Mark Owen: 'I didn't recognise who I was'

Take That star Mark Owen has spoken about his spell in rehab earlier this year for the first time.

The singer entered a private clinic in March, shortly after he admitted that he had an addiction to alcohol and revealed that he had cheated on his wife with around ten other women.

"In rehab, I was able to look at my behaviour, at who I was and who I wasn't," the Radio Times quotes him as saying in the upcoming Take That documentary.. "I'd kind of become this person I didn't really recognise. How did that happen? You silly b*****d!"

Owen's bandmate Jason Orange admitted that the group were in a better position to help the 38-year-old deal with his problems.

"Before, if someone was suffering, there was no time to deal with it. You'd just keep grinding on for the sake of business and success," he said.

"This time, we have to put each other first. So there was no pressure on Mark to come back. Just when he was ready."

Robbie Williams, who has spent two stints in rehab, claimed that he would not have survived without the treatment he received.

"No-one's got the emotional tools to deal with being looked at by a million people. Live the dream? Live the nightmare," he said. "Without rehab I'd be dead, not to be drama queen-y."

Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare airs this Saturday at 9.30pm on ITV1.

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