David Walliams has revealed in his upcoming autobiography Camp David that he has tried to commit suicide on a number of occasions.
David Walliams has twice tried to hang himself and once thought about throwing himself in front of a train (Picture: PA)
The 41-year-old comedian admits in his new book that he tried to hang himself at the tender age of 12, before overdosing on painkillers at 18.
During his battle with depression, which David says has 'blighted my adult life', the Little Britain star also admits he has slit his wrists and contemplated throwing himself under a train in the past.
Walliams says he last tried to end his life in 2003 after breaking up with a girlfriend.
A diary entry written at the time reads: 'Just tried to hang myself. But I knew I didn't really want to die, I just didn't want to live.
'I took my weight with my feet and sat down.
'Earlier I had come close to stepping in front of a train. I am in total despair.'
He also admits to cutting his throat and wrists with a kitchen knife on New Year's Day 2003, but adds: 'The determination wasn't there.'
The funnyman says 'wanting to die has always been in me', and reveals he headed for the woods at a Sea Scouts camp with a makeshift noose as a child.
He claims bullying had brought on his hanging attempt, which was only foiled because he was 'too tall'.
As a teen Walliams overdosed after he was turned down by a fellow student.
His mum found him and he was taken to hospital where he was given drugs to empty his stomach.
The Britain's Got Talent judge has kept his suicide attempts under wraps until now over fears they would overshadow his career.
However an embargo on the contents of his new book was lifted today.
Camp David is out next week.
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