Harley ‘Sylvester’ Alexander-Sule recently opened up about his ‘crippling anxiety’ and confessed he still feels ‘awful’ for cancelling the band’s tour in 2016.
The British musician, 32, who rose to fame in the chart-topping band Rizzle Kicks alongside Jordan Stephens, admitted he ‘couldn’t visualise’ doing a tour after he suffered from a panic attack on stage.
Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast on Wednesday, the star said: ‘I thought I was (having) a f*****g heart attack. Then we had a tour (which we) had to cancel because I just couldn’t visualise doing that,’
‘I still feel f*****g awful about that, but at the time, I had to take care of myself.’
He then opened up on how his anxiety took control of his life and caused him to spiral into a ‘deep depression’.
Harvey ‘Sylvester’ Alexander-Sule recently opened up about his ‘crippling anxiety’ and confessed he still feels ‘awful’ for cancelling the band’s tour in 2016 (pictured in 2013)
The Rizzle Kicks star, 32, admitted he ‘couldn’t visualise’ doing a tour after he suffered from a panic attack on stage (pictured 2012)
He admitted: ‘That anxiety spilled into everything, every part of my life, you know, I couldn’t get on the tube.’
‘It kind of caused me to spiral into quite a deep, deep depression.’
‘Because the thing I love doing, being a performer, being an artist, being a person who likes being around other creative people, was like, zapped away from me,’
‘And I was kind of left with, this idea of who I used to be and that longing to be that person again, but with the physical incapability of doing so.’
During the podcast, Harley’s bandmate Jordan, 32, discussed his girlfriend Jade Thirlwall, who he has been dating since 2020.
Revealing that he ‘manifested’ meeting someone like her during the COVID-19 lockdown, Jordan said: ‘In lockdown. I wrote a list of what I was looking for, what I wanted.’
He added: ‘I tried to manifest this s**t. But dude, I could show you this f*****g list. It really, she just popped up.’
Jordan also added that he has become more open with his feelings after meeting Jade.
Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast on Wednesday, the star said: ‘I thought I was (having) a f*****g heart attack. Then we had a tour (which we) had to cancel,’ (pictured 2014)
He added: ‘I still feel f*****g awful about that, but at the time, I had to take care of myself’ (pictured 2011)
During the podcast, Harley’s bandmate Jordan, 32, discussed his girlfriend Jade Thirlwall, who he has been dating since 2020 (pictured 2023)
Revealing that he ‘manifested’ meeting someone like her Jordan said: ‘I tried to manifest this s**t. But dude, I could show you this f*****g list. It really, she just popped up’ (pictured 2021)
He said: ‘That’s the most open my heart’s been.’
‘I had a real understanding of what I wanted from love, which I didn’t know for a long time, and she’s more than capable of providing that.’
Earlier this year, Jordan admitted he became sober after ‘destroying’ relationships in his life before someone ‘held a boundary’.
The Rizzle Kicks star discussed his experiences with drugs and alcohol during a candid interview on On The Mend With Matt Willis.
Jordan began dating Jade during the first coronavirus lockdown after she slipped into his Instagram direct messages.
Discussing how substances affected his relationships, he said: ‘Every time I go out and destroy myself with drugs, I destroy the relationships I’m in and that’s not really working for me so I’m going to have to go sober and I did.’
‘This was the final point. This heartbreak I experienced where someone held a boundary rightfully and forced me into reconsidering my b******t.’
‘One of the things I did, which I talk about at the end of this book, is I literally went to a f*****g course on relationships to teach myself how to be a good partner. Wow. Because I was like, I’m clearly f*****g this up.’
