Hozier has revealed he felt his childhood ended after his father was left wheelchair bound following a failed surgery on his spine.
The famed singer-songwriter admitted his dad’s illness devastated his family – adding he had to grow up at six-years-old to help his family cope.
“When I was about six or seven he had an operation on his spinal cord which, simply put, didn’t go well,” he said.
Childhood: Hozier has opened up about his dad’s illness
“That caused irreparable nerve damage. That’s where childhood ends. That was, I suppose, the watershed of childhood.
“It changed all of our lives. It changed his life, it kind of ruined his life in a big way,” he told Gay Byrne on The Meaning of Life.
“I don’t know how my mum did it. When you’re on morphine the whole time… you’re watching someone you love kind of fade away in many ways.
“It’s an incredibly destructive drug in what it does to the mind and what it does to the body. He was immobile for a long time,” he added.
Better: Hozier revealed his father is doing much better with new treatment | VIPIRELAND.COM
Although life-changing, Hozier revealed that his father is doing “much better” thanks to a new treatment.
“There was a new treatment only in the last few years. It was a different drug, which I think was only on trial at the time,” he shared.
“It doesn’t have the doping effects that morphine does, but it still has a similar pain-blocking effect.”
Marriage: Hozier admitted the idea of marriage is “scary”
Meanwhile, the Wicklow man opened up about the rite of marriage – admitting the concept is “scary”.
“I don’t know if I’ll ever get married. I have no plans to not get married. I think marriage is a scary concept,” he revealed.
“It’s a scary concept for anybody. I’m not sure where I sit with that.”
