Jan 24, 2025
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After all these years, I still cannot listen to this without breaking in tears.
And now, especially, I cannot listen to this without thinking at Liam and at the boys... Their little brother...
You wouldn't think a three part documentary about a 90's boyband would make me this angry and upset but here we are.
Ronan Keating has opened up on his time in Boyzone in the early '90s and the "heartbreaking" effect it had on his mental health.
The documentary, Boyzone: No Matter What, debuts on Sky Documentaries on Sunday 2nd February and features interviews from all four remaining members, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Michael 'Mikey' Graham – along with their estranged manager Louis Walsh.
This won't be the first documentary about boybands making its way to TV screens, with the likes of Boybands Forever and Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam debuting on BBC Two and Netflix respectively last year.
However, each of them has a common theme regarding the lack of mental health support offered to band members as they navigated their new life of superstardom.
Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Keating opened up on the similar experiences shared by Boyzone and other popular bands of the same era.
"I've watched the other documentaries that are on and, yeah, I think some of them are made reasonably well," he began. "The thing about this documentary is the honesty and I think we've all had similar shared experiences.
"We're puppets very much, the record company are the puppet masters, and they kind of dictate our lives, and there's no mental support."
Keating continued: "There wasn't any mental support in the '90s that's for sure, or the noughties, we had to fend for ourselves. And it's an awful lot of responsibility and massive weight for a 16-year-old, 17-year-old, 18-year-old."
Reflecting on watching Boybands Forever on BBC Two, Keating admitted he could relate to what some of his fellow popstars were saying in relation to their time in the spotlight.
He told RadioTimes.com: "I did watch that documentary on the BBC, and I could relate to so many different moments when I heard some of the [anecdotes], and it's heartbreaking... it's really heartbreaking [that] people were left out in the cold like that."
Keith Duffy shared a similar sentiment, telling RadioTimes.com about "the amount of individuals in different boybands that suffered from mental health issues because of the rollercoaster ride that it is when you become successful".
He continued: "And the record company, you know, they see you as a sellable commodity, and they don't realise you're actually human, and they just fill up your schedule the whole time. It was amazing to see how many people fell down the way we did at that time.
"[This] documentary gave us the ability to talk through all of that, it was like a counselling session, like therapeutic. It was good for us."
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Louis Walsh, which is partner in crime with Simon Cowell, faked a plane crash to "promote" (his own words) Boyzone without even telling the families and some people still don't believe they would never fake a parenthood.
Also, here Ronan explains clearly that they made up stories about fake girlfriends all the time. But still the same people do not believe this happens with our boys.
I really cannot understand why people refuse to see what is right in front of their eyes.
The things I wish to happen to Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell cannot be written here, but let's just say that I hope their souls and their bodies will suffer for eternity.
This boyzone documentary keeps highlighting how at every point in their career they were basically following the curtains of Take That. Even in their reunion.
Almost through with episode two, and Ronan still after all these years refuses to take responsibility for the part he played in the downfall of Boyzone. He's a fully grown man; give over.
Found the videos uploaded on Dailymotion so I made a backup. I'll delete the folder eventually.
For int'l viewers who want to watch the documentary. If you can support it legally by any other means, please do so.
NO HOTLINKING / REPOSTING THE DIRECT LINK SOMEWHERE ELSE.