Lewis Capaldi Reveals Tourette’s Syndrome Diagnosis: ‘I’ve Always Had It, Apparently’
etcanada.comLewis Capaldi is sharing with the world that he has Tourette’s syndrome. In a video on his Instagram account, the “Someone You Loved” singer revealed the diagnosis: “I have Tourette’s, I’ve always had it, apparently.” READ MORE: Lewis Capaldi And Niall Horan Team Up For Impromptu Busking Session In Dublin He added that the diagnosis “makes so much sense,” and referring to his twitches, he noted “When I look back at my interviews from 2018, I can see that I’m doing it.” “I do the shoulder twitch quite a lot.
And you see underneath every TikTok and stuff, people are like, ‘Why is he twitching?’, which is fine. Curiosity is fine,” Capaldi told fans.
He explained that he decided to go public with the new because he “didn’t want people to think I was taking cocaine or something.” “Do you think before performing [in front of] 20,000 people, as an anxious person, I’m going to take a big line of cocaine?
Never going to happen.” The 25-year-old also said that originally he thought he might have “some horrible degenerative disease” before he was diagnosed with the condition. “My shoulder twitches when I am excited, happy, nervous or stressed,” he said. “It is something I am living with.” Capaldi also revealed that he had Botox in his shoulder in order to limit the twitching caused by the disease. “It’s a new thing, I haven’t really learned much about it — I’m learning,” he said. “I had Botox on my shoulder to stop it moving.
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