Mentally Yours podcast: “Matty has said, ‘mum if our lives weren’t a bit rock and roll I wouldn’t be in The 1975’. “There would be no way sober Lincoln [Denise’s partner] and I would have a band forming at our house over 10 years, staying up till five and six in the morning, and I would get up in the morning to go to work and I’d be stepping over various bands.“Now Lincoln and I want to be in bed at 10 with a crumpet and a cup of tea.”Denise added: "The 1975 would not have existed.
So you’re welcome to all The 1975 fans, it’s all because of me."Denise, who has been sober for eight years, admitted that as the eldest child, Matty saw more of his mum’s illness.“My kids are very proud of me,” she said. “It’s been a struggle, I tend not to talk.