Caroline Flack found dead

40 year old tv presenter

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flack

from love island has died her family announced the news a short time ago let's get our correspondent ash in a hurry to talk a bit more about this , this will come as a great shock, of course, a much loved household name Caroline Flack, but she had been in trouble in recent weeks and had withdrawn from her post on love island and was facing trial in a few weeks absolutely we are hearing these reports that

caroline

flack

has died the sun newspaper does they have a family statement on their website and that family statement on their website says we can confirm our caroline passed away today february 15th we ask the press to respect the privacy of this family at this difficult time as you say that you resigned from presenting Love Island in December and after being accused of assault you have been a television presenter for years s first appeared on both selectors in 2002 hosted several series of love island and x-factor there will also be a lot of questions tonight about what has happened here about the treatment of the host in the wake of this controversy and in particular I guess that there will be some focus on the show love island given that two former contestants mike felicitas and sophie graden took their own lives after being on that show is there any indication if we look at her instagram page of how she might have felt at that time in office, but also his feelings towards the show when he quit the show he posted a post on instagram saying the show had been his world and it was the best show on tv.

The last time he posted on her Instagram social media page, it was a picture of her and her. dog two days ago and before that his last post was on December 24th and in some of the comments on that Instagram post on the 24th he referenced the fact that he was advised not to go on social media and also said that this guy of scrutiny and speculation is a lot for one person to do on their own, okay, I'll just bring up that full statement that you were referencing there. I can give you the details. the statement said that we can confirm that our Caroline passed away today, February 15th, we ask the press to respect the privacy of the family at this difficult time and ask that they not attempt to contact and/or photograph us and that it is from the Association of Press and, unsurprisingly, on social media the tributes absolutely poured out in absolute shock across the board from all kinds of people, all colleagues, including hers, Jameela Jamil, one of them, who just caught the mine it was only a matter of time before the media and a prolonged dog pile on social media pushed someone over the edge rest in peace Caroline Flack and I can continue on the list Rebecca Vaughn saying one show three deaths this must I've been on the wrong end of reality TV effects and people don't understand how it can make you want to die, so there are going to be some very tough questions for I TV Tonight talks incredibly difficult people like Eamonn Holmes also Caroline Flack dear god shocked beyond belief a true feeling that she was someone who was incredibly well liked within the industry among Instagram but also loved island stars and stars that, when she quit that show, they expressed their great love for how she was a believably warm character every time they appeared on the show with her, she hosted that after-sun show, which after filming Love Island in Spain, she would later come on and then host this London show, a very active part of that show, but also the x-factor as well, so you'll have colleagues from across the media industry paying tribute to you