The singer said he chose to go public with the diagnosis because he “didn’t want people to think I was doing cocaine or something,” and noted that he initially thought it was “some horrible degenerative disease” before he was properly diagnosed. . “My shoulder twitches when I’m excited, happy, nervous or stressed,” she said. “It’s something I live with.” Capaldi said he had botulinum toxin injections in his shoulder to stop his involuntary twitches and that he is “constantly learning new ways to cope”. News of Capaldi’s Tourette’s diagnosis comes after two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena and ahead of the release of Forget Me, his first single in three years, on Friday. Reviewing one of Capaldi’s London shows for the Guardian, Alim Kheraj praised the show’s moments of “raw emotion”. “Tourette’s affects 1 in 100 school-age children, yet the common perception is that it only affects a minority. Lewis Capaldi speaking openly about his diagnosis will hopefully encourage others in the public eye to do the same,” said Emma McNally, CEO of Tourettes Action. “The more people talking about Tourette Syndrome, the more people sharing their stories, the better. The diagnosis can be scary. Newly diagnosed children need to see successful adults sharing and talking about their diagnosis, this will give them hope for the future.” Tourette syndrome affects around 300,000 people in the UK. In 2018, American pop star Billie Eilish revealed that she had been diagnosed as a child. “I have never mentioned [Tourette syndrome] on the internet because no one thinks I’m dead [serious],” she wrote on social media at the time, “as well as the fact that I never wanted people to think of touring every time they thought of me.” Earlier this year, Eilish opened up about her experiences with the condition in an interview with David Letterman, saying it causes “things that you would never notice if you had a conversation with me, but for me, it’s very exhausting.” so many people you’ll never know. Some artists have come forward and said, ‘Actually I’ve always had Tourette’s,’” she added. “That was actually really interesting to me because I was like, ‘You? What?’” This story was amended on 7 September 2022. It previously reported that Capaldi made his comments to the Sun. They were actually done on Instagram Live.
