Caroline Flack's mum has opened up about her helpless battle to get her daughter to see how wonderful her life was before she passed away in February.
In a heartbreaking interview with ITV Anglia, Christine Flack told how she tried to get her TV star daughter to acknowledge the "fabulous carer and nice home" she had created as she battled depression.
"We tried to talk to her and say you've got this fabulous career and you've got a nice home. But actually, that doesn't matter, because that isn't how they feel. I think when someone is in that place, what we say isn't being heard," revealed Christine.
Christine said Caroline wanted to keep her mental health battle under wraps and was terrified of appearing "vulnerable" to her fans.
"She was always frightened that the public would find out that she was vulnerable and she had these dark feelings," she added.
"I used to sit with Caroline and watch television, the same as everybody else, and I would say, 'Oh I don't like them'.
"And she'd say: 'Mum, you don't even know them.' It made me stop and think, no I don't. We judge people and we don't know them. We don't know what they're going through."
Caroline took her own life in February at the age of 40, just one day after learning that the Crown Prosecution Service would be proceeding with her trial for allegedly assaulting boyfriend Lewis Burton in December.
At the Love Island star's inquest coroner Mary Hassell ruled that Caroline had intended to cause her own death.
"She hanged herself. She had only one expectation - her own death. There's no doubt in my mind at all,' said Hassell at the hearing.
She added that Caroline was suffering from "fluctuating ill health" and was "distressed" at the prospect of her upcoming court trial.
During proceedings, Caroline's mum Christine also spoke out via video link to agree where she tearfully agreed with the ruling.
"I totally agree, I think you got it spot on. We know you are not allowed to say certain things and it's up to us if we want to take it any further, and we don't. You're spot on," Christine said.
Christine is also mum to Caroline's twin sister Jody, Paul and Elizabeth Flack.
