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TONY MORTIMER has revealed being in EAST 17 left him suffering from anorexia and agoraphobia.

And the man who penned all the band's hits reckons their 90s pop rivals TAKE THAT couldn't have coped with the same excess.

In an exclusive interview he told me: “Robbie and the other Take That boys would not have lasted five minutes in East 17 — it was that full on we nearly didn't make it.”

The band — Tony, BRIAN HARVEY , TERRY COLDWELL and JOHN HENDY — reunite nearly a decade after they split to play an emotional comeback gig in London on May 30.

But Tony, the only band member still financially secure, admits they are lucky to be alive. He confessed: “We killed off boy bands. But East 17 almost destroyed me.

“Three years of working seven days a week and not knowing where you are or what day it is takes its toll.

“At the end I was anorexic. I was over 6ft tall and weighed nine stone but I didn't think I looked skinny.

“East 17 almost ruined me, which is why I kept saying no to reuniting.

“I was so stressed out with being in the band I can't even remember the time I met PRINCESS DIANA .

“Toward the end I hid away after gigs and when the band split up I became really agoraphobic.

Robbie wouldn't have
lasted 5min in E17

Party animal ... East 17's Tony

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TONY MORTIMER has revealed being in EAST 17 left him suffering from anorexia and agoraphobia.

And the man who penned all the band’s hits reckons their 90s pop rivals TAKE THAT couldn’t have coped with the same excess.

In an exclusive interview he told me: “Robbie and the other Take That boys would not have lasted five minutes in East 17 — it was that full on we nearly didn’t make it.”

The band — Tony, BRIAN HARVEY, TERRY COLDWELL and JOHN HENDY — reunite nearly a decade after they split to play an emotional comeback gig in London on May 30.

Robbie ... 'wouldn't have coped'

But Tony, the only band member still financially secure, admits they are lucky to be alive. He confessed: “We killed off boy bands. But East 17 almost destroyed me.

“Three years of working seven days a week and not knowing where you are or what day it is takes its toll.

“At the end I was anorexic. I was over 6ft tall and weighed nine stone but I didn’t think I looked skinny.

Terry Coldwell ... quit UK after split

“East 17 almost ruined me, which is why I kept saying no to reuniting.

“I was so stressed out with being in the band I can’t even remember the time I met PRINCESS DIANA.

“Toward the end I hid away after gigs and when the band split up I became really agoraphobic.

John Hendy ... works as a roofer

“If you walk out of the house everyday and hundreds of people mob you it has a mental effect.

“The day after we split I had nothing to get out of bed for and when I did I got hassle. So I stayed indoors up until only two and a half years ago.

“I put myself through therapy, got self-coaching CDs and saw a psychiatrist. I still get long times where I don’t leave the house.

“But I'm a stronger person now. It will be hard to go back to who I once was — but I think I'll be fine.”

All the boys have been poring over old East 17 songbooks to re-learn the words to their hits.

But Brian is worried operations to save his life after a freak accident involving his own car last year may have affected his voice.

He said: “They operated on my throat so I couldn't talk and my lungs were completely flattened so it is really testing me doing this gig.”

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IT may have been ten years ago but the bitter rivalry between the re-formed boy bands EAST 17 and TAKE THAT is still going strong.

East 17's TONY MORTIMER has unleashed a vicious attack on GARY BARLOW 's mob.

It's one of the funniest showbiz put-downs I can remember.

Tony, who wrote the Walthamstow band's hits, said: “They are just a trumped-up VILLAGE PEOPLE tribute band. They covered BARRY MANILOW !”

And referring to former Take That star ROBBIE WILLIAMS , he said: “Would there be that much interest in Take That if they hadn't played the Robbie card?”

He is hardly in a position to criticise. While Take That are playing to sold-out arenas up and down the country, East 17's comeback is barely limping along.

Tony has clearly been visited by the green-eyed monster.

His band — BRIAN HARVEY , TERRY COLDWELL and JOHN HENDY — have only just managed to sell out a one-night comeback gig at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on May 30.

Meanwhile, Take That tickets sold out 12 arena tour dates in just 30 minutes. That's more than 250,000 tickets.

There was always a bit of friction between the two groups.

Take That were the squeaky-clean, camp icons and East 17 were the more streetwise rebels.

But Tony insists his mob were just as big as their rivals. He said: “We sold more albums than them worldwide.”

Speaking about E17's one-off show, he added: “There will be no dog, no pyrotechnics. Just a little facial hair.”

Take That kicked off their tour in Newcastle with a special-effects spectacle.

I have to admit to a bit of sympathy for Tony. Take That are as camp as a row of tents.

My artists have made Tony's day, our mock ups show how Take That would look like as the Village People. The sight of JASON ORANGE as a Red Indian works for me.

Now I guess it's over to you, Gary . .