Post by Admin on Oct 30, 2020 0:02:06 GMT
At the height of their fame, pop group Steps were having worldwide hits, supporting Britney Spears on tour and winning BRIT awards, however, not all the members of the band were living their best life.
Speaking to pal Kate Thornton on White Wine Question Time, Ian ‘H’ Watkins said the intense workload that the group underwent meant he hit a really low point while the band were visiting Australia: play.acast.com/s/wwqt/steps
“I remember a really low point for me was when we didn't know what country we were waking up in,” he told Thornton.
“Our schedule was so incredibly intense. We would do a 24-hour day sometimes. We were promoting up and down the country, all hours of the day.
“And I remember a really low point for me was when we were in Australia. I didn't know what it was back then, but now looking back on it, I probably was having a little mini breakdown and I didn't know it. And I was just crying and sobbing my heart out. I was just overwhelmed, overworked.”
Being on the go non-stop wasn’t the only reason behind Watkins’ breakdown, he was also struggling with his identity, which was an extra burden to carry at the time.
“I was under a lot of pressure because I wasn't being my authentic self,” he recalled.
“I was still in the closet, so I still felt a massive pressure. I felt the media were kind of on my back, trying to out me a little bit as well. It was a really hard time for me personally and professionally.”
Band-mate Lee Latchford Evans agreed that their time in Steps the first time around was really full on and hard work.
“People probably didn't realise how hard we worked - and it was kind of was like 16-hour days, every single day,” he said.
Speaking to pal Kate Thornton on White Wine Question Time, Ian ‘H’ Watkins said the intense workload that the group underwent meant he hit a really low point while the band were visiting Australia: play.acast.com/s/wwqt/steps
“I remember a really low point for me was when we didn't know what country we were waking up in,” he told Thornton.
“Our schedule was so incredibly intense. We would do a 24-hour day sometimes. We were promoting up and down the country, all hours of the day.
“And I remember a really low point for me was when we were in Australia. I didn't know what it was back then, but now looking back on it, I probably was having a little mini breakdown and I didn't know it. And I was just crying and sobbing my heart out. I was just overwhelmed, overworked.”
Being on the go non-stop wasn’t the only reason behind Watkins’ breakdown, he was also struggling with his identity, which was an extra burden to carry at the time.
“I was under a lot of pressure because I wasn't being my authentic self,” he recalled.
“I was still in the closet, so I still felt a massive pressure. I felt the media were kind of on my back, trying to out me a little bit as well. It was a really hard time for me personally and professionally.”
Band-mate Lee Latchford Evans agreed that their time in Steps the first time around was really full on and hard work.
“People probably didn't realise how hard we worked - and it was kind of was like 16-hour days, every single day,” he said.