The Script star Danny O'Donoghue has revealed that he took weeks out of the game last year in order to care for his poorly mother.

The singer was a coach on the UK Voice, but he quit in 2013 ahead of this year's series.

However, he has now revealed to The Sun that he had to care for his mum for "weeks" after his Voice role ended because she suffered an aneurysm.

"She had a brain aneurysm on the base of her skull. I flew straight home and we were told she might not make it through the night. We had weeks and weeks of care and being there for her."

Speaking meanwhile about reality TV show, the Irishman added:

"The BBC wanted it to be more entertainment and not too deep. They told me to cut out the technical terms. But you have to allow people to be themselves, that’s where the friction came from.”

"That’s the difference between a television company running a music show and a record company running a television show. I was also very disappointed in the aftercare the label [Universal] gave the artists.”

Watch Danny O'Donoghue on The Voice below: