Rylan Clark reveals he had multiple suicide attempts when he hit ‘rock bottom’ after the breakdown of his marriage: ‘I could not see, hear, eat, breathe or sleep’

Rylan Clark has candidly discussed his multiple suicide attempts after ‘hitting rock bottom’ following the breakdown of his marriage to ex-husband Dan Neal.

The TV presenter, 34, explained how he tried to take his own life twice after reaching a point where he was unable to ‘see, hear, eat, breathe or sleep’.

Rylan and his ex-husband Dan split in 2021 following six years of marriage and the star was forced to take time out from work to look after his mental health.  

Discussing his struggle on Matt Willis’ On The Mend podcast, Rylan said he ‘lost himself’ after the divorce.

He said: ‘I can’t remember what made me disappear basically from the person I knew.

Split: Rylan and his ex-husband Dan split in 2021 following six years of marriage and the star was forced to take time out from work to look after his mental health

‘But the next thing I knew I could not see, hear, eat, breathe, sleep – I couldn’t do anything.

‘And yeah, there was no signs of me having a break down, there was no signs of – like if you’re having a heart attack, you’ll get the pains in your arm, you’ll get this… you know something’s about to happen even if it’s seconds before.

‘I didn’t have the seconds, I just had the impact basically. The baseball bat round the face I call it. And yeah, I got very ill.’

Delving deeper into his dark emotional state at the time, he told how he had gone from being ‘so strong’ to being the complete opposite.

He added: ‘I was so broken, like to the point where I physically couldn’t dress, I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t do none of these things.

‘I tried to, to end it a few times unsuccessfully – gratefully now.

Horrendous: The TV presenter, 34, explained how he tried to take his own life twice after reaching a point where he was unable to ‘see, hear, eat, breathe or sleep’

He said: ‘I can’t remember what made me disappear basically from the person I knew’

‘But I just remember going to sleep at night after doing nothing all day, living at my mums, frightened to leave the house, didn’t want anyone to see me – and I think that’s the fame side of stuff.

‘I would pray that I wouldn’t wake up because then it wouldn’t be my fault. Does that make sense?

‘Every morning I’d wake up and there’s that three seconds of forgetfulness where you think it’s a dream, or you don’t think it’s real and then you remember, and that’s it for the rest of the day.’