Chesney Hawkes speaks out on the impression of being molested when he was 13

The pop singer, who’s at present a contestant on ITV’s Superstar Huge Brother, opened up concerning the ordeal throughout a just lately launched interview as a part of The Unbiased’s Good Vibrations podcast.

He shared the information as he’s at present gearing as much as share a brand new album referred to as ‘Dwelling Arrows’ – which features a tune referred to as ‘13’ and makes a nod to the trauma he encountered because of this.

“Once I was younger – I used to be 13 years outdated – I used to be molested. It lasted longer than it ought to have carried out, put it that approach, and I form of carried that with me my entire life and didn’t actually realise how a lot it affected me till a bit bit in a while,” he mentioned.

Whereas he didn’t explicitly say who the individual accountable was, he did say it was not a member of the family, and that he was impressed to deal with the themes within the ‘13’ tune after opening as much as his spouse of 27 years.

“I simply had this type of crying, breakthrough second with my spouse about it,” he mentioned. “I assumed, that’s it. I’ve handled that now and we are able to transfer on. So I went as much as Nick [Kershaw, songwriter]’s home and we had a glass of wine. We began speaking and he was like, ‘Are you alright?’ And I simply spilled it out to him.”

He went on to share that he created the tune because it was one thing he felt “individuals want to listen to”, and the way it allowed him to be extra weak all through the rest of the album.

“I used to be undoubtedly in a state of eager to get shit out. So there are a few different songs on the album that deal with some deeper, tougher subjects as nicely,” he added.

Elsewhere within the interview, Hawkes mirrored on his time within the highlight after he shot to fame as a teen when he shared the 1991 tune ‘The One And Solely’.

“Being younger was undoubtedly [behind some] troublesome psychological well being points as a child,” he mentioned, including that he briefly dabbled in substance abuse as he received older. “But in addition there [were] different issues like the place you’re a part of the machine – I used to be a part of the machine – so there have been individuals in command of my profession.”

Take heed to the complete interview above.

In different Chesney Hawkes information, again in 2023 the singer revealed that he and his spouse left their youngsters a heartfelt voice memo as an aeroplane they had been on plunged 20,000ft within the air.