Make Me Forget✔

F I F T Y

Song of the chapter: Another Love Song- Ne-Yo

(A/N): The article you're going to read is truly-worded by Conor Maynard himself.

Except (of course) the part that includes Anastasia and Veronica.

I made that up to suit the plot of the chapter, so you have to keep in mind that Conor publicly talked about his breakdowns, and how his fans made relationships hard for him.

I repeat, nothing but the pregnancy news is made up!!!!

This is another in-real-life reference to show the struggle of the singer.

Without further ado, enjoy :)

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[ONE WEEK LATER]

Anastasia's POV_

Given that he has young fans, does Maynard feel under pressure to be a role model?

“I do believe you should lead by example.” He pauses. “I do go out sometimes and get absolutely wasted, and maybe that isn’t the best example — but I’m not going completely off the rails. Although sometimes you don’t know until it happens. You look at celebrities having meltdowns and you think: ‘You seemed to have your head screwed on earlier in your career’.”

Maynard himself has started to feel the pressure of fame. At the start of his career, he was “on top of the world”:

“Even when times were tough — when a single didn’t perform how I wanted it to — I didn’t feel depressed. It would feel a bit sh*t but I wouldn’t feel ‘Oh my God, my life is over’. Then this feeling came out of the blue — it was this dark cloud that suddenly appeared, with no indication what the trigger was.”

Initially, he wanted to keep this from his fans.

“It would upset them if they saw I was having a breakdown”

But now he wants to become an ambassador for a charity working on anxiety and depression, especially in men.

“We struggle to talk about it. I went through a really bad period when I didn’t know why I felt the way I felt. It still affects me today. It’s just learning to cope with it in your own way. You can get as much help as you like, but you’re the one who has to fight your own battle.”

Rapper Stormzy talking about his depression, Maynard feels, has been a game-changer.

“It’s amazing to see someone in that world talk about it so openly and with no shame. He’s opened the door for other people.”

Fame has taken a toll on his personal life too. Maynard is currently dating an award winning dancer, Anastasia Mckellen, but previously dated the model Veronica Trevor and admits that fans make relationships hard.

“It was nearly impossible. Well, it was impossible — we broke up! You need someone who’s very confident and secure.”

The female attention can be tricky to handle:

“It was a problem. Girls would come up to me and they’d be drunk and trying to flirt. It’s a bit odd to be like ‘by the way I have a girlfriend’ so you have to be wary.”

He worried about seeming rude. “If they asked for a picture they’d go: ‘Is it OK if I kiss you?’. There’s a thin line between all right and not. I’m not going to make out with them in a picture.”