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Privacy NoticeThe Script’s lead singer, Danny O’Donoghue, has opened up about a low point in his life when he “hammered” whiskeys on a short flight before he gave up alcohol. The Irish star had planned to stay “stone cold sober” throughout the festive season following the tragic passing of his bandmate Mark Sheehan in 2023. However, the former The Voice judge confessed that as soon as he landed back in Dublin from the UK for Christmas, he started hitting the bottle again. Speaking on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, the 43 year old revealed: “By the time I’d got off the plane, I was smashed. With every intention to get on that plane saying, I’m not going to drink at all and then while I was on it, whiskey please.” “Then I just hammered the whiskeys, got home and I pretty much spent Christmas just p****d.” “I do one thing on Christmas Day, have been doing it for 14 years now, where I attend Temple Street children’s hospital from nine in the morning until three in the afternoon and spend time with the kids and nurses. It’s a beautiful, beautiful morning. I wasn’t drunk Christmas Eve. After the hospital I just went straight out to my sister’s, had dinner, straight on the Guinness again and I was drunk, the whole time,” he said. Sign up to OK!’s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
Danny O’Donoghue has spoken about becoming sober
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He continued: “On the 27th I said if I stay in Dublin much longer it will be so bad for me, so I went home to the UK where I have my studio, and where my girlfriend lives. I said that’s it, I’m finished drinking, I’m finished smoking. “I gave up everything that day and I, for the first time, was able to legitimately say there’s another guy in here who’s f****** hijacking me. Then, also on top of that, I bit the bullet and went back to church.”
Danny with The Script’s Glen Power and the late Mark Sheehan (right)
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Launching his career with Irish boyband Mytown alongside Mark Sheehan, Danny co-formed the pop group The Script in 2008, scoring four UK number one singles and seven top 10 albums. Taking a trip down memory lane, the vocalist revealed how he failed music in school, an experience that made sense when he got diagnosed as dyslexic later in life.Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnThe ScriptThe Voice
