Singer Will Young has shared his guilt at being "unable to save" his brother, Rupert, who took his own life after a battle with alcoholism. In Channel 4 documentary, Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, the 43-year-old opens up about how Rupert's death has impacted him. In emotional scenes, Will says that he initially kept his grief hidden.
He goes on to talk about how his guilt stems from the fact that he was not able to help his brother and "threw him out" during a period of alcohol and substance abuse. "You’ve got this monster who’s not moving and who you’re feeding. It wasn’t sustainable so in the end, I threw him out," says Will as he talks openly about the period leading up to Rupert's death. He adds: "I was okay with everything I had done but I knew there was nothing else that I could do. I hadn’t gotten to that stage before but I’d [then] reached that stage.”
Rupert Young was 41 when he died after falling from a bridge in London on August 2, 2020. His death came a few days after paramedics saw him walking along the edge of the same bridge and he was admitted to hospital. Rupert had been living with Will for four years and the singer said that towards the end of his brother’s life he became his carer. Rupert, according to Will, had been battling alcohol abuse for over 20 years.
