Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates
Gareth Paul Gatesis an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly. Gates used the McGuire Programme to manage the problem and is now a speech coach with the programme...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth12 July 1984
CityBradford, England
bit daunting songs
Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.
athlete moments bits
The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
life shaped stammer suffer sure
I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
amazing dad good mum
Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.
clinging dear life onto side terrible tour
I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
hear inherit knows speech sure work
No one knows for sure if you can inherit a stammer, and so I worry that my baby might. It's why I want to work on my speech before he arrives. I don't want him to hear me stammer.
gave joseph musical west
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
britney wants
If Britney wants to give me a call, she should. But she's got to make the first move.
business continue involved musical release successful
I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business.
bombed love
I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
best boyfriend means spend
I haven't been the best boyfriend or husband, and that means I don't get to spend every day with my daughter.
breathing caused erratic smooth stammer
Breathing is fundamental to speech. A stammer is caused by erratic airflow, so if you have a smooth airflow, you have smooth speech.
age chose felt whether
At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
life stammer
Speech and having a stammer is obviously a big part of my life.