He is still in competition in season 12 of Dancing with the Stars, alongside Fauve Hautot. Last Friday, Billy Crawford broke down in tears after dancing a Contemporary with his partner, to Stromae’s track, “hell“which deals with depression. On the floors of studio 217, the singer explained that he himself had experienced a very difficult period, and that she was then reminded of him.
“I drank alcohol all night, I smoked a lot”
To our colleagues from TV Mag, he explains this September 26: “A lot of things happened in my head. I had forgotten a period of my life but this performance brought everything back to life”. He who had a phenomenal success in France with in particular the cardboard of his tube “Trackin'” lived at 100 miles an hour for years…until it didn’t go so well.
It actually reveals: “Twenty years ago, just before leaving France, I burned out, I freaked out”. And to add: “I drank alcohol all night, I smoked a lot” he also admits about his addictions at the time. A very dangerous slope that he took because he could not “manage the stress of work, of the family” and from which he was able to really get out thanks to his wife.
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About Coleen García, with whom he had a little boy named Amari in 2020, Billy Crawford says: “She was the one who saved my life. I was lost like a little baby when I met her. She didn’t tell me to change but gave me lots of love and support. And for her, I no longer wanted to do stupid things”.
“I’ve had suicidal thoughts before”
And it is in memory of this ordeal that he also went through in prayer – “I spoke to God, I believe in it a lot” – that the 40-year-old star cracked last Friday on TF1. He who was forced to sit down before plunging his head into his hands, when he was catching his breath, also testifies: “Stromae’s music speaks to me a lot. I’ve had suicidal thoughts before..
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