Love Island All Stars' Georgia Steel battled suicidal thoughts after she and ... trends now
Georgia Steel had suicidal thoughts after she and her family were sent death threats and abuse by cruel internet trolls following her stint on Love Island All Stars.
The reality star, 26, appeared on the ITV2 series in January and February this year, and finished in fourth place with ex-boyfriend Toby Aromolaran.
Her time on the show was turbulent, and she revealed after leaving the villa that she had been subjected to 'vile trolls' and 'death threats', causing her to briefly leave social media.
She credits her loved ones with keeping her on track but admits she struggled with the nasty messages, prompting her to consider leaving reality television for good.
When asked if she had suicidal thoughts, Georgia told The Sun: 'I don’t want to use that term lightly at all as so many people are affected by suicide and my heart goes out to them, but there were times where I was thinking, "What is the point? Everyone hates me".
Georgia Steel had suicidal thoughts after she and her family were sent death threats and abuse by cruel internet trolls following her stint on Love Island All Stars
The reality star, 26, appeared on the ITV2 series in January and February this year, and finished in fourth place with ex-boyfriend Toby Aromolaran
'That is literally how I felt, like everyone hated me, and if it wasn’t for my family and my really, really close friends and their support then who knows, I could have gone down the road of suicidal thoughts.'
Georgia said she lived in fear as she wondered if the people who had sent her 'death threats' would target her in person and try to harm her away from the internet.
Admitting she didn't leave her home for a week at one point, she said: 'I could be walking down the street thinking, "Oh God, is she the one who wants to kill my family?" That is the worst part.
'And when people came up to me and asked for a photo, I’d think, "Are you one of the trolls?"'
Last month, Georgia spoke to Sky News about how the online trolling affected her and her family, saying: 'My family and my friends, they had death threats. My mum got messages "How could you raise a girl like this?"
'Yeah, which is awful, because like in reality... I just want to make the people that support and love me proud.'
Georgia then challenged the trolls over their actions, asking if they would dare say those things to a person's face - and whether they had considered that their comments could be the thing to 'tip someone over the edge'.
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