Gary Barlow recently opened up about the painful reality of losing his daughter Poppy.
The Take That star and his wife Dawn's daughter was stillborn just days before Gary was set to play the Olympics concert in 2012, leaving the couple utterly devastated.
For the first time, the singer has opened up about how he coped with the news, admitting he turned to work as a distraction.
However it left him feeling even worse. Speaking to The Sun, Gary admitted he never dealt with what happened, leading to a breakdown years later.
“After my wife and I had lost our baby, I as a man, I sort of went into overdrive," he said.
"I just wanted to look after everybody, look after my wife. I was taking on work to sort of fill my life up with things to do really."
While his wife was facing her demons head-on, the former X Factor judge instead chose to work as much as possible.
GALLERY: Take That Through The Years
Take That through the years slider
1 of 13Take That (1991)
Take That's original line-up of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams.
2 of 13Take That (1992)
In 1992 Take That had hits with 'It Only Takes a Minute', 'A Million Love Songs' and 'Could It Be Magic'.
3 of 13Take That (1993)
Take That had huge success in 1993 with 'Pray', 'Relight My Fire' (featuring Lulu) and 'Babe'.
4 of 13Take That (1994)
The band's success continued in 1994 with 'Everything Changes' and 'Sure'. Here they are performing at The BRITs 1994.
5 of 13Robbie Williams (1995)
Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995.
6 of 13Take That (1995)
The remaining members of Take That continued to perform as a quartet.
7 of 13Take That (1996)
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange performed at The BRITs in 1996.
8 of 13Take That (2005)
After a break of nearly 10 years, Take That members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange reformed in 2005.
9 of 13Take That (2006)
Take That performed on The X Factor in 2006. In 2006 they had a Number 1 single with 'Patience'.
10 of 13Take That (2007)
In 2007 Take That embarked on their 'Beautiful World' tour.
11 of 13Take That with Robbie Williams (2010)
Robbie Williams made an unexpected return to the group in 2010 for the wildly successful album, 'Progress' and its live tour.
12 of 13Take That as a trio (2014)
In 2014, Jason Orange announced he would be leaving the group and they continued as a trio made up of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
13 of 13Take That (2017)
Take That continue as a trio to this day.
He added, “The busyness kept my mind off all the things you don’t want to think about, so while my wife was sort of dealing with that very, very well – although it was very difficult – she was tackling it head on. I was work, work, work, two phones on the go.
“And I got to LA and I just completely crashed. And the funny thing was, when the doctor came the day later, I basically fell asleep for about 22 hours – I had one of those death sleeps."
In the candid chat, Gary also revealed how he finally kissed and made up with former bandmate Robbie Williams.
Gary invited the X Factor judge over to his house and they had it out.
"We just had a good chat and it was actually a very simple conversation and an apology from both of us, and an argument over who acted the worst," he revealed.
We're glad that's behind him!
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