Wearing a pair of Y-Fronts, Lewis Capaldi announced on Wednesday that he is an ambassador for Tourette’s Syndrome after revealing his own diagnosis.
The 25-year-old singer said the diagnosis was new and explained that he’s “constantly” learning new ways to deal with it.
The Scottish musician said he wanted people to know about the condition so his fans didn’t think his convulsions were due to cocaine use.
Fun: Lewis Capaldi wore a pair of Y-Fronts and announced on Wednesday that he is an ambassador for Tourette’s Syndrome after revealing his own diagnosis
Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by a combination of involuntary sounds and movements called tics.
The “Hold Me While You Wait” hitmaker revealed he’s being treated with Botox injections to freeze his muscles to try and control tics.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I’ve been diagnosed with Tourette’s. I wanted to talk about it because I didn’t want people to think I was on cocaine or anything.
“My shoulder twitches when I’m excited, happy, nervous, or stressed. It’s something I live with. It’s not as bad as it looks.”
He also opened up about the condition to his fans in an Instagram Live session, explaining that it can be “painful” and “uncomfortable” at times.
Open: Lewis announced earlier this week that he has Tourette’s Syndrome (pictured at the Global offices in London on Wednesday)
Staying positive: The 25-year-old singer said the diagnosis was new and explained that he’s learning new ways to cope “all the time”.
Explanation: The Scottish musician said he wanted people to know about the condition so his fans didn’t think his convulsions were due to cocaine use
Lewis said: “It’s a new thing. I didn’t really learn much about it. I got botox in my shoulder to stop it moving, but I’m constantly learning new ways to deal with it.
“Some days it’s more painful than others, other times it’s quite uncomfortable, but I think that’s about it.
“When they said to me, ‘We think you have Tourette,’ I said, ‘You know what, that makes so much sense.’
“Looking back at my 2018 interviews, I see I can do it.”
The Glaswegian kept a positive attitude, adding: “It comes and goes. Sometimes I can go months without it. I thought I had a terrible degenerative disease, so I’m taking Tourette.’
Lewis’ revelation comes after he announced he will finally be releasing a brand new single, while admitting he was “nervous” to share the song.
During his second sold-out show at London’s O2, the singer debuted his new single Forget Me, out September 9th.
Lewis performed a clip of his forthcoming single live on TikTok in front of over 57,000 fans at the arena.
The new song comes three years after the release of Lewis’ debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which topped the UK chart for 10 weeks.
Last year, the Scottish artist postponed all of his live shows to focus on recording a follow-up.
During the postponed concert, Lewis announced: “I said at the start of the show that it’s been a while since I’ve released new music, a very long time, three years in fact, but luckily that’s changing on September 9th .
“Next week I’m releasing my first single from this next album. It’s called Forget Me, so that’s good news. Also, I’m going to play this song for everyone here tonight.
“For the first time I’m showing my song to 20,000 people. I’m very nervous. No one has heard this music except all of you here tonight.”
Speaking of which: “My shoulder twitches when I’m excited, happy, nervous, or stressed. It’s something I live with. It’s not as bad as it looks’
Comeback: Lewis’ reveal comes after he announced he’ll finally be releasing a brand new single, while admitting he was ‘nervous’ to share the song
