Three members of Boyzone got together for the premiere of their new documentary, No Matter What for the first time in years and Ronan Keating has opened up about his anxiety surrounding the two year project at the premiere at Camden's Roundhouse in London. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Get your tissues ready. You're going to be angry, you're going to be sad, and there's
00:05going to be times when you fall off your seat laughing.
00:07Well, Ronan, we're at this event tonight. Why is now the time to do this?
00:13I think after 30 years, there's enough of a story. Our ups and our downs, it's been
00:22quite a bloody rollercoaster. To document it, to be able to have something archived
00:28for our kids and our kids' kids. Because we didn't have social media in the 90s, so
00:33nobody really shared it and got to see really what we witnessed. So it's nice for other
00:39people to see it.
00:40I love the fact that you put rollercoaster in there.
00:43I just noticed that. I didn't mean that.
00:45Thank you. That's made my life.
00:47In regards to social media, what are you thinking about it? Are you glad it wasn't around?
00:52Yeah, I think so. I think so. I think it's wonderful at times and it's a dangerous thing
00:59at times. I'm lucky that I don't pay much attention to the negative that's on there.
01:06But I do worry about kids that are on social media. There's a new law that's just passed
01:10in Australia, 16 years of age, for social media, which is wonderful. Their brains aren't
01:14developed enough below that. They shouldn't be using it before 16. Because they can't
01:19deal with it. We've seen so much suicide in young kids and so on, and I do think a
01:25lot of it comes down to that. I would blame social media for that.
01:29That's fascinating, isn't it?
01:30Yeah.
01:31How's your anxiety today? How are you feeling about the world seeing this?
01:33Very, very high. Very high. I'm struggling. It took us two years to make this film. Very
01:40proud of it. But it brings a lot of stuff and a lot of emotions back to the surface
01:45and stuff that I've put away. And that's kind of hard. It's all back tonight.
01:50Are you hoping it helps people?
01:52I hope so. I really do. I think there's going to be a lot of kids from the 90s, same age
01:56as me, 16, 17, 18, that went through the same emotions that we all went through, that we'll
02:04share in this story.
02:06And we see headlines now, other bands coming through. Do you see similarities of what you
02:11all went through?
02:12I think it's a very similar landscape. I don't compare ourselves to anyone. I wouldn't compare
02:17myself with their success or anything like that. But there's similar emotions that go
02:23through, and I do think that. I do. I do.
02:25And what are you most worried about people seeing?
02:28Nothing. I've watched this about 100 times. I'm not worried about anybody seeing anything
02:32now. I think it's going to get your tissues ready. You're going to be angry. You're going
02:38to be sad. And there's going to be times when you fall off your seat laughing.
02:41And just finally, what would Stephen think right now?
02:43I think he'd be very proud. And I think this is, if nothing else, it's a legacy for him.
02:47Yeah, it's going to be an amazing night.
02:49Thank you. Thanks for being here.