Myleene Klass admits Hear’Say split was a dark time

She rocketed to fame in Hear’Say in 2000 after being chosen on ITV talent show Pop Idol, but had an unpleasant fall from fame just 20 months later when the band broke up. 

And Myleene Klass has opened up about her rollercoaster career, admitting she was told to lose weight despite being just a size 10 when she was fresh out of musical school. 

The mother-of-two, 39, described the time after Hear’Say, which saw her run into financial difficulties, as the ‘darkest time in her life’.

 

Tough start: Myleene Klass has opened up about her rollercoaster career, admitting she was told to lose weight despite being just a size 10 when she was fresh out of musical school

Speaking on the BUILD panel about her battle with being judged as a woman, she revealed she bagged a theatre role just two days after coming out of musical school.

‘I was a size 10/ 12 on Miss Saigon straight out of music school and I was told in front of a group of guys and girls to lose weight all the time in the most callous way.’ 

She then opened up about being catapulted to fame in Hear’Say, which started out as a Big Brother style social experiment, revealing: ‘It felt like a parody, it didn’t feel real as it happened so quickly. 

‘We couldn’t be without each other as we became such a unit, and would do everything together -even when the tour was over’. 

Fall from grace: The mother-of-two, 39, described the time after Hear'Say, which saw her run into financial difficulties, as the 'darkest time in her life'

Fall from grace: The mother-of-two, 39, described the time after Hear’Say, which saw her run into financial difficulties, as the ‘darkest time in her life’

Popstar: She rocketed to fame in Hear'Say in 2000 after being chosen on ITV talent show Pop Idol, but had an unpleasant fall from fame just 20 months later when the band broke up

Popstar: She rocketed to fame in Hear’Say in 2000 after being chosen on ITV talent show Pop Idol, but had an unpleasant fall from fame just 20 months later when the band broke up

‘After 20 months it all come to an end, my career finished when all my friends’ careers were starting. 

And after experiencing such dizzy heights of fame, she had a particularly harsh fall from grace. 

‘I was too famous too work in McDonald’s but not famous enough for good roles, I went from rags to riches and rags, bankruptcy! We went from private jets to having nothing’, she admitted.

‘I sat and watched box sets on the sofa, had jobless friends around- it was a very dark time. I can see why fame drives people crazy. It’s like a drug- like being a kid, no one says no- whatever you want you can have. You never have to do anything yourself.’

'I was too famous too work in McDonald's but not famous enough for good roles, I went from rags to riches and rags, bankruptcy! We went from private jets to having nothing', she admitted.

'At the Royal Variety Show my costume wasn't ready at rehearsals so when my huge feather cloak came I stacked it on stage in front of the queen. I was in tears!'

 ‘I was too famous too work in McDonald’s but not famous enough for good roles, I went from rags to riches and rags, bankruptcy! We went from private jets to having nothing’, she admitted.

Quick success: Speaking about her battle with being judged as a woman, she revealed she bagged a theatre role just two days after coming out of musical school

Quick success: Speaking about her battle with being judged as a woman, she revealed she bagged a theatre role just two days after coming out of musical school

'I was a size 10/ 12 on Miss Saigon straight out of music school and I was told in front of a group of guys and girls to lose weight all the time in the most callous way,' she soon found out the industry was far from plain sailing

‘I was a size 10/ 12 on Miss Saigon straight out of music school and I was told in front of a group of guys and girls to lose weight all the time in the most callous way,’ she soon found out the industry was far from plain sailing

'It felt like a parody, it didn't feel real as it happened so quickly,' she said of her Hear'Say fame

‘It felt like a parody, it didn’t feel real as it happened so quickly,’ she said of her Hear’Say fame

‘I pushed myself to get where I got to, I was so determined and frightened that I wouldn’t get anywhere- and that’s always stuck with me. 

‘But ambition is seen as a bad thing for women.’

And the fashion muse credits her appearance in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here for getting her career back- specifically her famous jungle shower. 

‘When I went back into the jungle I had nothing to lose- I’d gone back into classical music, but it wasn’t giving me that stimulation.’

That’s where the songstress flourished as she was raised ‘an army brat’, so she described herself as turning into ‘jungle jane’, and following her stint- which included the famous jungle shower, her career flourished. 

‘The offers following my white bikini moment, from modelling to more, were just staggering. I’d say to any girl go into the jungle- it worked for me!’. 

Back at the top! The fashion muse credits her appearance in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here for getting her career back- specifically her famous jungle shower

Back at the top! The fashion muse credits her appearance in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here for getting her career back- specifically her famous jungle shower

'The offers following my white bikini moment, from modelling to more, were just staggering. I'd say to any girl go into the jungle- it worked for me!' she admitted

‘The offers following my white bikini moment, from modelling to more, were just staggering. I’d say to any girl go into the jungle- it worked for me!’ she admitted

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