Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes reveals secret battle with mental illness at the height of his fame

Darren Hayes talked about his secret battle with mental illness.

The 50-year-old Savage Garden singer said in her column: Huff Postal’s peak of fame masked a “rapidly escalating depression”.

“As a child, I began to experience the full power of a self-seeding mental illness… No one would have known while watching me,” he wrote.

“Savage Garden was on the verge of gaining worldwide fame and would sell 26 million albums, two Billboard #1 singles and travel the world.”

“Still, no one knew that I was so unhappy, and I had almost no secrets that would have destroyed me emotionally and brought me to the verge of suicide at the height of my fame.”

This comes after Darren had previously told the Sun reporter that he was “deeply regretted” not being able to express his true self.

The Savage Garden singer admitted that she “masked a rapidly rising depression” when she rose to prominence in the 1990s.

“When I was at the height of my Savage Garden fame, I felt great sadness about my relationship with my sexuality and my career.”

“The public never knew exactly who I was. This saddened me deeply,” he added.

Darren came to light when she married her partner Richard Cullen in England in 2006.

“As a child I began to experience the full power of a self-contained mental illness… No one would know when they were looking at me,” he wrote.

Consisting of Darren and guitarist Daniel Jones, Savage Garden was formed in 1993 and produced the series No. Like 1 To the Moon and Back and Truly Madly Deeply.

The group disbanded in 2001. While Darren pursued his solo career, Daniel married former Hi-5 star Kathleen De Leon.

It is unlikely that Savage Garden will ever be reunited, as the duo’s “friendship is over”.

Consisting of Darren and guitarist Daniel Jones, Savage Garden was formed in 1993 and produced the series No. 1 like To the Moon and Back and The Animal Song

Truly Madly Deeply was one of Savage Garden’s biggest hits.

The song won the AIR Award for best single and best selling single of the year in 1997. It also reached number one in Australia, the United States, and Canada.

It was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia registration list in 2019 for its cultural significance.

Lifeline Crisis Support Number: 13 11 14. www.lifeline.org.au. Suicide Call Service: 1300 659 467

The group disbanded in 2001. While Darren pursued his solo career, Daniel married former Hi-5 star Kathleen De Leon.