Pop star opens up about estranged relationship with father he never met

• Duncan James, from the boyband Blue, has opened up about his estranged relationship with his late father, whom he never met.
• His father left his mother before James was born, and he was raised by a single parent.
• James spoke to his father for the first and only time at age 25, but shortly after, his father sold a story about their conversation to a tabloid.
• This act of betrayal led James to decide against meeting his father, who was later found dead in his home in Portugal.
• James expressed feelings of guilt over his father's death and acknowledged that the experience contributed to his ongoing “daddy issues”.

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Blue’s Duncan James shares tragic story about his late father