“‘I felt a 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 in particular. I didn’t come out to my parents until I was 21. I didn’t come out to my friends until I was 25” 😳
“Drugs? It’s not something I was reliant on day by day, week by week, month by month. I’ve had long periods where I’ve not used it - 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱. Just getting away from the stresses, the relentlessness of the job. It fills me with a 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 to say that I took that route”.
“𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨. I can’t resonate with how I felt then, but that was me. I was struggling with the schedule and there was no opportunity to stop. And so I found myself in that position - 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴”, said David in an interview with The Sun.