Gary Barlow: I was depressed for three years

Gary Barlow has revealed he suffered from depression for three years after Take That split up.

The award-winning singer-songwriter piled on five stone and avoided being snapped – even at his own children's christenings.

He told Observer Magazine: "I used to heavily disguise myself, with a hat and everything. I was overweight, I wasn't feeling great. I was embarrassed to be me, to have people recognise me.

"It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do.

The X Factor judge described how he was desperate to write another chart smash on his "lucky" white piano.

"Every hit I'd had I'd written on this piano. Within six months of this not happening any more, this piano drove me mad.   Read More

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