Lewis Capaldi has heartbreakingly admitted he may need to quit his pop music career if his Tourette's worsens.
The Forget Me hitmaker, 26, revealed he had been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome in September and has opened up about his health in his new documentary.
Explaining how he manages the neurological condition - which is characterised by involuntary noises and movements known as tics - he said that performing can make his symptoms worse.
"It's only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it's a weird situation," he told The Times.
"Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I'm doing irreparable damage to myself, I'll quit.
"I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in."
He said that his tic is getting "quite bad" on stage at the moment and that he's trying to get on top of it.
“I’m trying to get on top of that. If I can’t, I’m f***ed. It’s easier when I play guitar, but I hate playing guitar," he added.
His parents - nurse mum Carol, 56, and fishmonger dad Mark, 56 - are concerned for his health and question whether fame is worth it in his upcoming Netflix documentary.
Quizzed on why he decided to be filmed for Netflix, he explained that producers approached them and that he went along with it.
"At the time, I was due to go on all these tours so I said they could come and hang out. Bask in my success, hahaha! I imagined it as a pat on the back, my victory lap," he said.
However, Covid hit and the documentary became him making a second record and that he had originally not wanted his family in it, but eventually caved.
He added: "Then it became a deeper look into aspects of my life that even I wasn’t aware of. In a way, it ended up like my career — it just got away from me."
