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Suicide suspected.
How sad. There's too much of this going on.
Caused by the media - totals waste and massive shame.
Sad news. I do wonder how much was driven by the media and social media.
Shouldn't happen to anyone.
RIP
It was 100% media driven The Sun posted this yesterday
Awful news, poor girl.
If that is true it's a bit of a shock. I know she's had some problems recently but she always came across as quite a happy person, just goes to show you never truly know what's going on inside somebody's head 🙁
Always remembered her from doing Bo selecta rather than any of the more recent stuff, just realised how long ago that was 😯
Deleted what I typed. Another life lost for no reason. What her family and friends are going through, and will still go through if the press don't give them space
.... If that was inconsiderate then I apologise....
Still a hell of a shame regardless of the reasons.
This is the person awaiting trial for assault by beating, yes?
@sharkbait I hope your theory is right so you can be a total **** in real life, as well as on the internet when you tell all your friends about your nieces best friend
I'm afraid I have to own up to not knowing who or what Caroline Flack is.
But my missus seems to have been a bit moved/slightly shaken by the news of her death...
Without wishing to sound self absorbed, having suffered from depression, adding in scrutiny and bullying by the press would make an awful situation a million times worse.
Frankly it’s about time the press was held accountable for this sort of shit. Nasty hate rags like the Sun and Mail should be banned. Screw freedom of speech when it’s so frequently abused..
Absolutely Flange and people who have know someone, who knows someone who once seen them.
This is the person awaiting trial for assault by beating, yes?
This is a human being who did something wrong and was going to pay for it, but is now dead at 40, yes?
Very sad indeed.
Her social media recently seemed to suggest a troubled soul, she seemed deeply affected by the alleged events with her boyfriend and being dropped from Love Island.
We as a society need to start being better to each other, be that in person or online.
Except to the tabloid media, we can be as nasty as we like towards those scum.
Didn't she hit her ex boyfriend with a mobile phone and ended up being charged with assult with a weapon?
Goes on every weekend and you never hear about till your are on the telly then become a target for the red top's
Thus becoming trial by tabloid, who basically say what they want and then retract it with a 3 line apology on page 22 hidden away in the small ads
And prejudiceing a trial by juryin the process
Not a person whom I watch / watched but its a job she had and did well from all accounts
Its sad when anyone fit and healthy dies no matter who it is.
The sad thing is all the young people want to be famous these days but fame and fortune doesn't seem to bring many people happiness.
Be careful what you wish for.
What was the sun valentines thing? When I searched it didn't work. Maybe the sun have taken it down.
And it’s very likely people like you pushed her to it. * me, she’s still warm and * like you are putting the boot in.
Interesting that you felt the need to call me something like that. I've no real idea who she was. I needed to Google her - top link was the assault charge. No mention of that on the top 9 comments here. Thought I'd ask the question about the elephant in the room.
Anyway, I won't bother to lower myself to your base level. Perhaps you can control yourself better in future.
No idea who she was, did a google search and made a crass comment
Stay classy Rich
Rich, benefit of the doubt, yes she was.
But she had not been found guilt of any crime, yet had been relentlessly bullied by the media and social media. She had lost her job and been attacked mercilessly.
This bullying has lead to her committing suicide.
So yes, that was her and clearly she was not perfect.
But she that does not excuse what happened to her.
I needed to Google her – top link was the assault charge.
Seems unlikely. But you know, if you say so.
@Rich_S You're fooling nobody, you've either tried to be funny, or been a bit of a scumbag about somebody who appears to have taken their own life after suffering from a degree of mental illness.
That said Zanelad has gone too far, the above does not warrant that response.
Let's all be nicer to each other eh?
I’m not entirely sure why this woman is famous but I have heard of her due to the ‘daily sun’ or what ever that comic book for knuckle draggers is called. AFAIK, the ‘daily sun’ has been slating her for a while, as Tend to flick through the papers the uneducated leave lying around at work.
This article induces vomit
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10971333/caroline-flack-dead-love-island-took-own-life/
Poor woman, victim of ‘celebrity’ culture.
I hope her death is not in vain and is the start of change.
Zanelad said nothing wrong. It's people like @Rich_s who need calling out for the sitting in his (probably skid marked) pants making otherside/ concern trolling comments about people who kill themselves
Desperately sad.
First and foremost that someone so young saw no way out of where they were.
Secondly, the packs of wolves that loiter and wait for opportune victims, both in the press and social media, which includes this place.
Just had a look and I’m confused how the public comments regarding
CF are closed,
THE SUN seems happy enough for ‘people’ to comment on brexit or ISIS.
I’ve no real idea who she was. I needed to Google her – top link was the assault charge. No mention of that on the top 9 comments here. Thought I’d ask the question about the elephant in the room.
Oooooh you fibber.
Fancied a quick troll and went for it. Got called out, didn’t like it. Suck it up buttercup.
As for Caroline Flack - seemingly someone who had a lot to like about life - try to imagine how utterly low and awful she must have felt to do this. That is NOT something that should cause any other emotion than sadness.
The sun launch "you're not alone" campaign but hound people who are struggling.
http://www.dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/
If we all stopped buying this kind of journalism then they would change the way they do business.
There are plenty of good publications out there without having to buy the sun.
If we all stopped buying this kind of journalism then they would change the way they do business.
Yep, but a prurient interest in the lives of even moderately famous people now seems ingrained in our insular culture.
The hypocritical hand-wringing now by the gutter press will be utterly nauseating.
Spitting image had it right when the tabloid journalists were all played by pigs in trench coats and trilbys.
Frankly it’s about time the press was held accountable for this sort of shit.
This is about the sum of it. Poor poor woman.
"She wrote on her Instagram account in October last year: "The last few weeks I’ve been in a really weird place... I find it hard to talk about it .. I guess it’s anxiety and pressure of life ... and when I actually reached out to someone they said I was draining." The Telegraph
...and here you all are, playing the game they want you to play...
RIP.
So sad to think that the only way out she felt was through suicide.
Bloody shame, bloody waste. Good looking wee lassie ruined by the media. Don’t post much but by Christ this needs to stop.
Social media/press have a lot to answer for 🙁
Sad to hear of another wasted life.
I really do worry how society is changing. A lot above rightly blame the press but I feel tv companies are not helping either with programmes like love island (big brother etc) where it’s all about playing with peoples emotions in a bid to drive viewing figures and column inches (I have never watched it but believe 2 contestants previously took their lives). Put all this with online social media like instagramm/ face book where people post how great things are/look at me type stuff along with the trolls and professionally outraged at the smallest thing, is it any wonder it drives people over the edge.
I hope that she is at peace now.
I can't start to imagine what her family and friends are going through right now.
RIP.
To take your own life requires a major level of mental distress, I'm sure the media had a major part to play in getting her to that state (in conjunction with her own actions).
I think there's a much bigger issue here though around reality TV, of which Love Island is one of the more corrosive examples. There was a lot of debate around contestants mental health and support last summer. There's also a lot of concern around the portrayal of relationships that younger viewers are getting some very unhealthy ideas about.
None of that makes her death in anyway deserved or OK but it is ironic that someone presenting Love Island has become a victim to the more negative aspects the contestants have experienced. The reality TV shows and gutter press feed off each other.
Meh, blame social media and the press, but that lets every sad ****er who consumes the showbiz bullshit off the hook. It lets off all the people who jump on the bandwagons to demonise others as a way of deflecting from their own misery.
I blame the consumers of it all. They create the demand and feed the production, feed the need to be first, to be find the dirt. Twitter is full of people right now blaming everyone else but themselves.
Interesting reading the some of grief whores tweet histories. Some are absolutely guilty of it themselves.
Always sad to hear about someone taking the ultimate decision, especially as I've been down that road (although not to the destination).
What makes it even more sad is that I met her through work a few years ago and she was lovely to talk to, totally opposite to what I thought she would be. Thoughts are with her family and as for the press? They can shove one, all they do is prey on the weak and gullible.
Such a shame, my daughters thought she was stunning and had everything going for her. Not quite a role model for them but a definition of success. From what i read of her court case the CPS went against the boyfriends wishes and proceeded with the case.
Is this common if the victim doesnt want to prosecute the CPS proceed anyway? Maybe he knew she was struggling? Clearly had a huge affect on her. Add in the tacky tabloid 'sell a story at any cost' mentality and thats a huge burden to bear.
I think a number of organistations / people should be held accountable, including Police, CPS, Tabloids, ITV, social media trolls!
Poor girl, RIP
Is this common if the victim doesnt want to prosecute the CPS proceed anyway?
In domestic violence cases, yes.
Feel for her friends and family.
@macdubh Yes, positive prosecution is standard in DV cases. Usually though as the victims are women nobody gives a good goddam shit as to why the perpetrator is violent.
Nobody seeks to dress it up MH and they literally want to burn them at the stake. The double standards are horrific.
The changes in the law were brought about to help protect those that may be under the sway of a violent partner. Media and those who had a hand in this are all making noise to deflect from their culpability.
This is the person awaiting trial for assault by beating, yes?
Had a fight with her BF, BF said he was fine the day after. Worth dieing for?