Lewis Capaldi has claimed he really shouldn’t be here after his father was apparently supposed to have a vasectomy before the chart-topper was born.
But aren’t we all mighty glad he is here!
The Scottish singer’s parents, Carole and Mark, already had three children – boys Warren and Aidan, and girl Danielle – when they decided that was enough, and Lewis’s dad had the procedure to make sure there were no more.
However, in a new YouTube short documentary released today titled Birthday Song – about Lewis’s upbringing – he spoke of his rather surprising welcome into the world.
‘You should’ve seen my dad, he was really sad,’ Lewis said, according to The Sun. ‘My mum was even more sad. He was supposed to have had a vasectomy. I was a mistake.’
His older brother Warren shed a little more light on the situation, adding: ‘Lewis was just an immaculate conception.
‘I remember my dad had a vasectomy and then nine months later we got a surprise with Lewis popping out.’
Still, it wasn’t long before Lewis had made it clear he was here on Earth to make a massive impact as he explained where his musical thirst came from.
According to the Somebody You Loved singer, he can trace it back to going on a family holiday in France with a Queen CD.
During the drive, he became obsessed with the rock band’s tunes and ended up performing We Are The Champions during the holiday park talent show.
We’d pay good money for that footage…
Aidan explained: ‘That’s probably what started him off. Wanting all the attention. That’s when we knew he was gonna make it, he’s a born attention seeker.’
Speaking of Lewis’s school days, Aidan added: ‘A funny guy, a joker, a class clown, definitely. He’s just the exact same. He hasn’t changed a bit really.’
Lewis continued of his childhood: ‘I remember [school] being fun. I don’t remember doing any work. I remember one time a guy made up a filthy language and it was like, baseball bat meant penis, spaghetti meant pubes. And the f***ing b*****d dobbed me in it and said I did it with him.
‘I f***ing never and I’m standing there like, “Who the f**k is this?” I cried so hard. And I was like, “I didn’t mean it, I never wrote monster truck”, which meant my left b*****k or something.’
Good to know, Lewis.
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