Heartbreaking moment Love Island’s Mitch breaks down in tears & admits he wanted to end his life after being ‘cancelled’
LOVE Island’s Mitch was left in tears as he admitted wanting he wanted to end his life after being ‘cancelled’
Mitch told The Tom’s Talks podcast: “I’ve never spoken about this.
“This time last year I got cancelled for a false accusation.
“I don’t want to sound like a bad person, but before that I never took mental health seriously.
“It was always like, ‘it’s there and I get it’, but until it happened to me I felt I was bulletproof.
“An influencer put a story up that wasn’t true and their friend backed it up and next thing you know it’s all over the news.
‘I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep’
“My management literally turned their back on me.
“Thankfully I have my friends and a loving family but I lost so much money.
“I had so much work lined up and thought I was comfortable. Everything was cancelled.”
Mitch added: “I got cancelled. I couldn’t eat and couldn’t sleep. My mates were dragging me out.
“This memory will live in me until the day I die – I was trying to throw up because of anxiety.
Death threat
“I hadn’t been out the house in two weeks. I didn’t want to see people, they had been sending pictures of my house and my family saying they wanted to kill me for something I hadn’t done.
“I remember thinking, why did I go on this TV show?”
Mitch added: “I’d never had the dark thoughts I had until then and it absolutely crushed me.
“The thoughts I had.. I wanted to kill myself.
“It was a tough time but ITV saved me. About two months later they called and said they wanted me for All Stars.”
YOU'RE NOT ALONE
EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide.
It doesn’t discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers.
It’s the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
Yet it’s rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
That is why The Sun launched the You’re Not Alone campaign.
The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives.
Let’s all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… You’re Not Alone.
If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organizations provide support:
- CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858
- Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk
- Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393
- Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41
- Samaritans, www.samaritans.org, 116 123
- Movember, www.uk.movember.com