Michelle Williams was "suffering with depression" during Destiny's Child fame.
The 37-year-old musician and record producer was formerly a member of the 'Survivor' hitmakers alongside Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland, and has now admitted that despite the group's success, she "wanted out" after she started to suffer from "suicidal" thoughts.
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She said: "I'm in one of the top-selling female groups of all time, suffering with depression. When I disclosed it to our manager [Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles] at the time, bless his heart, he was like, 'You all just signed a multi-million dollar deal. You're about to go on tour. What do you have to be depressed about?'
"So I was like, 'Oh, maybe I'm just tired.' [But it got worse], to the point where I was suicidal ... and wanted out [from the group]."