Williams became suicidal during Destiny s Child fame
Los Angteles Oct 19 (IANS) Singer Michelle Williams of the band Destiny s Child has opened up about her struggles with depression since she was a teenager. She says the fame she got left her suicidal.
"I m in one of the top-selling female groups of all time suffering with depression. When I disclosed it to our manager Mathew Knowles at the time bless his heart he was like You all just signed a multi-million dollar deal. You re about to go on tour. What do you have to be depressed about? " Williams said on a TV show.
"So I was like Oh maybe I m just tired " she added reports aceshowbiz.com.
However her depression only continued to get worse "to the point where I was suicidal ... and wanted out" from the group.
Williams added that she had struggled with depression since she was 13 years old but didn t realize what she was suffering from until she was in her 30s.
"I think at the age of 25 had I had a name to what I was feeling at the time I would have disclosed that I ve been suffering from depression " she said.
Williams joined Destiny s Child in 2000 forming a trio with Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland.
In 2001 they released "Independent Woman (Import CD#1)" which topped the charts for 11 weeks. In May that year their album "Survivor" debuted at No. 1. The R n B group was one of best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records.
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