Tyler Blackburn Says ‘Intense Mental Health Issues’ Led to Him Stepping Back From ‘Roswell, New Mexico’
23.08.2022 - 23:55
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Prioritizing himself. Tyler Blackburn opened up about stepping back from Roswell, New Mexico after experiencing some “intense” physical and mental health issues.
“Alex is alive! Thank you to my knight in shining armor @MichaelVlamis and the incomparable @heatherhemmens for her insane creativity, professionalism and patience. Also, thank you to the @RoswellNMRoom and the entire crew of @CWRoswellNM for helping me this season,” the Pretty Little Liars alum, 35, wrote in a three-part Twitter post on Monday, August 22, explaining his absence from season 3 and part of season 4 of the CW drama. “… I was dealing with intense health issues that lead to, at times, intense mental health issues during seasons 3 & 4.”
He continued: “I had to step down from filming season 4 and every single person in the cast and crew, as well as everyone at @warnerbros and @TheCW showed so much compassion. I am forever grateful to the human beings that made up this show.”
Blackburn previously opened up about his physical health struggles in a candid Instagram post. “My friend told me the other day that it’s about accepting your body in any form and I didn’t realize how much I struggle with that,” he wrote in May, alongside a split image of two mirror selfies. “The amount of self-abuse I partake in is toxic. I had a major back injury and a major spine surgery all within the last 8 months and wasn’t able to work out at all.”
The Ravenswood alum added that he had reached a point where he finally has “gratitude” for all of the “resilience” his body has shown. “There’s beauty in everything, we just have to acknowledge it as such.”
In April 2019, Blackburn came out as bisexual, revealing that playing a gay veteran on Roswell, New Mexico helped him make the
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