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Anything Goes with James English

80: Liverpool X-Factor Finalist Anthony Russell tells his story

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

Society & Culture

4.53K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

James English, The Anything Goes Show Ep79.

Singer Anthony Russell opens up about his life of addiction and battle to get clean The former X Factor finalist opens up about using drugs from the age of 11 in brave and honest interview. Anthony appeared on the smash hit show X Factor 3 times and got booted off 3 times because of Anthony’s addiction.

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Hi this is Hugh here from the imperfect podcast where podcast where we chat to well known people whose lives seem perfect from the outside

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but through our discussions they share the vulnerabilities and imperfections that make them who they are.

0:41.0

We chat to people like Gary Barlow, Elizabeth Day and my cricketing hero, Pat Cummins.

0:45.6

I reckon the hardest time of my life easily. I remember that for those two weeks like I don't want to be going

0:51.1

and play in front of millions of people and everything gets picked

0:53.2

apart like I just want to be the kid who's sitting there with mom and dad.

0:56.8

Search the imperfects podcast on the app you are currently listening on. And the Boom we're on yes and today's guess we've got Anthony Russell how are you brother

1:20.8

I'm cool you know yeah it's really good to have you

1:23.2

on me thank you very much X factor finalist yeah yeah three times you had a

1:27.8

crack at it three times yeah so you've made a lot of headlines over the last couple of years but we've got right back to the start where you grew up and how you get involved in the life you're involved in now with the singing and stuff?

1:41.0

Well, it all started. I was born in Liverpool Women's, that was in

1:47.4

L. 8 and that was in 1989 and by the time I was raised in bootle and by the time I was six and seven I was singing in booze.

1:58.5

Like to get into singing I got into singing by listening to Oasis

2:05.9

and talk about an anger. Yeah that was the first tune I heard lad and like

2:11.2

bullies was still about know what I mean and I said to me ma I want that

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