Burnout | Nick Grimshaw 'slept for days' after quitting Radio 1 show

Former Radio 1 Breakfast show host, Nick Grimshaw, has revealed how six years of being on air at the crack of dawn for five days a week took a toll on his health, in an interview with The Sun.

Nine months after quitting the radio show, the well-known DJ admitted that the sleep deprivation finally caught up with him.

“I didn’t realise how tired I was until I stopped. I went on holiday straight after it and my family came and all my friends came and we got a house — and I slept for days and days and days. I could not get out of bed,” he said.

Since swapping jobs with Radio 1 Drivetime host Greg James, Grimshaw explained that he has had more ‘me time’ and this has benefitted his physical and mental wellbeing. He added: “It feels less like you’re in this machine of waking up early, so it’s been really good. I feel calmer, less tired.”