I’m a Celebrity’s Emily on teenage heartache
The Inbetweeners actress bravely told how she downed vodka then cut herself in a desperate cry for help.
The actress’s revelation came after fellow star Jesy Nelson admitted a suicide bid when she was plagued by internet trolls. Emi ly, 29 – who is speaking out to raise mental health awareness – said: “I’ ll never forgive mysel f for harming my body in that way.
“I didn’t want to die. I just felt so out of control of everything and it was almost like a ‘ f*** you to everyone, cos I can do this if I want.’ sort of thing.”
The horror happened when Emily was 15 and is revealed in her new book Are We There Yet?: To Indignity... and Beyond!, which is out now.
She recalled the split from a boyfriend, who had accused her of being a “psycho”. She said: “The excited rush of the ride was over and I was just left with emptiness and fear.
“I was about 15 by this point. I’d lost a lot of weight, and I was constantly in trouble at school.
“Bunking school to avoid it because of the bul lying and hanging around with older people doing older things.”
She added: “I would do drastic things in order to make him get back with me. I drank a bottle of vodka and cut my wrists – a cry for help, a cry for attention.
“I was spiralling. I was too young to cope with my breaking heart and cloudy drunk head.”
Fortunately, Emily was saved by medics. She added: “I woke up with massive bandages on my wrists and had to hide them from my family.”
The actress’s mum, comedian Kate Robbins, was horrified.
Emily, who won the hearts of the nation when she became the runner- up on last year’s I’m A Celebrity, said: “My mum would beg me to open up and speak to her but I just couldn’t.
“She started to see cuts on my arms and it broke her heart.”