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Tyson Fury recalls the moment he tried to take his own life: ‘A dark cloud came over me’


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Tyson Fury has opened up about his mental health battle and recalled the moment he almost took his own life.

Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning, the boxing champion went into detail about his darkest times and admitted that he got to a point where he didn’t care about anything or anyone.

Phillip started by questioning Tyson about the night of his fight with Deontay Wilder and how he fought his ‘demons’.

‘You got back to your dressing room and within minutes it has covered you in its dark cloud,’ he began.

‘People think it’s impossible to follow your dreams and to be a heavyweight champion but for me, it was a disaster.’

Tyson explained: ‘Going into that fight I was mentally unwell and was quite afraid of winning because I knew I wouldn’t have a goal anymore. I knew I would come crashing down and I knew I was bottling this depression up. And then a dark black cloud came over me and it was very evident to see.’

The boxer managed to turn his life around (Picture: ITV)
Tyson Fury has opened up about his suicide attempt that almost ended his career (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

Holly added: ‘Drink and cocaine followed, and with life and death you couldn’t see a difference.’

The Gypsy King went on to explain how he has had suicidal thoughts since 2012, and as time went on the more he thought about death.

‘I started thinking about death and thinking about wanting to die and killing myself and how I would do it, but then I got back on track but after my second bout of depression I really didn’t care about anyone or anything anymore,’ he continued.

‘I lost the passion to want to breathe fresh air and I lost the passion to want to live.’

Reliving the fateful day that he almost ended his life, Tyson added: ‘I was in the car that day and I had thought about it and I was going to smash the car into a bridge on the motorway.

‘I thought to myself this is it, and I didn’t get far from the bridge when I heard a voice in my head. It said to think about your kids and I was about to do it and this was the time I was going to die.

‘That was the first time I realised I couldn’t survive any more and I went to get medical advice.’

This Morning airs weekdays at 10.30am on ITV.

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