FLACKSTOCK
Festival will pay tribute to Love Island Caroline
A Star-studded festival to celebrate the life of Love Island host Caroline Flack will be made into a TV documentary.
Viewers will share happy memories of popular Caroline who tragically took her life after she lost her plum job.
Her devoted mum Christine, 72, and celebrity pals Natalie Pinkham, 44, Dawn O’porter, 43, and Leigh Francis, 49, were determined she would not be forgotten - and organised Flackstock.
It takes place tomorrow in the grounds of Englefield House near Reading, Berks.
Performers include Natalie Imbruglia, Louise Redknapp, Tom Grennan, Lucie Jones, Pixie Lott, Fleur East and The Overtones. Dermot O’leary, Paddy Mcguinness and Joel Dommett also make appearances.
Christine previously said she wanted fans to remember the fun side of Caroline – and how Flackstock would
be the perfect tribute to her festivalloving daughter.
An insider said: “A film crew will be on hand to document what will surely be an emotional but uplifting day.
“Caroline’s friends and family want people to talk about mental health so more tragedies don’t happen.
“The festival is a really positive thing and a celebration of Caroline’s life as well as an opportunity to tell people who are suffering that it is OK they feel like that and they’re not alone.”
Sources say it will be aired on Sky Max and is produced by The Only Way Is Essex makers Lime Pictures.
Caroline was just 40 when she took her life in February 2020, weeks after being diagnosed as bipolar.
Three months earlier she stood down from ITV2’S Love Island after a drunken row with her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, and faced a criminal trial.
Christine said: “I think Carrie didn’t say anything about her mental health publicly as she didn’t want anyone to know. You’d have massive highs, but when you’re low it’s bad.”