EXCLUSIVE: Mum-of-four Sarah Sharp speaks to OK! about the reaction to Lewis Capaldi's Glastonbury performance and why the Someone You Loved singer will 'go down in history'
While performing at Glastonbury on Saturday, singer Lewis Capaldi made headlines when he headed to The Pyramid Stage to perform his back catalogue of ballads. However, towards the end of his set, Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome last year, could be seen struggling with his vocals.
And for Sarah Sharp, the performance was particularly emotional as two of her children - 16 year old Harrison and Hayden, 12 - are diagnosed with Tourette’s. Here, 37 year old Sarah from East Sussex speaks to OK! about how it felt to watch Lewis take on The Pyramid Stage: In the UK, there are over 300,000 children and adults living with tic disorders, though Sarah says that the lack of media representation meant that Harrison’s diagnosis came as a shock. “When my elder son was diagnosed, we knew nothing about Tourette's. We only knew what the media really shows you and that is a condition that causes you to swear,” she explains.
“Harrison’s tics have always been predominantly more motor than vocal. These have ranged from small sniffing and blinking right up to his whole body being stuck in a contorted position for a prolonged period of time. He's had sores and sprains and has had to go to school and flip flops because he couldn't wear his shoes because of the rubs,” she explains. “Hayden on the other hand has had more vocal tics with certain sentences, words and phrases.
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