Carly tells of social media hell

Trolls leak pics and send abuse

her. She said: “I was curious because obviously Anthony Joshua is a very well respected athlete and someone I look up to, hence my attraction towards speaking to this person.

“I soon figured that out but obviously that person has my number now. Whether it is the same person doing it, there’s been texts from people pretending to be Simon Cowell or Floyd Mayweather or just other athletes or celebrities so it’s kind of an ongoing thing.

“I kind of know straight away to just block the number.”

Along with her golf, Carly has become a social media sensation over the past few years. She has nearly 50,000 followers on Twitter and 118,000 on Instagram.

During the interview, Carly admitted she had felt the need to delete many pictures from her social media – and she called for more action to protect young women on social media from trolls and abuse.

She said: “I used to take it really personally when I kind of really started out on social media.

“I hated seeing anything negative or anything that wasn’t in a positive light, so it did affect me quite a lot.

“I think I’ve learned as time has gone on to just ignore it and, for me, if I have anyone that’s mean or very negative towards me and say horrible things, I tend to just block them.”

She added: “I do think there should be more ways to help protect us.”

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ p06prym3 to hear Carly’s full interview.