his career
Tough: In his emotional Netflix documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, the musician, 26, speaks of how the pressure following the success of his first album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, triggered ‘frightful’ panic attacks
Struggles: Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s after doctors picked up on his uncontrollable shoulder twitch, also discussed being a Hypochondriac
‘I didn’t ever have the pressure that came to make me full blown but we are there now so we just need to deal with it.’
Fans took to Twitter to show their support for Lewis and praised the star for ‘being real’.
One wrote: ‘Shed a wee tear watching your documentary. Your class. Thanks for being you and real x’
Another penned: ‘That show is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster right.. Hell of a journey!!’
A third said: ‘Love your documentary, it was a hard watch as I have Tourette’s but seriously good work, keep looking after yourself’
One user added: ‘Randomly sobbing on a Wednesday to Lewis’ documentary on Netflix’
One wrote: ‘I have also been struggling with mental health for a long, long time. Pretty hard to watch at times. Love him more now than ever’
Those closest to Lewis expressed their concern for his mental health, with the singer eventually going to a therapist and putting his songwriting on hold – having initially resisted attempts.
Tough watch: Fans took to Twitter to show their support for Lewis and praised the star for ‘being real’
The therapist told the singer his fears over his own health and morality are sparked from when his aunt died by suicide.
Lewis suffered from uncontrollable tics while performing his song Fade at his first ever show in Wembley in 2020.
He was then diagnosed with Tourette’s after doctors picked up on his uncontrollable shoulder twitch.
Tourette’s is a neurological condition that causes you to make involuntary movements and sounds called tics.
The diagnosis provided some peace of mind for the singer as it made ‘complete sense’.
As for his anxiety, Lewis has been told with medication, exercise and a change in diet he could see a drastic improvement.
His second album, Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent, will be released this summer.
He says: ‘It times it was a bit nerve-wracking because I didn’t know how to make an album – but it turns out if you just write songs you like and release it.’
Tough: Lewis described how his anxiety manifested itself in a shoulder twitch which would become so severe when he was songwriting, he had to put his second album on hold
Devastating: Speaking in the documentary, Lewis’ mum Carol revealed her son had been in the house when her sister tragically passed away
Speaking in the documentary, Lewis’ mum Carol revealed her son had been in the house when her sister tragically passed away.
Lewis’ father Mark then revealed: ‘Pat was Carol’s sister. She committed suicide.’
Lewis added: ‘I was there, and I saw a lot of things and stuff. We were outside the flat the night my dad went upstairs and found her.’
Breaking down in tears and struggling to speak, his mum explained: ‘You feel so guilty, that you didn’t manage to stop it.
‘But I think you could drive yourself absolutely insane with it. You need to get to the point and think, ‘Well, you can’t stop somebody’.
‘You can try and help, give them as much help and support you can but unless they want help themselves, there’s not much you can do.
‘I still feel guilty about it, I still feel as if, um, I need to stop.’
Lewis later revealed that he wrote his hit song Before You Go about his aunt – as he also struggled to keep his emotions in.
It comes after Lewis revealed that he is battling Vertigo and admitted that he thought he was dying ‘for a couple of days’ while suffering the disconcerting symptom.
Lewis revealed his latest health struggle while at Glasgow ‘s Everyman Cinema on Thursday, as part of a special screening for his upcoming Netflix documentary .
Speaking to fans, he said: ‘I’m alive and living. I’ve not been very well. I’ve got vertigo. So I’m spinning but I’m smiling. I’m not dying so it’s good. I did think I was for a couple of days but luckily I’m here.’
Vertigo is a symptom, rather than a condition itself. It’s the sensation that you, or the environment around you, is moving or spinning.
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