I Had ‘Extreme’ Melancholy Whereas Filming ‘Blue’s Clues’

On his personal journey. When Steve Burns left Blue’s Clues in 2002, most of the beloved present’s younger viewers puzzled the place he went — and now he’s telling his reality.

“I didn’t understand it but, however I used to be the happiest depressed particular person in North America,” the previous youngsters’ present host, 49, revealed in an interview with Selection printed Wednesday, November 16. “I used to be battling extreme medical despair the entire time I used to be on that present. It was my job to be completely and fully stuffed with pleasure and marvel always, and that turned not possible. I used to be at all times in a position to dig and discover one thing that felt genuine to me that was ok to be on the present, however after years and years of going to the properly with out replenishing it, there was a price.”

Burns turned the host of the animated sequence in 1996, when he was 22 years outdated and dealing as a voice actor on the time. His easy-going demeanor rapidly received over the sequence’ younger viewers and earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2001. When he left the present the next yr, Burns defined on the present that he was going off to school and that his youthful brother, Joe — portrayed by Donovan Patton — would take over.

He continued: “My technique had been: ‘Hey, you bought a terrific factor going, so simply battle it!’ Seems, you don’t battle despair; you gather it. After I left Blue’s Clues, there was a protracted interval of therapeutic. It wasn’t till the demise of my father that I actually began to take issues critically, and my life turned a lot extra manageable.”

The Pennsylvania native shared that earlier than his father’s demise in 2015 he cared for him whereas he battled most cancers, and the expertise modified his outlook on life. He and his father shared an affinity for nature, and after his father’s passing he selected to go away New York for a extra distant place to name house.

“It made me take into consideration issues I hadn’t considered, like legacy and the worth of the issues we’ve left behind,” he shared with the outlet. “It compelled me to reevaluate and take way more critically my psychological well being. And New York Metropolis by no means was a lot good for my psychological well being.”

Burns’ disappearance from the general public eye led to a sequence of demise rumors circulating on-line all through the years. It wasn’t till the twenty fifth anniversary of Blue’s Clues that the actor addressed his sudden exit from the present in a viral video shared on Nick Jr.’s Twitter account.

“You bear in mind how once we have been youthful, we used to run round and hang around with Blue … after which I left and we didn’t see one another for a extremely very long time? Can we simply speak about that? As a result of I understand that was form of abrupt,” Burns mirrored in September 2021 whereas dressed as his iconic character.

After explaining the numerous difficult and constructive experiences that include maturity, Burns wrapped up the video by thanking the viewers for his or her assist over time.

“I simply wished to say, I by no means forgot you,” the musician concluded his deal with to his grown followers. “Ever.”

Burns is ready to reprise his function within the upcoming film Blue’s Large Metropolis Journey the place he’ll be part of Patton and the brand new host Josh Dela Cruz. The movie premieres on Paramount+ on Friday, November 18.

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