Stan Walker releases preview clip of documentary addressing health

In February, Stan Walker broke his silence on the personal health struggles he had faced and announced that he would reveal all on them in a feature-length documentary called ‘Stan’.

And on Tuesday, the former Australian Idol winner released a preview clip of his film, which will cover the past nine months of his life and his battle with serious ill-health. 

Part of the trailer, shared to Instagram, showed the artist lying in a hospital bed.

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‘ What if there’s a complication and I die?’ On Tuesday, former Australian Idol winner Stan Walker released a preview clip of his upcoming documentary

In another moment Stan is seen wearing a hospital gown and hair net while his mother rubs his back.

Both wear expression of pain and sadness in the scene.

‘They’re all expecting me to get up and walk around, but I’m scared,’ he says.

His mum then speaks to camera: ‘I’d rather I go before my children – any mother and any parent would.’

Heart-breaking story: Wearing a hospital gown and hair net, Stan's mother is seen rubbing his back while an expression of pain and sadness is shown on both his and his mother's face

Heart-breaking story: Wearing a hospital gown and hair net, Stan’s mother is seen rubbing his back while an expression of pain and sadness is shown on both his and his mother’s face

Stan goes on to say: ‘It’s been hard for my mum, she cries every day and she blames herself too.’

‘What if there’s complication and I die?’

Staying strong: Stan goes on to say: 'it's been hard for my mum, she cries every day and she blames herself too'

Staying strong: Stan goes on to say: ‘it’s been hard for my mum, she cries every day and she blames herself too’

At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: ‘I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him.’

Captioning the clip on Instagram, Stan wrote: ‘This Sunday night 8.40 pm on @threenewzealand watch my documentary Stan,’ he wrote.

Adding: ‘I bet half the people thinking I was on crack or whatever y’all were saying are feeling pretty dumb right now.’

Truth unveiled: At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: 'I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him'

Truth unveiled: At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: ‘I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him’

Continuing, he wrote: ‘This is bigger than all the talkers talking. It’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than what’s happened & is happening to me.’

‘There is always someone worse off going through a lot worse. All im going to say is that I’m blessed to be alive and well.’

Referring to a native Maori language term for family, he added: ‘God is good & I’ve been blessed with a back bone of whanaua and friends that go through the highs and the lowest of lows with me.’

Family first: Referring to a native Maori language term for family, he added: 'God is good & I've been blessed with a back bone of whanaua and friends that go through the highs and the lowest of lows with me'

Family first: Referring to a native Maori language term for family, he added: ‘God is good & I’ve been blessed with a back bone of whanaua and friends that go through the highs and the lowest of lows with me’

Fans were quick to support him, with one writing: ‘Thinking about you during this hardship.’

Another wrote: ‘Thinking of you and hoping you have a speedy recovery.’

Fans unite! Fans were quick to support him, with one writing: 'Thinking about you during this hardship'

Fans unite! Fans were quick to support him, with one writing: ‘Thinking about you during this hardship’

 



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