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Michelle Williams thought she'd never star in another Broadway show after mental health issues

Michelle Williams has told how she thought she'd never star in another Broadway show after suffering from mental health issues.

The former Destiny's Child star is currently starring on Broadway in Death Becomes Her.

She first appeared on stage in Aida 20 years ago. However, she thought her Broadway career had come to a close when she had to leave the production of Once on This Island in 2018.

She left the show after two weeks on doctor's orders, due to ongoing depression.

I had to leave... because of my mental health," Michelle said in an interview with Good Morning America, recalling that at the time she'd ended her engagement to Chad Johnson.

She continued, "And I thought that door was closed for me to return on Broadway. I thought I'd blew it. I thought I'd be seen as a liability. 'Can she maintain?' And six years later I get a phone call, minding my business, saying, 'We want you to come to New York.' "

She revealed that when she took the role on Once This Island, she thought she was well enough to do it - but in hindsight realised she shouldn't have taken it on.

"I wasn't as well as I probably should have been, and it just got to the point where I had to check out of the show," she confessed. "I didn't want to do it. To me, that was two blows in the same year: checking into a treatment facility for depression and then checking out of show, still, because of it."

When asked if she's hoping to get a Tony nomination for her new role in Death Becomes Her, she admitted that an accolade doesn't mean as much as being back on stage.

"I've already won," she said.

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