United Kingdom, Jan. 27 -- Peter Andre had to "keep active" to cope with grief when he lost his brother.

The 51-year-old pop star was in a "bad way" when his elder sibling Andrew passed away in 2012 following a battle with cancer at the age of 54, and recalled amid the gloomy January period how his wife Emily MacDonagh gave him advice that helped him get through that time.

Writing in his OK! Magazine column, he said: "It was Blue Monday last week and I can totally understand why it's called that. Christmas and New Year are over, the weather's terrible and everyone is usually back at work. I saw that Emily spoke about this on her social media and I think it's good she is using her voice so powerfully to talk about mental health, and it's...