On Radio 4 and Sounds, Rylan has a new show, Rylan: How to Be a Man. He’s interesting, Rylan: a naturally gifted presenter (he was a great host of the recent Audio and Radio Industry awards), he has, in the past, not always been stretched by his broadcasting choices. Ry-Union, a 2021-22 podcast in which he chatted to reality show celebs, was pretty weak. On this new show he’s better produced (though the Zoom call sound isn’t great), with a proper theme and set of questions. The topic is men and masculinity. And Rylan does well, though many of his interviewees seem prepped: they all say it’s OK for men to cry; that asking for help when you feel down is not, of itself, un-masculine. Such insights can seem basic, and the first interview, with wildlife cameraman/TV presenter Hamza Yassin, was a little dull. Still, I very much enjoyed ex-boxer Amir Khan and, to my great surprise, model David Gandy, who talked well about being one of the few male models known by name. Despite the difficulties he’s faced, Rylan is optimistic about his romantic future, and has every intention of finding love again. During one part, he discussed the moment his mum secretly arranged for Eamonn and Ruth – who he calls “two of my closest friends in this industry”– to come and see him. I was also puzzled by a little comment on p.12 - Rylan claims he has never been a heavy drinker, despite spending a lot of book one and some of book two getting absolutely hammered. Unless he has a spectacularly weak tolerance for alcohol, this doesn't really make a lot of sense. However much I wanted to keep reading, it was almost a bit too much 'I'm goody two shoes and everyone loves me' for me and having people write about how amazing he was just felt a bit boring.

I knew it wasn’t right. It turned out that my heart had to be restarted. I remember laying in resus and I had all these pads on with all these wires and not understanding what it was,” he said. RYLAN Clark has opened up about why he cheated on his husband, which led to their split and his subsequent suicide attempt. There will be stuff that you know [Alex Jones] that isn't in the book but it's my book and this is my responsibility and it's on me. So I tried to end it. I won’t go into detail as I don’t think it’s fair on my mum, but thank God I was unsuccessful.”When Rylan was first on The X Factor I thought he was attention seeking and annoying, but seeing the real side of him in recent years I have grown to like him, so was interested to read his side. Possibly cathartic for Ross/Rylan to have written it is difficult to read at times but I don't doubt it was far harder to have lived through. He’s unashamedly honest about his desire to be famous and this talks a lot about his marriage break up and the people around him. He is very sweary 🤣 He revealed in his book that he was ‘unfaithful’ to his ex, Dan Neal, which resulted in his mental health deteriorating.

I'd have liked it to be less superficial, the chapter where he talked about politics (although not giving any opinion of his own due to BBC commitments) was interesting and showed a deeper side to him that I would have liked to have seen more of throughout the book. I would also like to have read more about his time in the Big Brother house as I felt that chapter skimmed over his own experiences a little. Rylan made a sad confession last year (Credit: ITV) Rylan Clark talks health battle following split The star revealed that he didn’t just get mentally ill after his split – he got physically ill too. Although his breakdown, or whatever is the best way to describe it, is mentioned throughout the book , he only dedicates one chapter to talk about it in detail, whereas the rest of the book he spoke about other parts of his life.Rylan said his mum, Linda, arranged for Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to visit him (Credit: ITV) I'm no big Reality show fan (though did watch the early Big Brother series') and most of my exposure to Rylan has been through Eurovision. I'd started a few books recently and just not been able to get into any, so this was an ideal easy Kindle Daily Deal read. I completely changed my opinion of Rylan in Big Brother, and he is the sort of person I could imagine having in my circle of friends. The candid account of his breakdown and struggles with mental health after the breakdown of his marriage was raw and honest. As a society we don't discuss male mental health enough, but this book discusses it unflinchingly, and I applaud that.