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5SOS's Ashton on His Childhood: “We'd struggle to eat from week to week at times”

Australian heartthrobs 5 Seconds Of Summer have just released their official autobiography, 'Hey, Let's Make A Band,' and there's a part in the book where drummer Ashton Irwin opens up about the struggles of being from a single-parent family. 

He explained that his father left when he was only 2-years-old and he was then raised by his mother, but admitted it was a really tough upbringing because money was tight and he was very aware of that in his younger years:

"At times it was hard for me and Mum because we were on our own. We didn't have a lot of money and we'd struggle to eat from week to week at times, but that became a normal thing to me. I'd go to a friend's house and they'd say, 'What do you want for dinner?' I'd tell them, 'Oh, I'm fine, I don't want to intrude.' I was used to living on a budget, but that was my whole childhood. We did what we could to get by."

In the book, member Michael Clifford also opened up about his parents' financial troubles: "When I was about 12 or 13, life got a bit tougher for me because the recession happened and it hit Mum and Dad really hard. I was an only child and until then I'd been pretty spoilt, I guess. I hadn't realised what money was worth because I was so young. I would just ask for things and get them, no problem. Once I'd got into my teenage years and my parents went broke, it made me realise that I couldn't expect everything to happen for me."

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