The heartbroken family of Caroline Flack have released an
unpublished Instagram post the former Love Island presenter wrote days before
she killed herself.
The English radio and
television presenter,40, passed away on the 15th of February. She was found
dead in her East London flat after she took her life in her London flat three
weeks before she was due in court for an alleged assault on her boyfriend,
Lewis Burton in December 2019.
In the unpublished
Instagram post shared by her mother Chris, the former Love Island host denied
domestic abuse and explained how her 'whole world and future was swept from
under her feet' after her arrest for assault.
At that time, Caroline Flack was advised not to post the
message but her family have now decided to release it through the Norwich-based
Eastern Daily Press newspaper.
Read the full message
below.
'For a lot of people, being arrested for common assault is
an extreme way to have some sort of spiritual awakening but for me, it's become
the normal.
I've been pressing the snooze button on many stresses in my
life - for my whole life. I've accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for
over 10 years and yet told myself it's all part of my job. No complaining.
The problem with
brushing things under the carpet is .... they are still there and one day
someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame
and embarrassment.
On December the 12th 2019 I was arrested for common assault
on my boyfriend... Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from
under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me,
collapsed. I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching
it happen.
I have always taken responsibility for what happened that
night. Even on the night. But the truth is... It was an accident. I've been
having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.
But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an
accident happened. An accident. The blood that someone SOLD to a newspaper was
MY blood and that was something very sad and very personal.
The reason I am talking today is because my family can't take
anymore. I've lost my job. My home. My ability to speak. And the truth has been
taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.
I can't spend every day hidden away being told not to say or
speak to anyone.
I'm so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them
and for what my friends have had to go through.
I'm not thinking about 'how I'm going to get my career
back.' I'm thinking about how I'm going to get mine and my family's life back.
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