TV presenter Emma Willis's marriage to Busted singer Matt Willis very nearly ended during the height of his booze and drug addiction.
The couple, who married in 2008, hit rocky patches when Busted performer Matt struggled with addiction before turning sober in 2008.
However the star suffered relapses and life became difficult for wife Emma, who reportedly threatened to leave him after he "gaslighted" her during some of his darkest moments.
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Matt revealed he became a "mastermind at gaslighting" and that Emma had nearly called it quits after the star missed out on milestone moments from his daughter Isabelle's life.
Speaking ahead of an upcoming documentary, Matt is highlighting how addiction can take hold and how it has affected his life.
Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Matt shared: "I was the mastermind at gaslighting, making her [Emma] think she was crazy. I’m so ashamed of that, and I never want her to feel like that again."
Asked if TV presenter Emma had nearly left Matt at times during his struggles with addiction, Matt said: "Yes, many times. That last relapse was really hard for her because we had three kids. I’d been eight years sober – we’d thought that it was behind us."
The musician had previously gotten himself clean just one month before marrying wife Emma in 2008, but in the mid-2010s after Busted had reformed he stumbled again after being offered cocaine whilst touring.
Matt has previously opened up about his addiction to Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast. He revealed how he relapsed just six months after the couple had welcomed their first child, Isabelle.
He said: "I kind of, I missed Emma's birthday. She was in Birmingham and I was doing a TV show at the time.
"It was the wrap party and I had a glass of champagne and I was off to the races that night; I turned up at her parent's house at four in the morning like it was nothing off my head."
He added: "It was the worst. The next morning, I knew what I'd done. Emma told me that I missed Isabelle crawling."
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