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Boyzlife tour: Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy on being back on stage

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Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy have told ITV News Meridian "it was such a whirlwind" when they first started out in Westlife and Boyzone.

They were talking at The Hexagon theatre in Reading, as their Boyzlife tour hits theatres across the South East.

Brian says: "I think for both of us, we never expected when we started how big it was going to be. I think we all had dreams of what we wanted to do.

"I think for me personally my dream was just to be in a band and perform."

Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden were in two of the biggest boybands of the 90s and the noughties, Boyzone and Westlife.

Between them they've had multiple number one singles and sold millions of records worldwide.

In 2016 the long term pals decided to come together to form a new band, Boyzlife.

On being back on stage again, Keith told Natalie, "If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life."

As well as new music, fans can expect some of the classics from Boyzone and Westlife weaved into the setlist.

Brian says: "If you look at the songs we wrote when we were kids, they would have been inspired by young love or young relationships or things in your life.

"It's a lot easier when you get older and more experienced to find things to be inspired to write about."

When asked if they ever annoy each other he added: "There's lots of times when we are both in good moods and they are great weeks but like any other family we have our days when we're in different moods and we can get on each other's nerves a bit."

Boyzlife the tour is headed to Bournemouth, Oxford, Southend-on-Sea, Folkestone, Guildford, Portsmouth and Dartford.

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The singer-songwriter and TV Presenter from Ireland, Brian McFadden started his career as a member of ‘Westlife’ in 1998 but is now touring the UK as a member of Boyzlife with plenty of exciting plans for the future.

Boyzlife’s Brian McFadden: ‘I’d probably have stayed with Westlife if we’d taken a six month break’

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Brian McFadden admits he likely wouldn’t have walked away from Westlife if the group had taken a short break in the early ‘00s. 

The boyband dominated the charts with a string of No. 1 hits following their 1999 debut, but five years into their success Brian departed the group in favour of a solo career. 

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Now, he’s joined forces with Boyzone’s Keith Duffy for their new duo project Boyzlife and, ahead of the release of their LP ‘Old School’, he looked back on his early success. 

Speaking in the May 2022 issue of Retro Pop, the singer-songwriter confesses: “There was a lot of it that wasn’t enjoyable. Because [Boyzone and Westlife] were almost like companies; they weren’t just a band going out and having fun. 

“There were so many people – managers, record companies – and they were huge machines. “There were bits that were joyful, but there was a lot of work. There were a lot of people making money from it. So everyone just constantly wanted to just keep going and going.”

He adds: “I probably would have stayed with Westlife a lot longer if we had sat down and said, ‘Let’s take six months off, and let’s smell the roses and enjoy all the success we’ve had’.

“Maybe things would have been different… I’m sure with a lot of bands that had been around in our era, they probably would have lasted a lot longer if they had just stepped back and taken a break.” 

Keith had similar experiences when life with Boyzone was “not fun anymore,” however he remains optimistic. “It doesn’t mean it can’t be fun again – you just need a break,” he muses. “You need a rest. You need to gather your thoughts. You need to spend time with your family and your loved ones, maybe go on a holiday, do something different… 

“There’s never a need to be final and dramatic [and say], ‘It’s over, it doesn’t work anymore…’. It’s just tired, so have a break and then come back to it. Go and do other things; it’s something you can always go back to.”

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Westlife’s Markus Feehily ‘temporarily stands down’ from tour due to ill health

Irish singer Markus Feehily has announced he will “temporarily stand down from all Westlife touring” until he has recovered from various “health challenges”.

The 43-year-old from Sligo, who recently had surgery, said “my recovery must now become my absolute priority at this time”.

The singer revealed that he has “had ongoing medical problems” since he went for surgery in August 2020 and subsequently developed “severe sepsis”.

He mentioned it was “physically and mentally a very difficult time” for him and said it was “traumatic” to stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) during Covid 19 lockdown restrictions after he developed the life-threatening reaction to an infection that he was told would “require immediate emergency surgery.”

He “became very ill” again in late 2021 before he had more surgery in May 2022 which was followed by another round of surgery which he said “took place recently” and “went according to plan.”

In a statement to Instagram, he said: “It is with the upmost level of regret that I must now temporarily stand down from all Westlife touring until a time that I have had the chance to fully recover from the turbulent journey I have been through as an individual.

“Believe me, I wish things could be different! I would like to thank you so very much for your support and understanding of me and my health over the past few years.”

He added: “To Shane (Filan), Kian (Egan) and Nicky (Byrne), I love you three and I know you’ll knock it out of the park.

“I’ll be there with you in spirit for each and every show whilst you continue to fly the Westlife flag around the world.

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“To all the medical staff who held my hand and kept my spirit lifted (you know who you are!), my heartfelt thanks goes out to each and every one of you.

“I’m so devastated that I won’t be there to celebrate the upcoming concerts with you and the 3 lads.

“I hope you know and understand that I should have been there (I was so excited to be there!) and that I look forward to seeing you all again to make some more magic in the future.

“But for now, I have to make the right decision for my health and wellbeing, for my family, and for myself as a person.

“Please don’t worry.”

Bandmembers Egan, Byrne and Filan sent their well wishes to their friend and “brother”.

A statement posted to Westlife’s Instagram story said: “We would like to take this opportunity to send our brother, best friend and fellow bandmate, Mark, so many well wishes as he takes the necessary time he needs to recover.

“Mark has been so strong in continuing to show up on stage despite going through such a turbulent time with his health and we completely respect that he must now focus on getting better so he can return to the stage when he is fit and well to do so!

“In the meantime, we will continue to fly the Westlife flag higher than ever for you guys. Love Kian, Nicky and Shane.”

Westlife’s The Wild Dreams Tour began in 2022 and the group have upcoming dates in America, Canada and South America this March.

The band, alongside former member Brian McFadden , found fame with Westlife after forming in 1998.

They disbanded in 2012 after 14 years of success, but reunited in 2018 without McFadden – who left the band in 2004.

In August 2022 they sold out London’s Wembley Stadium for their first ever performance at the venue.

Feehily appeared as Robobunny on celebrity singing show The Masked Singer in 2022 and came third place.

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Brian McFadden: 'Golf Still Needs To Be More Inclusive For Women'

The former Westlife singer believes there is still a somewhat stuffy nature to the game despite a sudden boom in participation

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Brian McFadden has a message for the hordes of young girls who helped him become a superstar as a member of the chart-topping Irish group Westlife: “Take up golf. You’ll love it”.

No-one could ever doubt McFadden’s own passion for the game. The five handicapper is practically a permanent fixture on the pro-am scene at DP World Tour events, and has bought a big stake in the fast-growing Druids golf wear company. McFadden’s two teenage daughters are also keen golfers, but he would love to see a lot more girls taking up the sport.

He said: “I absolutely love playing golf, and being around golfers. But if there’s one thing I wish for the sport, it is that it would become more inclusive. To most young people it is still too stuffy, and far too time-consuming. Those are the issues we need to address to safeguard the future of the game.

“I think the European Tour – or the DP World Tour as they are now – have been brilliant in pushing formats like the Super Sixes competition, joint events for men and women, and some absolutely fantastic social media content.

“But we need to do a lot more . It’s like cricket with the T20 and Big Bash competitions – we need to get kids hooked onto things like the Super Sixes, par-three competitions, nine-hole events, two or three club challenges, all that stuff.

“And we do need to relax the dress code, because that is what gives golf its stuffy image. I can quote you a personal experience from one of the clubs where I’m a member. I was playing a round in strong winds, and I turned my baseball cap around to play my shots, because it was in danger of blowing off, and then turned it back round the right way.

“But the next day a letter went out to every member saying there had been a complaint about someone wearing his cap back to front, and that practice was one the club wanted to discourage. My name wasn’t used, but everyone knew who they meant. But come on, is that something you need to complain about? Get a life!

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“The whole dress code is something we need to address. What Tyrrell Hatton did by wearing the hoodies at Wentworth was spot on. Let youngsters dress the way they feel comfortable. But even though the R&A have said clubs should allow jeans, I'd draw the line there. That’s just a personal thing though – have you ever tried swinging a club wearing jeans?

“But let’s get them started early. I started playing when I was six or seven with my dad. You only get a few good days of summer in Dublin, but we’d play in all kinds of weather. Dad would come off work at 5pm, and we’d play on a nine-hole public golf course. I was bitten by the golf bug straight away.”

McFadden started playing golf when he was seven back home in Ireland

McFadden, 41, is doing his bit towards providing clothes young golfers will embrace. He has bought a big stake in Edinburgh-based golfwear manufacturers Druids – who have enlisted his partner, Danielle, to design their female range.

McFadden explained: “The Druids thing was quite funny. It started with them contacting athletes and musicians and guys on the pro-am circuit, and sending them free gear, to see if they liked it. They’re Irish guys but based in Scotland, and I thought it would be nice to support them.

“Anyway, they invited us up to play Dumbarnie near St Andrews, and the guys were all in matching gear. Danielle was with me, also playing, but there was nothing for her, so she felt a bit left out.

“So later we sat down with Lewis Jones, who started the company, and talked about Dani designing a ladies range for Druids. She spent the next six months designing the ladies stuff, and it went from there.

“Dani wasn’t a designer, but she had clear ideas of what she wanted. She felt a lot of women’s golf gear was a bit samey, and a bit stuffy, and a lot of it was aimed at the older market.

“She wanted to do a range that would stretch across the whole market, and appeal to young, athletic kids as well as the older players.

“In our family we’ve got relatives in their late 60s who play golf, Dani obviously plays, and my daughters play. So we had three generations to use as sounding boards. And all three were saying yeah, I’d wear that.

“It’s getting pretty big, and I wear the Druids stuff all the time. I just wish I could do my bit by playing a bit better!”

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Brian McFadden has revealed he hasn’t spoken to his former Westlife bandmates for 12 years

Brian McFadden has admitted he hasn’t spoken to his former bandmates in Westlife for 12 years.

The 41-year-old says he has lost touch with Shane Filan, Markus Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne since going on a night out together in the US.

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He told the podcast Secure the Insecure with Johnny Seifert, Brian explained: ‘The last time we were all in the same room was when I was living in LA and we went for dinner.

‘I was about 28, so we haven’t even spoken in about 12 years ago. The boys were in town shooting a music video.

‘We went for dinner then the boys came back to my house. That was the last time the five of us were together.’

Brian was in the band for six years in the group but quit just weeks before their fourth world tour.

At the time he told fans he wanted to spend more time with his ex-wife Kerry Katona and their two children, Molly and Lilly-Sue.

He later tried his hand at a solo career and most recently Brian has been promoting his new music alongside Boyzone’s Keith Duffy as part of their supergroup, Boyzlife.

Westlife went their separate ways in 2012 before reuniting six years later.

They are due to play the Aviva stadium in July as part of a massive UK and Ireland tour.

However, Brian made it clear he is not on bad terms with his former bandmates: ‘It’s not a negative thing. It’s not like we fell out or anything like that.

‘You separate and go your own way. You think you’re going to keep in touch but you don’t, your lives go in different directions. That’s what happened to us.

‘If I saw any of the boys now I’d sit and have a pint and it’d probably be like we saw each other yesterday.

‘There’s animosity, there’s no badness, there’s no negative feeling towards each other.

‘It’s not like we fell out and we’re not friends any more, we’re just not in contact any more.

‘That’s kind of what happens in life, you just move on. It’s not always a bad thing.’

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Brian McFadden Is Performing At The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Ladies Day And Tickets Are Free!

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The world’s top golfers are returning to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, in the opening Rolex Series event this January and this year, it’s got something special for the ladies.

Oh yes, friends… It’s well and truly time to dust off those January blues as the event is hosting its first-ever Ladies Day at Yas Links, Yas Island.

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Register now for free tickets . On the day, ladies can enjoy two free drinks, the opportunity to play some golf, the chance to win 2 BUSINESS CLASS flights in the best-outfit competition (OMGOMGOMG!), spa vouchers for The Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island, and heaps more prizes.

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A day of family fun side in the gorgeous sunshine awaits. Reminder, tickets are FREE , but you need to register here, ahead of the event.

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This is not a drill! Your favourite Irish crooner is performing LIVE at 5pm on Jan 22 for Ladies Day. A performance that will no doubt kick off an evening of merriment among the sprawling greens!

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Hospitality packages including Yas Lounge overlooking the 18th fairway from AED 900 and Champions Club overlooking the 9th and 18th green from AED 1,500.

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Boyzlife is the supergroup formed by long time pals Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden who previously appeared as members of '90s and '00s boybands Boyzone and Westlife, respectively.

In May 2023, they will be heading out on tour, which will see them perform songs from their 2022 original material studio album, Old School , plus all the classic Boyzone and Westlife hits.

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Boyzlife (Keith Duffy & Brian McFadden) announce UK Tour for 2025

There are few acts that accomplished the level of success that Boyzone and Westlife respectively achieved as two of the defining groups of 90s and 00s boyband era, with an incredible 21+ UK No.1 singles and countless millions of audience members performed to worldwide.

Now, Boyzlife, the supergroup comprised of Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and Westlife’s Brian McFadden, will head out on a UK tour in 2025, celebrating the iconic and defining hits from both acts with their first tour in two years.

They’ll be performing a mixture of Boyzone and Westlife’s classic tracks on the 14-date tour, which will run from January through until March and will head to Birmingham, London, Glasgow, York, Sheffield and more.

Joining forces in 2016, when both Keith and Brian had left their respective groups, the incredibly popular touring pop-duo of Boyzlife has performed for more than 100,000 ecstatic fans across Europe and the UK since its inception, with two complete sell-out tours either side of the Covid pandemic.

As part of Westlife, Brian holds a record-breaking seven consecutive UK and Ireland number ones, as well as 12 chart toppers overall. The band sold more than 30 million records globally and secured four number one albums. Brian also went on to achieve solo success after Westlife securing a UK number one with ‘Real To Me’.

Keith also enjoyed great success as a member of Boyzone with six number one UK singles, including 16 out of their first 17 releases making the top 5. The group had five number one albums and sold over 25 million records worldwide.

The 2025 Boyzlife tour will see the duo perform a mixture of hits from both of their individual supergroups, including from Boyzone: ‘I Love The Way You Love Me’, ‘All That I Need’, ‘No Matter What’ and from Westlife: ‘My Love’, ‘I Lay My Love On You’, ‘Uptown Girl’.

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USA Volleyball Announces 2024 Beach Collegiate National Teams

By Timothy Farrell | June 8, 2024 , 12:00 PM (MDT)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2024) – Sixteen women and 15 men have been selected for the 2024 USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate National Team, part of the National Team Development Program (NTDP).  

The athletes will train June 11-19 at Hermosa Beach, Calif., alongside USA Volleyball’s A2 Beach National Team. Athletes will play in the Beach Senior National Team NORCECA Trials on June 18-19, where the winners will automatically earn a bid to represent the USA at upcoming NORCECA competitions.   

On the women’s side, Peri Brennan (UCLA), Xolani Hodel (Stanford), Molly Phillips (USC) and Maddy White (USC) were all part of the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Team. The pair of Natalie Myszkowski (UCLA) and Taylor Wilson (Stanford) earned the right to be part of the national team by winning the 2024 Beach World University Championship Trials.  

They will be joined on this year’s team by Madelyne Anderson (Florida State), Ella Connor (Cal Poly), Emma Donley (Cal), Alexis Durish (Florida State), Piper Ferch (Cal Poly), Hailey Hamlett (TCU), Audrey Koenig (Florida State), Izzy Martinez (Cal Poly), Brooke Rockwell (Stanford) and Michelle Shaffer (Loyola Marymount).  

Hodel placed fourth at the 2021 Beach U19 World Championship in Thailand and competed at the 2022 Beach World University Championships.  

Wilson was on the 2023 Beach U21 National Team and finished ninth at the 2023 FIVB Beach U21 World Championship with her partner.  

Anderson was part of the 2022 Beach Collegiate National Team and the 2021 Beach U21 National Team. She finished ninth at the 2021 FIVB Beach U21 World Championship and has competed on the senior Beach Pro Tour.  

Connor was on the 2022 Beach Collegiate and Beach U20 Nationals Teams. Durish was on the 2023 Beach U21 National Team and the 2022 Beach U20 National Team. Ferch and Hamlett were also part of the 2022 Beach U20 National Team. As members of the Beach U20 National Team, Connor/Ferch won gold on the NORCECA U23 Continental Tour while Durish/Hamlett brought home a bronze medal.  

Beach NTDP coach Patty Dodd will lead the women’s team and be assisted by Florida State University beach assistant coach Nick Lucena .   Lucena and teammate Phil Dalhausser competed in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.  

Three men return from the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Team in Kupono Browne (BYU), Nathaniel “Nato” Dickinson (Long Beach State) and Thomas Hurst (UC Irvine). The duo of Will Rottman (Stanford) and John Schwengel (Santa Monica) earned the right to be part of the team by winning the 2024 Beach World University Championship Trials. Derek Bradford (Santa Monica) and Zephyr Dew (El Camino) are part of the A2 Beach National Team Program.  

Also included on the men’s team are Carson Barnes (Webber), Gage Basey (Colorado), Matthew Gentry (Lincoln Memorial), Riley Haine (USC), Jackson Herbert (George Mason), Patrick Rogers (Ball State), Alaka’i Todd (Hawaii) and Ayden Keeter (Webber).  

Lewis men’s volleyball head coach Dan Friend will lead the men’s group assisted by University of Washington beach assistant coach Steve McFadden .  

Hurst was on the 2021 and 2022 Beach U19 National Teams, and Basey was on the 2021 Beach U19 National Team. As members of the Beach U20 National Team, they won gold on the NORCECA U23 Continental Tour. Last year, they finished ninth at the 2023 FIVB Beach U21 World Championships.   

Barnes and Keeter were both on the 2021 and 2023 Beach U21 National Teams and are the reigning champs of the USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge. Keeter was on the 2022 Beach U19 National Team as well.  

Schwengel was on the 2018 Beach U19 National Team and 2019 Beach U21 National Team.  

April Ross , who competed in three Olympics (2012, 2016 and 2020) and has gold, silver and bronze medals, will work with both the women’s and men’s teams. Beach National Team staff Scott Davenport , Brian Hurler, Sean Scott, Brooke Wyatt and Dr. Alex Cushing (USOPC) will also run sessions for the collegiate teams.  

A maximum of four athletes per gender will be chosen as alternates for the 2024 FISU Beach World University Championship, a nd a maximum of four athletes per gender will be chosen as alternates for the 2024 U23 National Team.

2024 Beach Collegiate National Team Women  

Name (Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region)  

Madelyne Anderson (6-2, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Florida State, Florida) Peri Brennan (5-7, Laguna Beach, Calif., UCLA, Southern California) Ella Connor (6-1, Kihei, Maui, Cal Poly, Aloha) Emma Donley (6-4, Los Altos, Calif., Cal, Northern California) Alexis Durish (5-10, Venice, Fla., Florida State, Florida) Hailey Hamlett (5-11, Bulvert, Texas, TCU, Lone Star) Xolani Hodel (6-2, Huntington Beach, Calif., Stanford, Southern California) Audrey Koenig (6-3, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Florida State, Florida) Izzy Martinez (5-9, Winetka, Calif., Cal Poly, Southern California) Natalie Myszkowski (6-0, Manhattan Beach, Calif., UCLA, Southern California) Molly Phillips (6-4, Mansfield, Texas, USC, North Texas) Brooke Rockwell (5-9, Fayetteville, Ark., Stanford, Delta) Michelle Shaffer (5-10, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Loyola Marymount, Southern California) Maddy White (5-10, Scottsdale, Ariz., USC, Arizona) Taylor Wilson (5-10, Santa Barbara, Calif., Stanford, Southern California) Piper Ferch (5-10, Aurora, Colo., Cal Poly, Southern California)  

Carson Barnes (6-5, Ocean View, Del., Webber, Chesapeake) Gage Basey (6-5, Lyons, Colo., Colorado, Rocky Mountain) Derek Bradford (6-9, Porter Ranch, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California) Kupono Browne (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, BYU, Aloha) Zephyr Dew (6-4, Santa Cruz, Calif., El Camino College, Southern California) Nato Dickinson (6-7, Corona Del Mar, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California) Matthew Gentry (6-7, Hudson, Ohio, Lincoln Memorial, Ohio Valley) Riley Haine (6-5, Honolulu, Hawaii, USC, Aloha) Jackson Herbert (6-4, Broadlands, Va., George Mason, Chesapeake) Thomas Hurst (6-4, Plano, Texas, UC Irvine, North Texas) Ayden Keeter (6-1, Yorktown, Va., Webber, Old Dominion) Patrick Rogers (6-7, Rutherford, NJ, Ball State, Garden Empire) Will Rottman (6-6, Santa Barbara, Calif., Hawaii, Southern California) John Schwengel (6-1, Santa Monica, Calif., Santa Monica College, Southern California) Alaka’i Todd (6-9, Kailua, Hawaii, Hawaii, Aloha)

Maddie Anderson

Piper Ferch

Taylor Wilson

Ayden Keeter

Thomas Hurst

Jackson Herbert

Carson Barnes

Derek Bradford

Xolani Hodel

Hailey Hamlett

Alexis Durish

Maddy White

Ella Connor

Jaylon Johnson was defined by what he didn’t have; now he has more than enough

Jaylon Johnson finally emerged with a contract extension from the Chicago Bears in March.

The Bears asked him to come to Halas Hall to announce the $76 million deal with $47.8 million guaranteed, the second-highest amount ever given to a defensive back. Johnson was willing, but only if the team commissioned a private jet to fly him and his loved ones from his hometown of Fresno, Calif. The Bears agreed.

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At the news conference, nine of his people — including father John Johnson Sr., mother Carmella Warren Johnson, brother, housemate and trainer Johnny Johnson, agent Chris Ellison and girlfriend Janessa McFadden — accompanied Johnson. He walked in wearing a long-sleeved Prada shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons and hand-crafted fringes on the shoulders. The red-and-black pattern looked like it came from an exotic butterfly.

Johnson had prepared an opening statement. Then he amended it. “My spirit was like, you can’t do that without talking about what you went through,” he says. “You have to put it all out there.”

He started the news conference by thanking God, then said abruptly, “I went to therapy last season for sexual addiction .”

Nobody knew he would say that, not even the people he brought with him. And few could understand why.

This wasn’t a contract signing as much as a metamorphosis.

For a while, Johnson was defined by what he didn’t have — interceptions, a new contract and self-control.

In early 2022, the Bears hired a new general manager and head coach. Johnson, a second-round pick in 2020, didn’t show up for voluntary offseason workouts. When mandatory workouts began, he had been demoted to second string. He regained his starting spot quickly, but some hard feelings lingered, especially while Johnson acclimated to coach Matt Eberflus’ push for more intensity.

Since his rookie training camp, Johnson has not been shy about questioning or challenging authority, and that has not changed over time.

“Clearly, I was one of the top guys on the team, so with that should have come a sense of respect,” Johnson says. “I shouldn’t have had to prove myself in everything. Don’t play with me. We’re grown men. I didn’t feel valued from the coaching staff.”

Takeaways are priority No. 1 in Eberflus’ defense, and given that Johnson had no interceptions and missed six games with injuries in 2022, “they were probably questioning what I could do,” he says.

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Johnson had just one interception over 39 games in his first three NFL seasons, but part of his problem may have been that he’s so sticky in man-to-man that quarterbacks avoided throwing to the players he covered. “He’s got elite quickness,” Eberflus says. “He has elite ability to stay attached to receivers. And he’s uber-intelligent.”

The Bears’ faith in him remained in question. Johnson was hoping for an offseason contract extension. There were talks, but the two parties remained far from a middle ground. They agreed to see how Johnson played in the early season and revisit it.

In the spring of 2023, Johnson was baptized. The church has always been a part of his life. Years ago, he had “Proverbs 16:3” tattooed on his arm: “Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.”

He didn’t need to be baptized, but he wanted to be.

“I didn’t want to keep being what I say is a lukewarm Christian, reading Bible verses but living your life a different way,” he says. “I wanted to make a commitment and an outward expression of my faith to the world.”

He also needed to redirect himself. He had been unfaithful to Janessa, his girlfriend since 2021. Again. And he was watching a lot of pornography.

Johnson says he lost his virginity at 16 and then adopted the mindset that more is better. In high school, he was a four-star recruit. In college at Utah, he was all-conference. Things came easily for the big man on campus.

“Playing a manly sport drew girls to me,” he says. “It wasn’t hard to go to a party, get a number and have sex. I got lost in a sense of who I was created to be versus whatever felt good to me.”

Johnson graduated in two and a half years, and the Bears drafted him in the second round in 2020. As a pro, he was afforded an unhealthy combination of time and celebrity.

“I could just have fun, sleep with whomever I wanted,” he says. “Anytime there was nothing going on, it would revert to girls. It got to the point where I wasn’t able to shake it.”

He justified it. He wasn’t doing anything different from a lot of people like him.

He downplayed it. Nobody was getting hurt, right?

By the summer of 2023, Johnson started to see more clearly. He wouldn’t want his 4-year-old daughter, Zaveah, to end up with someone who behaved like him. McFadden was special, he believed, and he didn’t want to lose her. He was ashamed.

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Finally, he admitted to himself and to McFadden that he had a problem. He spent an hour or two in therapy almost every week during the season. It was, however, a struggle. He had to tear down walls, talk about his childhood and accept blame.

What he was going through had nothing to do with football.

And everything to do with football.

On a sunny fourth quarter at Soldier Field, Johnson watched the eyes of Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Brian Hoyer . Johnson hung back, waiting for wide receiver Davante Adams to break. As Hoyer cocked his arm, Johnson jumped the route, stepped in front of Adams and came up with the interception — his first in 28 games. He brought it back 39 yards for a touchdown, then intercepted another pass five plays later.

The Bears reopened negotiations, but their respective opinions of his value still differed.

“Their offers were very disrespectfully low,” Johnson says. “The players they compared me to, there’s no way you can compare me to these players. One of them was ( Minnesota ’s) Byron Murphy.”

Johnson was frustrated, and not just because of his contract situation. The Bears lost seven of their first nine games after a 3-14 record the year before.

“We kept losing, losing, losing,” he says. “And then they weren’t showing interest in bringing me back. I wasn’t happy with the culture and how we were losing, so I asked for a trade.”

The Bears declined. Then in late October, as the trade deadline approached, he asked a second time. Chicago gave his agent, Ellison, permission to shop Johnson but said they would accept nothing less than a first-round pick in return, according to Johnson. Ellison says seven or eight teams were interested. According to Johnson, the Bills , 49ers , Raiders and Steelers were among them. The Bills and 49ers tried hard to strike a deal but ultimately were not willing to meet the Bears’ demands.

So the trade deadline passed, contract talks were tabled and Johnson committed to making the Bears realize he was worth what he thought he was.

“I didn’t want to talk about it anymore,” he says. “I didn’t want to think about it anymore. It was, let’s just go play football .”

Johnson finished the season with four interceptions — he dropped two more potential picks — 10 passes defensed and one touchdown allowed. He was voted second-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowler and was given Pro Football Focus’s highest grade among cornerbacks.

On March 5, Chicago placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Johnson. Two days later, the sides agreed on terms for his four-year extension.

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They say money like his is life-changing, but it’s not like he bought a chateau on a cliff or a gold chain heavy enough to prevent a hot air balloon from taking off.

Teammates tease him because he still drives a Honda Accord.

“Hey, it’s sporty, clean, all black,” he says. “It gets me to and from where I need to go.”

The money is, however, affirmation. And so are words.

“Jaylon has exhibited everything we want in a Chicago Bear,” says Eberflus, who plans to use Johnson in new ways this season. “It’s how we draw it up in terms of him loving football, being a very talented player and having the desire to try to master his craft. He’s a really good teammate. And he’s one of ours.”

Falcons receiver Darnell Mooney , Johnson’s former teammate in Chicago, calls him the best cornerback in the NFL. “He always gives me problems,” Mooney says. “Every time I line up against him, I’ve got to be focused.”

At only 25, Johnson has become the elder statesman of the Bears’ secondary and a cornerstone of a young team. Johnson says his relationship with the coaching staff has improved over time. He’s pleased to be a Bear and invigorated by the challenge of living up to his contract, as well as earning the next one, which he will have a chance to sign before his 30th birthday.

Befitting his new status, Johnson has a new uniform number: 1. Johnson switched from 33 back to the number he wore in high school and college when it became available after the trade of quarterback Justin Fields . He says he loves the new vibe.

Therapy did what he hoped it would, enabling him to regain control and enhancing his perspective. “I learned that giving yourself away should be sacred to someone you are going to spend the rest of your life with,” he says. Going public with his addiction may benefit others with similar problems, he believes, so he has no regrets.

His relationship with McFadden is in a good place, a really good place. Last month, he proposed. She said yes. He is convinced that her honesty and support are making him better. He loves the way she cares for his daughter. And in September, they are expecting a child.

He also is expecting more interceptions — at least five this season.

As far as Johnson could tell, his previous interception failures weren’t because of anything he did wrong. It was as if his karma was out of whack.

And then 2023 happened.

“He had a nice glow to him walking around last year,” says Mooney, who considers Johnson a brother. “He just had some lovely energy every time you were around him.”

Johnson says he wasn’t doing anything different on the field. “What changed was God gave me the opportunities,” he says.

He thinks he knows why.

“When you have your mind and spirit on a certain level, the physical takes over and doors start to open up,” he says. “As I was trying to improve who I am as a man, all of a sudden, things I was hoping for happened.”

(Illustration: John Bradford / The Athletic ; photo: Quinn Harris / Getty Images)

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Dan Pompei is a senior writer for The Athletic who has been telling NFL stories for close to four decades. He is one of 49 members on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors board and one of nine members on the Seniors Committee. In 2013, he received the Bill Nunn Award from the Pro Football Writers of America for long and distinguished reporting. He was a Zenger Prize winner in 2024. Follow Dan on Twitter @ danpompei