Dele Alli was pictured smiling in a selfie with a fan after travelling with Everton to their pre-season training camp at Lake Geneva.
Alli gave an explosive and shocking tell-all interview to Gary Neville's Overlap channel on Thursday before heading off to pre-season training with the Toffees, and despite the emotional revelations he was all smiles as he posed for a picture with a supporter on social media.
Sporting a short blonde haircut, Alli beamed alongside the fan who had jetted out to the Swiss Alps to follow the team.
Alli - who is looking to put a nightmare spell in his career behind him following a difficult loan at Besiktas last season - was included in Everton's pre-season camp by manager Sean Dyche, whose squad is set to train for five days before facing Stade Nyonnais on Friday.
The 27-year-old faces a crucial season in a bid to return to his old form, though his emotional interview on The Overlap - in which he revealed he was molested by a friend of his mother's at the age of six - may prove an unwelcome distraction as he bids to get his fitness up to scratch.
Everton released a statement following the publication of the startling reveals - including that he had a six-week stint in rehab, was addicted to sleeping pills and was molested by his mother's friend when he was six.
'The Club has been supporting Dele in both his return to fitness and overcoming the personal challenges highlighted in his interview with The Overlap,' the club said.
'Everyone at Everton respects and applauds Dele's bravery to speak about the difficulties he has faced, as well as seek the help required.
'The physical and mental welfare of all our players is of paramount importance. The Club takes very seriously its responsibility in protecting the confidentiality of players and staff.
'Dele will not be conducting any further interviews in relation to his rehabilitation, and we ask that his privacy is respected while he continues his recuperation from injury and receives the full care and support needed for his physical and mental wellbeing.'
Alli said it was 'the right time' to reveal his struggles and that he was in a good place mentally to finally speak out following battles with addiction.
He said: 'I got addicted to sleeping tablets, it's a problem not only I have. It's going around more than people realise in football.
'Now is probably the right time to tell people. It's tough to talk about it as it's quite recent and something I've hid for a long time and I'm scared to talk about.
'When I came back from Turkey (following a loan spell at Besiktas) I came back and found out I needed an operation.
'I was in a bad place mentally. I decided to go to a modern rehab facility that deals with addiction and mental health and trauma. I felt it was time for me.
'You can't be told to go there, you have to make the decision yourself.
'I was in a bad cycle. I was relying on things that were doing me harm. I was waking up every day, winning the fight going into training every day smiling - willing to show I was happy.
'Inside I was losing the battle and it was time to change. When I was told I needed surgery I could feel the feelings I had when the cycle began.
'So I went there for six weeks. Everton were amazing and supported I will be grateful to them for ever. For them to be so honest and understanding I couldn't ask for anything more during a time I was making the biggest decision of my life - doing something I was scared to do. I'm happy I've done it.'
Alli shared harrowing details of his traumatic childhood, including an incident that saw him molested by a friend of his biological mother's.
'(My childhood is) something I haven't really spoken about that much, to be honest. I mean, I think there were a few incidents that could give you kind of a brief understanding,' Alli continued.
'So, at six, I was molested by my mum's friend, who was at the house a lot. My mum was an alcoholic, and that happened at six. I was sent to Africa to learn discipline, and then I was sent back.
'At seven, I started smoking, eight I started dealing drugs. An older person told me that they wouldn't stop a kid on a bike, so I rode around with my football, and then underneath I'd have the drugs, that was eight. Eleven, I was hung off a bridge by a guy from the next estate, a man.'