EXCLUSIVE: Former The Wanted star Nathan Sykes has revealed how he became a "shell of a person" during his time in the band as he wasn't allowed to sing and told to be the token "cute" one. View 4 Images Nathan Sykes became a 'shell of a person' (Image: PR Supplied)
The singer says label bosses forced him to be silent during height of The Wanted's success and painted him as the poster boy for the band.
Now a solo star, Nathan told the Daily Star: “From the age of 16, it was like, ‘you’re going to be the cute one in the band , you’re going to be the one that sells posters’, I was like ‘have you seen this face?’
“This image was created of me when I was in the band and that was essentially done at boardroom level by people who work for labels.
“For the most par