Taylan May makes bombshell claim on his playing future as troubled footy star breaks silence on dark period - and why he is a 'whole different person' after checking into a mental health clinic

Troubled footy prima Taylan May has opened up connected immoderate of the acheronian times helium has experienced implicit the past year, admitting that helium had contemplated taking his ain life, but is present plotting a instrumentality to play successful the NRL - and insists helium is acceptable to play arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week. 

The 23-year-old had enactment his footy vocation connected clasp successful bid to absorption connected his intelligence wellbeing and admitted that checking himself into a intelligence wellness installation 'was the champion happening that could person happened to me.'

Despite not having played successful the NRL since May of past twelvemonth aft helium was stood down by Penrith, the footy present insists helium is acceptable to instrumentality to play erstwhile again. 

'Yeah 100 per cent - I volition play adjacent week,' helium said to Channel 9, earlier being asked whether helium felt helium posed a hazard to NRL clubs.

'Not the mode I americium present and genuinely trying to be,' helium responded. 

'That's conscionable maine being honest, I wouldn't lie... there's nary risk, nary way.'

The erstwhile Samoa planetary was released by the four-time reigning premiers past twelvemonth aft being charged with home unit offences.

May pleaded not blameworthy to charges of battle occasioning existent bodily harm, 2 counts of stalking oregon intimidation intending to origin fear, arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of contravening an apprehended unit bid (AVO). The charges related to an incidental involving his woman connected April 8.

They were aboriginal dropped and May was subsequently cleared to instrumentality to rugby league by ARLC president Peter V'landys.

His agent, Ahmad Merhi, revealed successful April that the footy star, who is the younger member of Terrell May and Tyrone May, had checked himself into a backstage installation successful bid to code intelligence wellness issues. 

'It was astir apt the champion happening that could person happened for me, it opened my eyes up to a batch of things,' May said speaking connected his treatment.

'A time successful a psych ward felt similar a week. Yeah man, it was good,' helium said.

'I consciousness similar I came retired of it wholly different. My mindset has changed, my beliefs person changed, and I'm a full antithetic idiosyncratic now.'

May was past asked whether helium did not similar the idiosyncratic helium was earlier going into the intelligence ward.

He replied: 'My sanction was chartless successful the psych ward and I was blessed to travel retired and beryllium unknown.

'I conscionable didn't similar the idiosyncratic that Taylan was.'

'I got suicidal and I deliberation that's just to say. It's not a sob story, it's however I felt.

'I deliberation honestly conscionable my household and having the enactment of my woman and kids telling maine it's gonna beryllium alright, I deliberation that's what kept maine going. I couldn't representation leaving them successful this world. I brought them into this satellite - maine and my woman - wherefore would I permission them?

'They request maine and I haven't done thing for them yet and I haven't acceptable them up.'

While May has been distant from the footy pitch, helium has delved into antithetic originative outlets, focusing connected producing music. It is understood helium has besides started taking Bible classes.

'Anyone wanna articulation my Bible studies I'll beryllium moving it each Thursday 6pm dm for location,' helium published connected his societal media successful caller months.

'Doesn't substance what religion immoderate religion, come.'

The erstwhile Penrith prima had sparked immoderate speculation that helium could marque a melodramatic power from playing footy to prosecute a vocation successful the euphony manufacture successful caller months, rebranding himself arsenic 'Mayfair' and has published clips of his tracks online.

Yet, the footy prima appears to beryllium keen to get backmost onto the playing field, notably to play with his member Terrell, who presently plays prop for the Wests Tigers.

'I'll conscionable enactment it retired there, I honestly wanna play with my brother,' helium said.

'He's spoke astir that successful the media and it volition beryllium a imagination travel true, not conscionable for america but for my family. Playing with him would airy a bigger occurrence wrong me.

'You've got to travel to reality, it's not ever gonna autumn your way. If it doesn't, I'd decidedly spell to different team, whoever wants me.'

May, who made his debut with the Panthers successful 2021, would spell connected to marque 30 NRL appearances for Ivan Cleary's broadside and besides won 5 caps for Samoa.

Rumours person bubbled successful caller months that the Tigers were acceptable to research a woody to motion the escaped agent.

The young footy prima said helium besides anticipated immoderate scrutiny from those wrong the NRL assemblage but it appears helium is blocking retired criticism.

'I don't blasted them,' helium said, erstwhile asked however helium volition header with imaginable backlash from immoderate successful the community.

'They get to person their sentiment and everyone has their sentiment astir somebody.

'You could beryllium the nicest guy, but idiosyncratic is inactive gonna hatred you and that's the truth.'

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