Matt Willis has opened up about how his alcohol and drug addiction put a strain on his relationship with now-wife Emma Willis, as he admitted that he would "gaslight" her at the height of his addiction.
The Busted singer and bassist, 39, has been open about his struggles with addiction, having first become sober in 2008, he later revealed he suffered numerous relapses, including after welcoming his children.
In an upcoming documentary, Matt will be shining a light on addiction, and how his own has affected both himself and those around him.
Discussing the strain his addiction cause their relationship at various, the musician recalled how he became a "mastermind at gaslighting" and that Emma, 47, almost left him a number of times.
He told The Guardian: "I was the mastermind at gaslighting, making her think she was crazy. I’m so ashamed of that, and I never want her to feel like that again."
Matt also opened up about his numerous stints in rehab, which he was first sent to after getting in trouble with his record company for not turning up to recording sessions.
Recalling his time in rehab, he said: "I waited till my time was up and got out" adding that it wasn't until 2008, one month before his wedding to Emma that he entered rehab willingly.
It was after Busted reformed in the mid-2010s that he relapsed once again after someone on the tour offered him cocaine.
Reflecting on this, he said that this relapse was particularly difficult for his family, with him and Emma now sharing three children together.
Asked if she came close to leaving him during this time, Matt said: "Yes, many times. That last relapse was really hard for her because we had three kids. I’d been eight years sober – we’d thought that it was behind us."
With Busted set to reunite and tour once again, Matt added: "We care about each other and they care about me. They know what I want and what I don’t want, what I’m capable of doing and what I’m not going to do."
Matt previously opened up about his addiction to Giovanna Fletcher, the wife of McFly's Tom Fletcher, on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, where he shared that he had relapsed six months after his first child, Isabelle was born, and had missed her crawl for the first time because of this.
He said: "I kind of, I missed Emma's birthday. She was in Birmingham and I was doing a TV show at the time.”
"It was the wrap party and I had a glass of champagne and I was off to the races that night; I turned up at her parent's house at four in the morning like it was nothing off my head."
"It was the worst,” he continued. “The next morning, I knew what I'd done. Emma told me that I missed Isabelle crawling."
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