Star S Club 7 revealed that he was missing for two years after ‘losing the plot’

Star S Club 7 Jon Lee said that he was missing for two years.

Former 43 -year -old pop star ‘left the rails’ after his father’s death in 2019 after battle with motor neuron (MND) and the end of the relationship.

He shared that he left his mother’s notes – along with his front door lock – before he left; He had not heard from him again for two years.

During the appearance in the latest Celebs Go Dating series on Thursday night, Jon explained: ‘I have this kind of emotional slap from this relationship, and then that [his dad’s diagnosis] has occurred.’

He said that he was ‘not enough to recover’ from the division, so when he found out about his father’s illness ‘all messy’.

After describing his strict bond with his’ brilliant father ‘ – who was a’ number one fan ‘ – Jon with tears in his eyes remembering:’ In the first year, he really lost his ability to move, he could not speak, he had to be fed through the tubes in his stomach.

‘He can’t talk to me. To get out like that … I really lost the plot. I thought: “What’s the point?” It broke my heart. ‘

Revealing how he reacted, struggling to overcome it, Jon continued: ‘I just came out, I used a lot of medicine. I really came out of the rail. ‘

He later realized that he was in the crisis point and had to sort himself up ‘or it would not end well’ – so he decided to escape abroad and tell his mother in a note.

“I packed the bag there and then, got my passport, got my credit card, locked my front door – and I never returned.”

He sent his mother the front door lock at the post with a letter.

‘I wrote a note to him who said I didn’t know where I was going, I didn’t know what I was doing, but I couldn’t be here, I needed to sort myself. I left the country, and I did not return for four years. ‘

As part of the process, he ‘did not speak’ to his mother for two years, made him afraid of the worst because he did not know his whereabouts.

‘He doesn’t know where I am. He said every time the phone rang, he thought it would be a police officer who said: “We found Jon and he was dead.” ‘

Topper back it all back calls it ‘greatest regret’, that he has caused his mother like that worry and pain.

It appeared after Jon New -new opening about his addiction issues originating from this period, revealed that he was quietly held on Crystal Meth and the drug almost killed him.

He told the Daily Mail: ‘I didn’t even recognize myself at that time. Sometimes, in the middle of one of the psychotic episodes where I will destroy my flat with a hammer, I will see myself in the mirror and say: “What is f ** k?”

“I will stand there, holes in the walls around me, cut all my fingers, my eyes are swollen from where I punched his head.”

There are times when Jon hopes he dies, with the player revealed: ‘And Met crystal, I take GHB, which only makes you out if you take a certain amount. I will take a dose four times, hoping not to wake up.

“When I do it, often 24 hours later, I just remember crying because I don’t want to be here.”

Jon is now found and lives in Cornwall on a plot of land he bought when he returned from his global wandering – he lived in one house and his mother, sister and niece lived in the other.

He previously shared that Netflix’s documentary about S Club 7 could be in the work, showing the story of him and his band friends Rachel Stevens, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O’meara, Bradley Mcintosh, Tina Barrett and Paul Cattermole.

He said to The Sun: ‘The recording company has the right to all our TV and music catalogs and they talk to Netflix, which will be very good.

‘We also talk to them about doing our own documentary. Only for us. ‘

If it runs ahead, it will map the highest of the four number one single group and TV Hit Nostalgia, as well as the lowest position including the loss of band Paul who destroyed in 2023 who was only 46 years old.

The Tour of Reunion Bandmate and ex -girlfriend of Paul Hannah Quit S Club 7 After that, quoted mental health reasons, before leaving England for a new start at Costa Rika with his family.

He recently appeared in the new Celebrity SAS series: Who dared to win but voluntarily withdrew after one day.

Celebs Go Dating continued on Monday at 21:00 at E4.

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