Popular YouTuber Nick Yardy revealed he was having two kids — with a mom, 44, as well as her daughter, 22 — yet that wasn’t the most shocking part of his announcement.
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A popular YouTuber has shocked the world with his news(Image: Instagram/ @nickyardy)
In February this year, YouTuber Nick Yardy, whose real name is Nicholas Hunter, made waves with a seemingly unbelievable announcement.
The 29-year-old internet sensation took to his social media platforms to announce what’s usually considered to be the best news in a person’s life. The public’s reaction? Utter disgust. So, what was the announcement which made people’s toes curl, as droves of social media users took to the internet to make note of their out-and-out repulsion? Nick announced he was going to become a father. To two children. At the same time. With a 22-year-old content creator. And her mother.
You read that right. The YouTuber revealed to millions of his fans that he had impregnated 22-year-old OnlyFans model Jade, as well as her 44-year-old mother Dani. The reaction to his news was as you’d expect. Curiosity and disgust. Famous for his antics on social media, this announcement was a little too much even for his die-hard fans to swallow.
Scores of ‘you’ve got to be kidding me’ and ‘oh my god this is disgusting’ comments infiltrated Nick’s social media and in true Nick Yardy fashion, the YouTuber doubled down and shared a gender reveal video on March 8 the following month. At the ‘gender reveal party’, which was seemingly attended by Nick, Jade, and Dani’s family and friends, the ‘throuple’ (three-person couple) announced that they were having a girl and a boy.
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The news spread like wildfire with media outlets picking up the outrageous story. And then Nick did the most shocking thing of all – he told the truth. In a tell-all interview with the Daily Mail, the YouTuber confessed: “There are no babies. It’s just, like, a skit. It’s not actually real.”
He added: “People that follow me, they’re just looking for entertainment and I don’t think they really [believe it].” Although he revealed the larger farce, Nick remains adamant about one thing – his relationship with Jade and her mother Dani is real.
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The content creator, who has 3.54 million subscribers on YouTube and a following of 2.4 million and 1.2 million on Instagram and TikTok respectively, frequently uploads different skits starring women on his socials. However, the South Floridian claims he’s been in a relationship with his live-in lovers, Jade and Dani, for nearly two years.
Taylor Swift admits her ‘hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s’ in rare insight into her life at home with her fiancé Travis Kelce
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Taylor and Travis give an insight into some of the ‘weird’ things they do at home(Image: Getty Images)
Taylor’s love story with Travis was certainly unexpected – and it could almost have been a plot taken straight from Hollywood. “It was like a fairytale,” says Annie Zaleski, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind The Songs. “We saw Taylor being wooed by this handsome football player, as if we were watching a movie unfold in front of us. There was something so irresistible about it, and it felt like she had been manifesting the relationship through her songs for years.”
It all began on 8 July 2023, when Travis attended one of her Eras Tour shows at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs. Keen to get acquainted, he tried to fix up a backstage meeting so he could give Taylor one of her hugely popular friendship bracelets bearing his phone number. However, his efforts failed, which he later admitted left him “butthurt”.
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He said, “She doesn’t meet anybody, or at least she didn’t want to meet me, so I took it personal.” But admitting he was “mesmerised” and “captivated” by her Eras performance, Travis then declared his interest in her on his and brother Jason’s podcast New Heights two weeks later.
Two years on, Taylor appeared on the same podcast with Travis and Jason, claiming Travis had thrown a “man tantrum” when he “didn’t get a meet and greet”. In the episode this August, which broke a Guinness World Record as 1.3 million people tuned in, she compared his pursuit of her to “an 1980s John Hughes movie”, and added, “He was just like standing outside my window with a boom box just being like ‘I wanna date you!’”.
Joking that Travis used his podcast as “his personal dating app”, she called it “such a wild, romantic gesture”, and said, “I’m glad it worked.” She also told how it was “sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Following Travis’s podcast confession, he and Taylor did meet. “We started hanging out right after that,” she revealed. “We actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.” One of their first dates took place in the Big Apple, with Travis later saying, “When I met her in New York, we had already kind of been talking, so I knew we could have a nice dinner and, like, a conversation, and what goes from there will go from there.”
In September 2023, Taylor was seen at a Kansas City Chiefs match with Travis’s mum, Donna, which many falsely assumed was their first date. “By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” Taylor later said. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game… We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.” As Annie says, “They were able to take the time to get to know each other in private, and I think that was so important. They realised they had a lot in common and that there was something really special there.”
The pair bonded over a love of cooking and watching movies, and Annie points out, “Both Taylor and Travis are very grounded and very family-oriented. They share such similar values.” Travis himself hails from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he and Jason were brought up by Donna and Ed Kelce. Although their parents are no longer together, Donna has said, “We’re very, very small. We’re tight-knit. We stay together and try to help each other as much as we can.”
Travis has drawn parallels between Donna and Taylor, highlighting their “kindness, their genuineness, their ability to say hello to everyone in the room”, and that they “show love and support, no matter what”. He also let slip one of the main things that drew him to Taylor, saying, “Why I really started to fall for her was how genuine she was around friends and family.”
Dad Ed believes his sons have never lost sight of who they are, either. “My boys know where they’re from,” he said last year. “Have fun while you’ve got it, but that doesn’t make you a better man. They fully understand that how you treat people is what’s important in this world.”
As boys, Travis and Jason, who is two years older, were both highly athletic. Jason played NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles for 13 years until he retired in 2024, while Travis joined the Chiefs in 2013, playing the position of tight end. He has also dabbled in TV, hosting the 2024 game show Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity? , as well as the 2016 dating series Catching Kelce , in which he dated women from each of America’s states. “The fact Travis knew the workings of fame meant he understood Taylor’s world,” says PR expert Lynn Carratt, director of E20 Communications. “They could treat each other as equals in that sense.”
As Taylor and Travis’s relationship gathered pace, she was regularly seen watching Chiefs games, often with her parents, Andrea and Scott, as well as her oldest friends and celeb pals. As you might expect, Taylor’s game-day outfits were on point from the get-go, and she made an art form of jazzing up a Chiefs sweater, T-shirt or jacket with her matching signature red lips. By the end of 2023, it was clear that Taylor and Travis were the real deal, and they were seen smooching at a party in Kansas City as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Then, at the Super Bowl in February 2024, photos of them kissing at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas after the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers went down a storm. “That was the turning point in their relationship, I think,” says Lynn. “It looked spontaneous and warm, and it changed the narrative for anyone who had thought it was just a showmance.”
Meanwhile, Travis became a regular attendee at Taylor’s Eras shows, and he was spotted in the audience at least 14 times in various cities, from Buenos Aires to Sydney. As the ultimate Swiftie, he called Taylor “an absolute machine”, saying of her three-hour set, “It was something I could admire watching, and I think about it all the time.”
He also told how keeping the romance below the radar took great effort, saying in the US podcast Bussin’ With The Boys, “It’s like you want to keep things private, but at the same time I’m not here to hide anything, like, that’s my girl, that’s my lady, so I’m proud of that.”
Despite their work commitments, the pair spent as much time together as possible, splitting their time between their luxurious properties in New York, Kansas and Rhode Island. It’s an arrangement that still works today, and the couple appear to have settled into a life of domestic bliss. “My hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s,” Taylor recently said. That includes sewing, painting, cooking and a passion for baking.
Admitting being “very deep in a sourdough obsession”, she said, “I’m really talking about bread 60 per cent of the time.” Travis has also referred to their unstarry life behind closed doors, saying, “Whenever I’m with her, it feels like we’re just regular people. When there is not a camera on us, we’re just two people that are in love.”
Annie believes their non-showy behaviour is one thing that draws fans in. “Despite all their fame, they’ve kept a sense of the everyday, doing things that normal couples do. It’s very sweet, and makes them so much more relatable.”
I’m A Celebrity hopeful Shona McGarty made a telling comment after touching down in Brisbane ahead of this year’s contest in the Australian jungle
As this year’s I’m A Celebrity campmates starting arriving Down Under, EastEnders star Shona McGarty had a few choice words. The actress, 34, who is best known for playing the part of Whitney Dean between 2008 and 2024 has landed in Brisbane ahead of next week’s start date.
She touched down wearing a bright pink shirt, black cycling shorts and a baseball cap after the long haul journey. However, there was one noticeable omission from her outfit.
Shona was clearly not wearing any engagement ring following a rumoured split from fiance David Bracken. The pair got engaged last year but are said to have called it quits due to apparently “wanting different things” and being “better off as friends”.
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Now, in a telling comment at Brisbane airport, Shona told us there was “not a lot” she would miss about the UK during her stint in Australia. She went on to joke: “I’ve got on the wrong flight.”
With the star still not officially able to confirm her I’m A Celebrity appearance, she said she must now ask for directions to get back home. She then admitted she would love to see a kangaroo. “I’ve never seen one in my life,” she said.
Shona’s arrival comes after Kelly Brook was also spotted at Brisbane airport. Speaking to the Mirror, the model and presenter said: “It was a long flight.
“I am going to miss my dog Teddy and my husband Jeremy, and my food in general. I am looking forward to seeing my Auntie Sheila and distant cousin – I haven’t seen her for a long time.”
The 45-year-old star added: “I am not sure how I feel about sleeping under the stars – hopefully I will have a spare room. I am looking forward to seeing koalas and the kangaroos.”
Taking part in the show marks a huge U-turn in her thoughts process. Kelly previously said in 2018 that there would be “a million” things she would rather do than head into the jungle.
Speaking on her Heart radio show at the time, she said: “I don’t want to eat eyeballs or sheep testicles and all the things they have to eat on there. Even if I had a huge tax bill and I had to pay it really urgently, I still wouldn’t do it.”
Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley has also already arrived in Australia, while other famous faces set to take the long trip Down Under include YouTuber Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angryginge. Musician Martin Kemp, comedian Ruby Wax, TV presenter Alex Scott and Jack Osbourne are also in line to feature.
They are expected to be joined by comedian Eddie Kadi, rapper Aitch, and presenter Vogue Williams. The formally announced line-up is set to be confirmed by ITV in the coming days.
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As per usuals, two names will be missing from the announcement. This is due to the latecomer selection that always rocks the camp days into their new adventure.
Five year investigation uncovers police mistakes, court comments about a lamp ‘myth’ and Caroline’s final words in note
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The new documentary goes through the final weeks of Caroline Flack’s life with new unseen documents(Image: Lia Toby/Getty Images)
Christine Flack has been investigating the circumstances around her daughter Caroline’s death for over five years.
The former host of Love Island took her own life at the age of 40 in February 2020 after learning that prosecutors were going to press ahead with an assault charge. In a new Disney+ documentary her mum, friends, agent and lawyer explain how she was let down and left feeling helpless. Also there is powerful new evidence mistakes were made by police and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Here are the new facts, details and important moments raised in the documentary which also dispel some previous media reports which contained errors….
The night of the incident
On the night of December 12, 2019, Caroline and boyfriend Lewis Burton had both been out, separately.
Mum Christine says in the doc: “They got back, and Carrie said, funnily enough, their cabs drew up at the same time, and they came in, and they’d both had a bit to drink. So she said we were laughing and joking. And they went up to bed, and she said Lewis fell asleep, but then his phone went. She picked the phone up, and there were texts from another woman.”
Caroline’s lawyer Paul Morris then takes up the story: “Caroline had found out that there were messages from a third party on the phone. She was upset. She was holding on to the phone. It was the confirmation of her worst fears, and she kept it in her hand, and with that, she’s trying to wake Lewis up.
“It’s a firm gesture, but the phone’s in the hand. He was frustrated that she’d accessed his telephone. She was upset at what she’d seen on the phone.” After noticing his head was bleeding Lewis threatened to call the police and then did call 999. Caroline was screaming “if you call the police I’m done” he allegedly argued back and called 999.
Caroline’s friend Mollie Grosberg said: “I don’t know if he really meant to do that(call 999) but it was a very charged situation, and they were absolutely wasted.”
Very sadly Caroline also told Mollie at that moment she felt her boyfriend was “gone” and her career could also be over and so she deliberately self harmed before the police arrived. This meant there was blood in the room and on their bed.
Police bodycam picks up what was REALLY said
Police came onto the scene and Lewis was initially confused about what Caroline hit him with and said a lamp and then a fan. When the policeman replied ‘what that fan?’ Lewis said: “I don’t know what it was.”
The only object taken by police as evidence was his phone, which now had a cracked corned, possibly caused during the row. Lewis later would confirm on social media that it was a phone used.
On the bodycam Caroline said: “It’s all me, I did it. I didn’t know my phone was going to hit him in the head.”
Lewis then tells police: “I love her. I don’t want this to be in the press. She’ll harm herself, I’m telling you.”
He did not require medical attention but Caroline did for her injuries. After being hospital overnight she then had to go to a police cell.
The Detective Inspector on duty that night overruled the CPS who initially suggested giving Caroline a caution. This was unusual.
Christine Flack explains: “I’ve managed to get my hands on the original decision from the Crown Prosecution Service, and it says ‘I do not believe that the case is in the public interest to prosecute as the injured party does not support the allegation. There is no domestic violence history between the parties. The suspect is 40 years old and has no previous convictions. The cut the injured person did not require medical intervention’. Therefore, they just wanted to carry a caution.”
Pleas to halt case fall on deaf ears
In late December after she was charged, Caroline was not coping well and her agent and legal team made the decision for her to see a psychiatrist.
Lawyer Paul Morris says: “It was evident that there should have been a greater mental health assessment and the impact that a prosecution would have on her mental health. For that reason, a psychiatrist was instructed in order to prepare a report and the decision was made to disclose that to the prosecution.”
But despite this new information coming to light, there was no change to proceedings, and not even a delay.
Caroline’s agent Louisa Booth said: “So we sent a psychiatric report to the CPS saying she is not fit and well mentally to go through this. We had professional analysis. And that was ignored.
“We were so taken aback actually, that they dismissed the report from the psychiatrist. You’re screaming into a void and no one is listening. So if that’s how we felt as management, how did she feel?”
On this decision mum Christine told the Mirror : “It was shocking. The whole thing has been shocking. They were going to pursue the case, whatever. They wouldn’t let anything change their minds.
“And that’s what Caroline knew in the end, there was no way out. She just couldn’t see one.
“Everybody was telling her it’d be all right. It was an accident.
“There were no charges brought against her by Lewis. She couldn’t have done anything more, people around her couldn’t have done anything more.
“But they were going to take it to trial. And I think they were saying about showing body cam of her being so distressed. She couldn’t take that and she just couldn’t see her way out in the end.”
Nightmare evening before first court appearance
After failing to stop the case continuing, Caroline then could have died the night before she was due in court as she felt her life spiralling out of control. The documentary reveals she took pills and drank the minibar dry, afraid of what would happen next.
The photos of her entering court that day were of a woman pushed to the edge and who had an hour’s sleep. And yet worse was to come.
Court comments at odds with what really happened
The prosecution lawyer in court, Katie Weiss, told the court Lewis had been hit with a lamp and that police said the scene was like “a horror movie”.
Caroline maintained throughout that she hit Lewis with a phone as it was still in her hand when she was using her hand to wake him. Lewis thought she used a fan or maybe a lamp but admitted he didn’t know. Later he confirmed it was a phone. Somehow this initial comment recorded on body cams was taken as fact and said in court which changed the entire narrative.
And rather than being a “significant” head injury with lots of blood at the scene as was inferred by Weiss, the blood at the scene was Caroline’s own. One of Christine’s main wishes from speaking to her in recent days is to dispel the “myth” of the lamp being used in the altercation by her daughter.
Heartbreaking unseen videos
Caroline opened up about the impact of her arrest in unseen footage she was planning to use for her own documentary. It showed the impact the charges were having on her.
In a video taken after her arrest, Flack said: “I’m doing this because I want to remember what I went through and what my family went through, what my boyfriend went through, what his family went through. It’s three days after I’ve been arrested for having a fight with my boyfriend. I’ve always co-operated with the police since they arrived. I was put in a cell.
“I was promised that I was anonymous and this wouldn’t be going further, and it was a really private situation.
“Five minutes after I left the station, they’ve gone to the press, all the details, everything. Since then, I lost my job, the job I’ve worked all my life on. I’m living in a hotel. I’m receiving so much abuse.”
Flack, who is also seen crying in the video and wearing a burberry scarf, added: “It was a fight. I’ve never hurt anyone in my life, the only person I ever hurt is myself.”
Final days
Caroline had some good days in February and moved home to avoid photographers and she also stopped drinking, walking her dog Ruby and hanging out with friend Mollie and her twin sister and mum.
But she was clinging to the idea the case would still be dropped. She found out it would definitely go ahead on Feb 13.
She messaged her friend: “They won’t drop the case. My life is over. The bodycam. My head is throbbing.”
She went into a meltdown, trashing her flat and friends including Mollie rushed there and had to call for an ambulance, but she eventually calmed down and managed to go to sleep. However she then urged friends to go home the next morning as her sister would be coming to the flat later on February 15.
But her sister Jody arrived at a locked door and the sounds of Caroline’s dog barking. Once inside she learned that Caroline had died.
In a final note Caroline left in her flat when she died, she wrote: “Please let this court case be dropped, and myself and Lewis find harmony.”
Former CPS Boss says ‘Charge makes no sense’
Former CPS chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal studies the police documents gathered by Christine and is in no doubt she should have only been given a caution for what happened.
He tells her: “Having looked at all your evidence I can’t understand why they rushed the judgement. This was a case where there is no previous history, no coercive behaviour. Mr Burton never wanted this case and was adamant. This was a one off occasion where she lost her temper and did what she did, which she accepts. For all of those reasons, the very worst thing that should have happened was a caution.”
He added: “I have prosecuted thousands of these cases, none of this makes sense. Almost immediately in the cold light of day, prosecutors would have formed a view this case is going nowhere and they should have stopped the case. They are required to stop the case where there is insufficient evidence. I can’t think of any reason to proceed, unless they were scared of what the media were going to say about them. It is not about losing face, this is about justice. My take on it is Caroline would still be with us if certain decisions weren’t taken in that month or two.”
Christine also speaks to Jess McDonald, a former police Detective Constable who was working in London at the time of the incident, including in a safeguarding unit which deals with domestic violence.
Jess says: “I’ve been through all the paperwork in Caroline’s case, and there’s just so much that shouts out to me as abnormal treatment and mishandling.”
She goes on to highlight an email sent by the detective inspector to challenge the decision to only caution Caroline, where the DI insists there is not a clear admission of guilt.
Jess adds: “Caroline admits guilt consistently. She never denies that she hit Lewis with the phone.”
* Both episodes of Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth premiere on Disney+ today.
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Georgia Harrison has shared an insight into motherhood as she posted a selection of sweet snaps on Instagram on Sunday including her mum’s first reaction from her hospital bed
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Georgia seems to be loving life as a new mum(Image: Instagram/georgialouiseharrison)
Georgia Harrison has shared an insight into her first week of motherhood as she shared a selection of sweet snaps on Instagram on Sunday.
Georgia announced back in April that she was pregnant with her first baby, just 10 months after meeting boyfriend Jack, 33, on a dating app. “When you know, you know. I know it’s cringey but that’s definitely how we feel,” she told The Mirror at the time.
She wrote on her social media pages: “We’ve been keeping a secret. Me and Jack are having a baby! Due November 2025, we can’t wait to welcome this little one into the world and embrace all the joy and love he or she will bring.
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“I still can’t believe I’ve finally got everything I ever wanted and I couldn’t be more grateful…And just like that 2 are about to become 3.”
The former Love Island star, 30, welcomed her first daughter with her boyfriend Jack Spacey last week. She took to social media earlier this month to officially announce the news, as she revealed her newborn’s name was Sahara Jean Stacey.
And now she has posted a snippet of her first few days of being a parent. Captioning the post she wrote: “My little scrunch. Here’s a few snaps from the best week of our lives @jackpstacey parenthood is the best chapter yet. Hope the full moon didn’t hit you all too hard.”
Georgia shared some moments from the hospital as her newborn was seen wrapped up in a green blanket, and a sweet video of her mum’s reaction to holiday Sahara for the first time.
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Her followers flooded the comments with supportive messages, one wrote: “Congratulations she looks like her daddy,” another wrote: “Your Mum’s reaction was so pure. Huge congratulations. You look great, but more importantly , you look happy.”
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TOWIE and Love Island stars also rushed to congratulate Georgia in the comments, Clelia wrote: ” Just amazing, can’t wait to meet you little angel,” while Faye Winter wrote: “beautiful”.
Caroline Flack recorded a video she intended to use for her own documentary which has now come to light. The video recorded three days after her arrest has now been made public
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Caroline Flack made a heartbreaking admission
TV presenter Caroline Flack spoke about losing her job and suffering abuse over her arrest in a video she recorded just days before her death.
In a video taken after her arrest shown in the Disney+ documentary, a clearly emotional Caroline said: “I’m doing this because I want to remember what I went through and what my family went through, what my boyfriend went through, what his family went through.
“It’s three days after I’ve been arrested for having a fight with my boyfriend. I’ve always co-operated with the police since they arrived. I was put in a cell. I was promised that I was anonymous and this wouldn’t be going further, and it was a really private situation. Five minutes after I left the station, they’ve gone to the press, all the details, everything. Since then, I lost my job, the job I’ve worked all my life on. I’m living in a hotel. I’m receiving so much abuse.”
Caroline, who is also seen crying in the video, added: “It was a fight. I’ve never hurt anyone in my life, the only person I ever hurt is myself.”
Other phone messages pop up on screen during the two-part series to show the correspondence she was having with friends and family, including a message that said: “I’m having a big panic attack. I think I’m going to prison.”
Another text read: “I literally cannot be papped it’s ruining my life.”
The former host of Love Island, who took her own life at the age of 40 in February 2020, is the subject of Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth, a two-part series where her mother, Christine Flack, investigates the assault charge the star faced and the resulting media storm.
Flack, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and was also known for presenting on The X Factor and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Now!, was arrested in December 2019.
She received a caution following an incident with her boyfriend, but this was overturned after an appeal from the Metropolitan Police and she was instead charged with assault by beating.
In August 2020, a coroner ruled Flack took her own life after learning prosecutors were going to press ahead with the assault charge in relation to an incident where she hit Lewis Burton with her phone while he slept, because of concerns he had been cheating on her.
In the documentary, her mother delves into material from her phones, with voice notes and texts from Flack shedding light on the star’s inner turmoil.
Giving an insight into Flack’s response following her arrest, her friend Mollie Grosberg said: “The minute that he (Burton) called the police, she just thought, ‘I am done. My career is over. My boyfriend’s gone. I might as well be dead’.”
Also in the documentary, Ms Flack reveals her daughter had always suffered from mental health problems and says that one doctor told her she had bipolar disorder.
“At the time, they used to call it manic depression. She didn’t want to be told that. She didn’t want a label. She hated having this mental health problem, and it was always hushed up. If anyone mentioned it, it was the worst thing you could do,” she said.
Flack’s former agent Louisa Booth claimed a psychiatric report to the Crown Prosecution Service saying she was not mentally fit enough to go through with the court case was dismissed.
“We had professional analysis and that was ignored. We were so taken aback, actually, that they dismissed the report from the psychiatrist,” Ms Booth said.
In 2023, Ms Flack rejected the Metropolitan Police’s apology for not keeping a record about why they charged her daughter with assault. A Met spokesperson said: “Caroline Flack’s tragic death had a profound impact on many, not least her family and friends who continue to come to terms with their loss.
“The Commissioner has previously written to Caroline’s mother to offer his condolences on behalf of the Met. We recognise how terribly difficult the past five years must have been.
“It is entirely understandable that those closest to Caroline have questions about the events leading up to her death, including the police investigation. We have engaged openly with those questions through independent reviews and an inquest, which subjected our actions to significant scrutiny.
“These processes did not identify misconduct for any officer, including in relation to the decision to appeal the CPS outcome. Operational decisions were made in accordance with the legal framework and guidance in place at the time.
“The Metropolitan Police Service fully supports the officers involved in the decisions made. Organisational learning was identified, around record-keeping and documentation of decision-making. These have since been addressed through policy reinforcement and training. The Independent Office for Police Conduct asked the Met to apologise to Caroline’s family for the absence of a recorded rationale in the CPS appeal process. We have done so and acknowledged the impact this has had on them.
“We remain committed to learning and improving, and our thoughts and sympathies continue to be with Caroline’s family and friends.”
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A CPS spokesperson said: “Caroline’s death was a tragedy and our thoughts remain with her friends and family as they continue to come to terms with their loss and the circumstances that led to her death. All decisions in this case were made on the basis of the medical opinion available to us at the time. A person’s celebrity status never influences whether a case is taken forward. We are satisfied that the prosecution was correctly brought.”
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