Tom Grennan reveals he got sober after fearing he would 'lose' his newborn daughter when he went missing 'for five days' following her birth

Singer Tom Grennan revealed he got sober after fearing he would 'lose' his newborn daughter when he went missing 'for five days' following her birth. 

Tom, 31, is the latest guest on Matt Willis’ podcast, On The Mend, and during a round of golf together, Tom opened up about his journey to sobriety.

He said the turning point that led him to get sober, happened after an Oasis concert, saying: 'I've now been properly sober, where I took it seriously.

'I can't say, I'm not drinking ever again, because that's what I did before, and it ends up like you're in a pressure cooker and you go, I'm not doing it, and then you do it. 

'Then I go missing for five days. When I went to watch Oasis, I was like, I'm not drinking, not doing it, I'm just going to go there and enjoy it. 

'Then, lo and behold, I went mad and I did go missing, and I just had a kid, and I think everything was just on top.

Tom married Pilates instructor Danniella Carraturo in May 2024 and the couple welcomed their daughter, Dottie, in the summer of 2025. 

He added: 'I remember getting home and trying to hide the fact that I was f***ed and hiding that I was still drinking on the second day, at 8:00 AM in the morning.' 

'My wife at the time had just had a baby, and she's trying to navigate that, and I'm f***ed, and I'm like, "What's going on?" 

'My world's falling apart, and my friend, who I hadn't spoken to for probably eight years, messaged me out of the blue, and he was like, "Are you okay?" 

'And I was in such a heightened time with alcohol and what I was going to do to myself because I couldn't cope with it anymore. I felt like that was God talking to me [...] and [my friend] Paddy was like, "I felt like I needed to talk to you." 

'And I was like, "Man, I need help." And from that day, doing it properly, doing, like, my steps properly and talking about, like, the person I am and who I want to be.'

During the interview, Tom spoke about his fears of losing Dottie if he didn't get sober. 

He said: 'A lot has changed. I think, like, the fog, the fog lifts off your head. I'm just so much more aware. I'm so much more present. 

'You know, after having my daughter, I was like, if I carry on doing what I'm doing here, I'm gonna... I'm gonna lose her, one. 

'And two, I'm just gonna fail, you know? And not only that, man. Like, I think for me, like, respecting what we do. I was going on stage and I was f***ed. And I was hiding that. And I was going around, like, thinking, oh, yeah, I'm fine, I'm this and that. 

'But respecting the people that are buying tickets and investing in you and who are fans of you, they deserve the respect and they deserve to have the best version of you.'

Tom was very open and honest in his interview and opened up about not experiencing an instant rush of love after his daughter was born.

He said: 'When I had a kid, everybody was like, "Trust me, when this baby's born, you're going to get this mad rush of love." And I was like, "What? I'm up for that!", because I love, put me on any rush. I'm on a rush. 

'And I was waiting for it. I didn't have that straight. I didn't have that. I was like, "What am I meant to feel here? What am I meant to feel?" 

'Obviously I loved her, but it wasn't  a mad, like, what I had, what I had was a rush of animal instinct. 

'I have to protect. I have to provide, I have to protect, also my missus. I was f***ing more worried about her.'

On the Mend with Matt Willis is available wherever you get your podcasts.