The late star stepped down from her role as Love Island host after being charged with allegedly assaulting her then-boyfriend
Caroline Flack’s loved-ones have revealed just how devastated the former Love Island host was when she was lost her presenting role.
The much-loved TV star began hosting the show in summer 2015 after it was revived on ITV2, following on from the less popular celebrity series of the same name.
Caroline stepped down from her position in December 2019 after being charged with the assault of her then-boyfriend Lewis Burton. The charges had attracted a whirlwind of negative media attention, which effectively forced Caroline to step away from the series.
“In order to not detract attention from the upcoming series I feel the best thing I can do is to stand down for series 6,” she wrote in an Instagram statement.
Fellow broadcaster Laura Whitmore took over the hosting mantle and it seems Caroline was distraught by the replacement.
Speaking in the new Disney Plus documentary, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth, the presenter’s best friend Mollie Grosberg sheds light on her feelings at the time.
Mollie said: “Love Island was a massive thing for Caroline. Laura taking over brought up every single insecurity.”
She went on to reveal that the former host did in fact tune in.
“We weren’t allowed to watch it. Then she wanted to watch it so we’d sit and watch it together. And then every day she’d ask me for the numbers ‘How many viewers? How many viewers?,” Mollie explained.
Naturally, Laura taking over caused “turmoil” for the former Strictly Come Dancing winner.
“That constant turmoil killed Caroline,” her close friend admitted.
“She felt like she was being airbrushed out of the show. She said ‘I know that I’m gone. I know that I’m done this is it.'”
Even Caroline’s agent Louisa Booth also saw the devastating impact of losing her gig. Louisa shared: “She [Caroline] just saw the crumbling of everything she’d built.”
Caroline tragically died by suicide aged 40 in February 2020.
Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth is streaming on Disney+.
Source: Mirror
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