WILL Young has revealed his late twin brother Rupert was drinking 24 hours a day before his death. Pop Idol winner Will, 43, was left devastated in 2020 when Rupert took his own life after years ba…
Will has spoken about his brother's years-long alcoholism battleDespite stumping up tens of thousands of pounds for Rupert to go through rehab and even housing him in his final years, Will was unable to save his sibling.for the first time in Channel 4 documentary Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, the singer says: “When things got difficult in the past I’d be like, ‘Yeah, there’s £50,000 — have a lovely five-star trip to rehab’ and that went on for a lot of years.
The Evergreen singer, who has spent £500,000 overcoming his own addiction issues, hopes the hour-long programme will help other families going through a similar situation. In 2005, Rupert attended a facility in Arizona, where he discovered abuse he'd suffered as a teen in boarding school had sparked his mental health struggles.I threw my booze addict brother out a week before his suicide, says Will YoungGetting to the root of his problems spurred him to help others — so in 2008 he set up a mental health charity, Mood Foundation, which went on to raise thousands of pounds.
Rupert did manage to go teetotal for three years, and proud Will even got a tattoo of his brother's initials to mark the achievement, but his sobriety wasn't too last. Around a week before Rupert’s death, Will reported his brother as a trespasser and had him removed from his house.
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