Louis Tomlinson has spoken about the death of his sister Félicité for the first time.
The former One Direction has said the deaths of his sibling and mother have been "the darkest s*** I’m going to have to deal with."
The singer’s mum Johannah Deakin died in December 2016, after a battle with leukaemia aged 43.
In March, Félicité died in her West London flat, with a recent inquest ruling she died after an accidental overdose of cocaine, Xanax and Oxycodone.
Speaking candidly in a candid interview with the Guardian, the 27-year-old star admitted that the tragedies have changed the way he looks at life.
He said: “That whole dark side I’ve gone through, it sounds stupid to say, but it gives me strength everywhere else in my life, because that’s the darkest shit that I’m going to have to deal with.
“So it makes everything else, not feel easier and not less important, but, in the grand scheme of things, you see things for what they are, I suppose.”
The Back To You singer continued: “There’s no time for me to be sat feeling sorry for myself. I’ve been to rock bottom and I feel like, whatever my career’s going to throw in front of me, it’s going to be nothing as big or as emotionally heavy as that.
“So, weirdly, I’ve turned something that’s really dark into something that empowers me, makes me stronger.”
The former X Factor judge added that his supporters have offered him a lot of love and comfort.
Two weeks ago, an inquest into Westminster Félicité's death heard she had fallen into depression and started abusing drugs following her mother’s death.
She was found “lifeless” in bed by schoolfriend Zainab Mohammed after they had bought and taken cocaine the night before, the hearing was told.
Ms Mohammed initially denied taking drugs but later admitted to police that she found her friend with her “lips whiteish” shortly after noon and called a friend who told her to dial 999.
Recording a misadventure verdict, coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe said: “It was a perfect storm, the OxyCodone, the alpraxolam and cocaine. I find no evidence this was a deliberate act to end her life.”
Félicité regularly shared posts with her 1.3 million followers on Instagram. A tribute by her father Mark was read out at the hearing, in which he said she “had huge hopes and aspirations”.
