Lewis Capaldi, who has Tourette’s syndrome and said he would take a long break from touring, has the backing of his actress girlfriend.
Lewis, who is 26, and Ellie MacDowall were supposed to go to Glastonbury together, but she didn’t go. This led to rumors that they had split up, which was not true.
But MailOnline can confirm that the couple is still together and that Ellie, who is 23, is with him as he stops “touring “for the foreseeable future” to spend “much more time getting my mental and physical health in order.”
A friend of the musician said, “Lewis needs to be with the people who love him right now, and Ellie is helping him through this very hard time.”
He is crazy about her. She wasn’t at Glastonbury, but his parents” and the rest of his very loving team were. Ellie made sure that she was there when he got home.
Ellie lives in London, but she often visits Lewis’ family in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. She is meant to play “Cary Grant’s daughter in an ITV biopic”.
“Near his family home, where he spent the pandemic with his parents, two brothers, and sister, with whom he has a close relationship, he” and his best friend like to go hiking in the mountains.
Even when he went to Hollywood this week with his new girlfriend Ellie, he made sure to meet them.
Lewis had trouble getting through his set at Glastonbury on Saturday, which made people worry about his health and the future of his music business. As a result, people in the crowd started singing, which was one of the most moving parts of the event.
The 26-year-old famous person said on Tuesday that he won’t be going on tour because it’s “obvious” that he needs some time off.
The choice, which he said was “the hardest of my life,” shows how much the illness is hurting “the hitmaker, who has been very open about his struggles with mental health in the past.
He said that his closest” friends and family had helped him a lot “over the past year while he was struggling with crippling anxiety and his tics” got worse.
Even though he didn’t say Ellie’s name, Lewis thanks his family for being there for him.
“The Scotsman had taken three weeks off before his show on the Pyramid Stage last weekend, but he said on Tuesday” that this wasn’t “enough and that he was “still learning to deal with the effects of my Tourette’s.”
In the past, he talked about his tragic fight with Tourette’s disease in a Netflix documentary.
During the show, the singer-songwriter” started to lose his voice, which made him sad. He told the crowd he was sorry, and they “helped him finish his songs in a touching video that went viral right away.
But on Tuesday, Lewis said on” Instagram that he was putting off the “24 live shows he had planned for the rest of the year.
“Hello to everyone,” he wrote”. I’d like to start by thanking “Glastonbury for letting me perform, for singing with me when I needed it, and for all the” nice words that came after. He said, “It really means everything.”
I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but I won’t be traveling for the immediate future. This probably won’t be a surprise.
“I used to be able to enjoy every second of shows like this, and I had hoped that three weeks would make everything clear.” “But the truth is that I’m still getting used to” how “my Tourette’s affects me, and on Saturday it became clear that I need to spend a lot more time recovering my mental and physical health if I want to keep doing what I love for a very long time.
I’d like to” “thank my amazing family, friends, team, medical professionals, and all of you who have been so” helpful “through the good times and especially this past year, when I’ve needed it more than ever. I know I’m very lucky to” “be able to take a break when other people can’t.
“I’m sorry to” everyone who wanted to see “a show before the end of the year, but I need to” get better so I can give you the kind of show you deserve. I’ve always wanted to play for you every night, so making this choice has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. As soon as I can, I’ll be back. Lewis, I love you with all my heart.
Lewis was supposed to end “his Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent tour” on September 3 at the Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast. There were still 24 shows left on the tour.
When Lewis and Ellie “were seen together at a BRITs after-party” earlier this year, it was clear that they were dating.
They were each other’s “dates to the Universal Music party, where they were later seen cuddling on the chairs. They were seen together at” an award show at London’s O2 and seemed to be very into each other. Even a member of the crowd got a kiss from them.
Mark, a fisherman, and Carol, a nurse, are Lewis’s parents. Mark and Carol met Ellie when they went to Hollywood with Lewis last month.
This week, he went to Hollywood and met their new girlfriend, Ellie MacDowall. He then introduced her to them.
Ellie, who wants to be an actress, “studied dance for commercial performance at The MGA Academy of Performing Arts for three years. In 2020”, she got her education there.