CHAPLIN DRIVEN TO DRUGS BY FAT INSULTS

Last updated: Saturday, October 27, 2007

CHAPLIN DRIVEN TO DRUGS BY FAT INSULTS

KEANE frontman TOM CHAPLIN blames the British media for his former drug addiction - because journalists criticised his weight.

Tom Chaplin of Keane performing at the Knowsley Hall Music Festival 2007 - Day 2. Liverpool, England - 24.06.07

The singer - who checked himself into London's Priory Clinic last year (06) to battle alcohol and drug addictions -

was hurt by "fat" jibes.

The 28-year-old says, "I took a lot of what was said to heart and it had a really, really bad effect on me as a person. It made me very insular and I just wanted to run away from things.

"At the end of the day, it was very hurtful. I've become immune to a lot of things and I've had to develop a thick skin. Becoming big changed everything. I found the comments other people made - particularly the personal ones - very very hard to take."

Source: WENN

| Saturday, October 27, 2007

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