Watch heartbreaking moment chart-topping Brit singer breaks down in tears as he opens up on suffering violent attack
The 29-year-old star has admitted he was too frightened to leave his house following the violent life-changing incident.
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The star has appeared on Pete Wicks' new podcast
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Chart-topping Brit singer Tom Grennan has opened up about the attack
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Aged just 17, the star has told Pete Wicks about the horrific ordeal in which he was beaten by three men.
Appearing on
Pete Wicks
' new podcast Man Made,
"I was there, couldn't move whilst taking the punches and I think that - well, 17, just turning 18 and that flipped life on its head, where it demasculated me, do you know what I mean? Whatever that word is.
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"I was like, you've completely ripped out every little bit of confidence, every little bit of me, I wasn't me anymore. From that little moment, completely has changed my whole life.
"I had to rebuild everything and I think that's obviously where my anxiety came from, the beginning of it."
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He told
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"I thought, oh my God everybody loves me, I'm good, life is sweet, and then that happened. Then I thought, my God, everybody hates me. I lost a year of being at home, I was just at home. I lost friends, I became angry.
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"Not understanding why these people have done this to me. I was so angry. I don't know how deep I can go, if this could even be on the podcast, but I remember saying to my mum, I remember going, I'm going to kill myself.
"She was like, what? I was like yeah, but I'm going to go kill them first. I remember trying to leave the house and I didn't know where they were and my mum was so scared that I was going to go kill somebody and then kill me. That f***ed my mum up, it f***ed me up, man, it was deep."
On using therapy to help him through,
admitted: "I've done it previously and then I've dipped out and then I dip in and dip out, but right now I'm in because I think for me, having an understanding of where these feelings and why my mind goes to the places it goes to. A therapist can't be like, this is why.
"I think having a space to be able to talk, this is like a therapy thing for me right now because having a place to talk openly and
freely
about anything is amazing.
"I leave a room, I'm like, okay, now I feel a bit lighter now and I think that's why I'm in it at the moment, because I've got a lot of pressure.
"I've got a lot of big life events happening and it's just being able to navigate them so I don't then start fires in my head and in reality, I can easily fall off a cliff and start creating fires."
Born in
However, his big break came when featured on
His friends encouraged him to pursue a music career after seeing him performing The Kooks at a house party.
In his early music years, he was scouted at a Finsbury pub and offered a record deal with Insanity Records.
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The singer told Pete about his mental scars from the ordeal
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Grennan has admitted he was suicidal after the violent incident
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The singer has revealed how he copes with his anxiety
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The singer said he lost a year of his life following the attack
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