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James Blunt has revealed his father Charles Blount is doing effectively after receiving an organ donation following his struggle with stage-four kidney illness.
After a desperate search for a donor last year (the You’re Lovely singer was not a match), James informed The Times {that a} cousin – ‘now a really, very shut cousin!’ – got here ahead for the job.
The 46-year-old additionally shared that he hasn’t seen his father since earlier than his surgical procedure in January as he was on tour, and Charles is now in coronavirus-induced isolation.
Talking about his heartbreaking 2019 track Monsters – during which he bids his father goodbye, believing, on the time, Charles’ prognosis to be weaker – James stated: ‘There was dialogue that it most likely would have been extra commercially profitable if he had popped his clogs.’
We’re glad to see 2020 hasn’t dented that famously dry sense of humour…
Monsters was included on James’ fifth studio album As soon as Upon a Thoughts.
Its lyrics embody: ‘I’m not your son, you’re not my father/We’re simply two grown males saying goodbye/No must forgive, no must neglect/I do know your errors and you already know mine.’
Charles – a former cavalry officer – even seems within the music video for the track, during which James is seen breaking down in tears.
Talking concerning the shoot, James stated: ‘Everybody on set behind the digital camera after which me in entrance of the digital camera had tears of their eyes.
‘The one one who didn’t was him. He was taking a look at all of us going, “What the hell’s happening right here? I’m nonetheless alive.”‘
Good.
The information follows James’s look on Good Morning Britain final yr, throughout which he asked presenters Kate Garraway and Ben Shepherd if they were ‘O positive.’
James in fact has a knack for emotive music, scoring one of many best-selling songs of the 2000s with You’re Lovely.
He’s since gone on to promote 20 million information worldwide.
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