Love Island star Montana Brown has claimed Caroline Flack ‘s suicide won’t be the last death linked to the show.
The 24-year-old was propelled to fame when she appeared on the popular ITV dating show in 2017, but three years later, she has explained that the overnight stardom has devastating effects on contestants’ mental wellbeing.
Montana was left heartbroken last year when her close friend and former Love Islander Mike Thalassitis took his own life just one year after starring on the programme.
And nearly a year later, the show’s host, Caroline Flack, tragically took her own life, leaving Montana devastated when the news of the TV presenter’s untimely death surfaced.
Montana Brown was left devastated when her close friend Mike Thalassitis passed away last year (Image: ITV)
Caroline Flack is the third death associated with Love Island after former Miss England, Sophie Gradon, who appeared on the show in 2016, took her own life in 2018.
Speaking about the deaths, Montana admitted she doesn’t think Caroline’s passing will be the last death linked to the show.
Opening up about mental wellbeing to MailOnline, the reality TV star admitted that her fellow Love Islanders suffer from “anxiety or depression.”
Love Island host Caroline Flack took her own life on February 15 (Image: Getty Images)
“I don’t think Caroline will be the last person to do this if I’m honest and that is what’s really sad,” she began.
“For me, and I think I can speak for a lot of Love Islanders, you feel like ‘Oh my God, who else is unhappy?’ I need to speak to everyone’.
“You feel this pressure because you don’t want your friends to be unhappy, what can I do?”
She opened up: “Every single person that I’m friends with from Love Island suffers from anxiety or depression or something to do with mental health. It’s actually terrifying.”
Montana admitted her fellow Love Island stars suffer from ‘anxiety and depression’ because of social media trolls (Image: Supplied by WENN)
However, she was quick to point out that the show isn’t to blame for the deaths, and instead it’s the scrutiny of social media trolls that play a part in contestants’ wellbeing.
She opened up about the barrage of horrible comments she faced when she left the villa, with keyboard warriors telling her to “kill herself”, and labelling her “worthless”.
“I think it’s not necessarily to do with the show – there are really amazing positives that come out of the show – it’s more the social media side of things,” she said.
“It’s not just you and your friends and your parents but you’re dealing with a barrage of trolls telling you to kill yourself and telling you you’re worthless and no one likes you, that they’re going to throw acid in your face and you’re like what?
“You get insanely paranoid about things. It’s heart-breaking.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
