Max George was branded a cheat after being pictured with a mystery girl whilst dating Michelle Keegan – but has revealed that they actually split three months before revealing it to the public, and their relationship broke down because he was drinking too much. Max opened up about his past relationships to The Sun and said of his split from Michelle, “Michelle had ended our relationship three months before anyone knew. I had a real problem with drinking too much and that was, without doubt, the downfall of our relationship. It made me a different person, even if I didn’t think it at the time.”

“I can’t even remember some of the two years I was with her because I was getting drunk every night. I was drinking more to forget the fact I was with someone who wasn’t making me happy. A picture of me was published with some blonde girl in a club in Newcastle. I wasn’t with Michelle at the time – it was actually two months after we split up. We didn’t tell anyone because she wanted to be able to get over it without anyone interfering. There was no betrayal in terms of cheating – but I made some bad decisions.”