Will Young admits hitting twin brother Rupert when he last saw him before tragic suicide

Will Young has admitted that he hit his twin brother Rupert when he last saw him before kicking him out of his home a week before his tragic suicide.

Will, 43, has revealed how he realised he “couldn’t save” his twin brother, Rupert, who battled a long-standing addiction to alcohol and pain killers before taking his own life.

Rupert fell to his death from Westminster Bridge in July 2020 aged 41.

Will, who was Rupert’s carer in the years before his death, spoke openly about his brother’s substance abuse, saying he would turn into a “monster” and drink “24 hours a day”.

Will’s new Channel 4 documentary, Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert, airs on Tuesday, revealing details on Rupert’s tragic past and battle with his mental health.

Speaking in his new documentary, Will said: “My day would start. Either he was sick or he would have peed on the sofa, so I’d have to clear that up, then go get more beers and codeine because he was addicted to painkillers.’

“At the end, he would be drinking 24 hours a day. You’ve got this monster who’s not moving. So the only thing was to throw him out but also to be aware he might end up killing himself. I was OK with everything I’d done to try to help him.”

Will eventually reported Rupert as a trespasser in his home to have him removed from the property, saying he “couldn’t save” his brother anymore.

He added: ‘I had a big moment where I realised I couldn’t save him and that brought a whole lot of grief. Now I just feel very grateful that I got 42 years with him.’

In a heartbreaking statement, Will added: “I did everything I could to not let him die'”.

Will revealed how the twins were abused by teachers at boarding school, and Rupert began self-harming from the age of 13 before making his first suicide attempt at 18-years-old.

Rupert struggled with depression, PTSD and made several suicide threats and attempts before taking his own life aged 41.

Despite therapy and rehab, Rupert’s depression continued to spiral and Will recalled a time he sat in the audience at Pop Idol with his “wrists dripping with blood” following an earlier suicide attempt.

Rupert refused medical attention until he saw his brother perform on stage.

Will was thrust into the spotlight after winning Pop Idol in 2002.

Will revealed in the film that his success on Pop Idol, which he won after beating Gareth Gates, saw Rupert’s alcoholism spiral out of control, and he would use his brother’s new found fame to jump ‘nightclub queue after nightclub queue, saying, ‘I’m Will Young’s brother’.’

Will added ‘The stories that came back to me. The amount of people that know Rupert around London is insane, particularly if it’s a pretty brunette.

”Oh, I met your brother’. Yeah, I bet you have. I found it hysterical.’

Will attended his brother’s inquest in December, saying: I was a carer for him, but it became too much. He could not look after himself and I did not believe he could look after his own life.

‘I feel it is difficult for me. I am someone who is pretty in control over my emotional well-being. I am a functional adult. I have done a lot of work on myself.’

The Coroner heard Rupert had an ongoing problem with alcohol and painkiller addiction which improved when he was around animals, dogs and horses in particular.

A toxicologist report showed he had alcohol in his system at the time of his death.

Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert airs on Channel 4, Tuesday at 10.05pm.

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