Scarlett Moffatt says she wants to ‘open people’s eyes’ about Tourette’s syndrome as she discusses her new documentary.
will see Scarlett travel around the country to uncover potential causes of the condition.
Simon tells the 31-year-old that when the illness is brought up ‘it makes people snigger as you think it’s someone who uncontrollably swear’Scarlett replies: ‘What people don’t realise is only 10% of people with Tourette’s have the verbal swearing one.Scarlett had Tourette’s syndrome as a child Acknowledging that many people with that type of Tourette’s want people to ‘laugh’, otherwise they feel ‘segregated’, Scarlett says there is a ‘flipside.
Stating that she wants to get across how the illness affects people, Scarlett explains that those with Tourette’s end up ‘drained and exhausted’ because they are ‘constantly moving and talking.’ ‘I want to open people’s eyes [that] it’s actually an illness and not just the humourous side we see in the media,’ she adds.winner also spoke about her own experience of Tourette’s syndrome, saying she lived with the condition for a period when she was a child.