ITV’s Lorraine was left in chaos when a huge bang was heard during Tuesday’s episode and left The Wanted star Nathan Sykes, who was in for an emotional chat about his autism, visibly shocked

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ITV’s Lorraine was left in chaos when a huge bang was heard during Tuesday’s episode(Image: ITV)

ITV’s Lorraine was left in chaos when a huge bang was heard during Tuesday’s episode. Ravir Sing was standing in for the programme’s usual presenter when she invited The Wanted singer Nathan Sykes on for a chat.

The pop star, 32, had just started to open up about his autism diagnosis and how his life had changed since then, especially when coming to terms with the death of his former bandmate Tom Parker, who died of a brain tumour in 2022 at the age of just 33.

He said: “I didn’t know how I worked in situations but once the diagnosis happened…” but he was suddenly cut off by a loud noise.. Ranvir turned around and said: “I think someone has fallen over there.” Visibly shocked, Nathan said: “Ooh, I hope they’re okay.”

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The pop star, 32, had just started to open up about his autism diagnosis and how his life had changed since then(Image: ITV)

The pair then resumed their conversation and Nathan, who has just released his new album Ultraviolet and has written or co-written every single track on the record, explained that he has to work slightly ‘differently’ when he is in the studio but is able to do that because of his diagnosis.

He added: “Everyone experiences it differently so everyone will react differently in different situations but for me I struggle to understand emotions and understand emotional cues.

“I have to work slightly differently as a writer to be able to get the best out of me. Since the diagnosis, it’s allowed me to put myself in a position where I can be like ‘Oh, I can have conversations now and say yes to things that I wouldn’t have said yes to before.”

Ranvir then pressed Nathan for details of what sort of opportunities he turned down in the past and, while he couldn’t go into specifics, he did admit that he had allowed some huge things had passed him by.

He added: “So many things. I probably couldn’t say with NDAs and all that sort of stuff, I’d get in so much trouble. Some amazing opportunities, both here and in America.

“I [now] have the understanding. Even like today, you can make the adjustments of being able to come to the studio and like familiarise myself with the lights and stuff from a sensory point of view.”

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Ranvir seemed to think someone had fallen over and that’s what caused the loud bang

Nathan was in his late teens when he found fame alongside Tom, who would have just turned 37, as well as Siva Kaneswaran, 36, Max George, 37, and 35-year-old Jay McGuinness. The band managed to sell more than 12 million records during their initial stint, and are still best known for their hit track Glad You Came.

But Nathan admitted that because he was so much younger than his co-stars, that had a bit of an impact on him, and it was discovered during his autism assessment that he has a tendency to ‘mask’ how he really feels about things.

“I think there was a big age gap as well but one of the things that came up in my assessment is that I’m absolutely amazing at masking. So, I’ve lived so long behind the front of a mask and I’m very good at giving people what they expect. I’ll go above and beyond to please people, sometimes to my own detriment.”