‘Carrie wanted her little voice heard’ Caroline Flack’s mum Christine opens up about her daughter’s tragic death as her best friends say she taught them how to love
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aroline Flack’s heartbroken mother has shed light on the troubled star’s state of mind ahead of her devastating decision to take her own life. The TV presenter seemed to spiral out of control following a domestic dispute with boyfriend Lewis Burton on 12 December, which led to her being charged with assault by beating. Christine explained she wanted everyone to know the truth about the difficult times her daughter endured, so she released an unpublished Instagram post Caroline – who she affectionately called Carrie – had written two weeks before her untimely death. “Carrie sent me this message at the end of January, but was told not to post it by advisers. She so
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Christine shared her daughter’s post
wanted to have her little voice heard,” Christine revealed. “So many untruths were out there, but this is how she felt. My family and I would like people to read her own words. Carrie was surrounded by love and friends, but this was just too much for her.”
EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN Following the assault charge, Caroline became the target of cruel internet trolls. “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,” the TV favourite wrote in her statement. “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.” Caroline went on to explain that she had been in the midst of her own personal turmoil prior to her row with former tennis professional Lewis. “I’ve been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time,” Caroline continued. “But I am not a domestic abuser. “We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident.
