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Caroline Flack's Mother Reveals Flackstock Festival will 'Celebrate Her Daughter's Life' | GMB

Mar 18, 2024
Laughter, dancing and music were at the center of Caroline Flack's

life

and that is how her family and friends have chosen to remember her. It's been incredibly just over two years since we lost the Love Island host and Van Damme meant those closest to her never really got to say the goodbye they would have wanted, yes, so Caroline's mum Christine has left. teamed up with her friend natalie pinkham for flakstock, a

festival

they hope is a fitting legacy and they both join us now, chris, I love the name, first of all, it sounds like it. It sounds good, it's going to be fun, yeah, you know, and when you think about what you know, how you want Caroline to remember what it is, what are the things that come to mind, in a very, very positive way, she loved it. dance, sing.
caroline flack s mother reveals flackstock festival will celebrate her daughter s life gmb
She loved

festival

s and there was so much negativity when she died that this is something she really felt, she was 19 at the time, yeah, I mean, it must be very difficult for you and her passing, as you say, devastating for anyone she loved. She included you two, of course, um, but she also raised a lot of issues that needed to be raised and she didn't, and one of the things is that she always wanted people to be kind and there's something about having something where people can.

celebrate

that you must feel that she

will

be delighted it's the best way it's the best way I can think of you know we could

celebrate

her because she was like that she was um she thought about people's feelings and um you know and what you said things that you know that they hurt um and but this would be positive we'll laugh we'll sing hopefully we'll probably cry a little bit but you know it's just lovely and everyone who's been asked has said yes if they can or they've volunteered to be in this or come so how are you?
caroline flack s mother reveals flackstock festival will celebrate her daughter s life gmb

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Christine um I feel very sad and I don't think that feeling is going to go away I think you just feel that there is sadness um of course and but you move on with things, everyone has to move on with

life

and you know, do things, but the sadness doesn't go away, that's all. It must be wonderfully comforting to know that she was so loved not only by the people who watched TV and enjoyed being on the show, but of course, there are so many good friends, Natalie. I mean, when you were getting everyone together for this, you were the one making the phone calls saying, "I want to do this," as was his

mother

and her family.
caroline flack s mother reveals flackstock festival will celebrate her daughter s life gmb
You had such a lovely reaction from people. Honestly, isn't it? It's been incredible. As Chris alluded to because of the pandemic, like so many others, we didn't have the opportunity to do a memorial service for her, which we would have loved and I think a lot of the pain is as well. By coming together, we couldn't do that either, so this represents all of that in a very positive way. Try to create a positive legacy for her. Raise a lot of money for four great causes. She chooses Love, which is a refugee charity that she has always supported. the charlie wallace trust, which is about suicide prevention, samaritans and reactive and proactive mental causes to help with mental health, but you know, as you say, everyone we've spoken to has said yes, we've felt overwhelmed with the response and it's a testament to your beautiful

daughter

's personality and how loved she was, yes, and still is, yes, so tell us about the festival, so who have you managed to get involved?
caroline flack s mother reveals flackstock festival will celebrate her daughter s life gmb
Who haven't we voted for? The thing is that on July 25th it

will

be written in your diary. I want to see you there, but look, we have so many great performances. Natalie Brulia Fleur East Louise Redknapp Sigma Tom Grenon came to call us today and said he would like to take part, so we have so many performances. Olly Murs we have. I've got Paddy McGuinness, uh, Keith Lemon, so it's a bit like a real variety act. Look, I'm getting great at this now, aren't I? The idea is that we're going to have music, dancing and comedy, all interspersed with all that weird stuff.
I loved it so much, I think we have a message whatever, folks, Mr. Keith Lemon, let's take a look at this July 25th. I am truly honored and proud to be a part of all this in honor of Caroline Flacca, our dear friend. I knew Caroline for many years before she was Caroline Flack on TV, she sang at my wedding with a beautiful voice and there will be lots of beautiful songs at the festival. I'll be there doing some amazing acts. I do not know what. I'm going to go get your ticket, I'll see you there.
I don't think he'll ever know what he's doing in his career, right? We've involved him in a lot of things and we were approached by Zoe and Richard Bennion, who were also touched. Where the country is that way, it's right off the M4 near Reading and you've got the Elizabeth line, so there's no excuse, you can get there in about 20 minutes from London and they've been affected by suicide. Zoe's best friend's son committed suicide, they really care, so people with similar intentions came together very well and that joie de vivre sounds wonderful, absolutely wonderful, and we have loads of NHS mental health workers coming.
Plus mclaren and skye have teamed up to pay all the NHS mental health workers to come for free, so there will be a good party atmosphere. You just need the weather now, because we need the sun and there is another great help. It's not there? Oh yeah, go on, who's the other bird? This is, I don't know if we can, we can say this, yes, you can, one of Carrie's favorite things was McDonald's, which you wouldn't believe given how skinny she was, I know. Yeah, but she loved McDonald's and they're really helping, they're sponsoring, they're making a big fuss, big fuss and fries, oh so you can come and eat whatever you want, dance tonight Christine, it must be so hard , but in times like this.
There have to be moments where you feel very proud and you have to be very moved, whether it's big organizations or whether it's Keith Lemon, Natalie, all together and that's all testament to Caroline, yeah, I mean, I was always proud of her, always proud, but you know. The way people talk about her means a lot, there are not many people in this world, I don't think even after her passing people would react this way behaving this way and it feels like she is still with her . For us, the energy is certainly there and those are the most important things, yes, no, it's a lovely, lovely, lovely way to remember it and I've made friends through that, I mean Natalie and I, I'm actually more a

mother

than a friend, but yes, but.
Yeah, having a day off today after listening you can get the tickets for her on Ticketmaster, um, but just search for flaxstock. A wonderful way to remember that all the money goes towards those full courses, so yes, it's still for direct donations to those mental health causes that are so important. For now, absolutely thank you, Nathan Christine, thank you very much, thank you now. If you have been affected by any of the issues we have raised while talking about this, you can find advice and support on itv.com, slash, helplines, thank you. see you both there

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