Amelle Berrabah is opening up about her time away from Sugababes after being diagnosed with severe nervous exhaustion and seeking treatment at a retreat in Austria.
“It was a great chance for me to retreat from the real world. When I came home I cringed when I read in a magazine that I had been in a depression clinic but thinking about it, I guess that’s exactly what had happened,” Amelle told The Sun. “Everything had just got too much for me to cope with in recent months and I needed a place to go to make sense of the madness.”
The star added, “I just needed to escape for a while and feel good about myself and I was lucky enough to get the full support of my bandmates, the record label and all our loyal fans. I am back now and can’t wait to get started again.”
Read more, including comments from newest member Jade Ewen and the girl group’s longest serving member Heidi Range at thesun.co.uk.