Danny Cipriani has shared his final Whatsapp messages with Caroline Flack on Instagram.
The England rugby star briefly dated the Love Island presenter in 2019.
Taking to social media, Danny, 32, shared messages between himself and Caroline discussing her upcoming trial.
The first picture he shared was a black dot, in reference to a nickname the late presenter had for him.
The second picture was a screenshot of their final conversation, Gloucestershire Live reports.
In it, Caroline wrote: "Hello :) Black dot. I'm ok. How are you?"
Danny replied: "Haha. You look gorgeous in your pic.
"I’m well. Navigating my way through an industry which has never suited me. But… I’m still being great.
"Why you just ok? Want you smiling."
The last message in the screenshot from Caroline says: "Well got court case coming up."
Danny posted a caption underneath the screenshot of the conversation which reads: " "Black dot. Before I start. This is my grieving process. Which is talking. A lot. Which my friends and family and teammates have had to take this last 10 days because I'm grieving. And I'm grieving hard. Hence I'm talking a lot.
"I'm not sure I'd be strong enough if I didn't understand or see myself in her. Pain is pain. It doesn't matter if you've lost a cat. Or been called a name. No one's pain is worse or less. Because it is individual to them and how they take it.
"So... Black dot. If you judge the first pic you see a black dot. But I didn't really know what she meant when she called me black dot. Until her best friend told me on Sunday last week. 'She used to call you black dot, now I know, your WhatsApp pic is a black dot' - so I changed my WhatsApp pic to a black dot about five months ago because I felt there were people who had my number who I couldn't trust.
"Ultimately I would have let them into my life. So ultimately I would have to ask myself why. Anyway. This story is about the beauty she found in a situation I found uncomfortable. 'I'm just talking to black dot' she would say. She was kind beyond belief. And she would think I am crazy doing all this. But I know she would be proud.
"I'm taking Lent off social media. Thank you all for the kind messages. And all the lovely response. Thank you for the bad response. It's my story. And I did it for me. Then her - she wasn't allowed to talk to her BF throughout the case because of the law. He wanted the charges dropped. They wanted to pursue. I am not pointing the fingers. The CPS and police do a good job. Just saying we can't always do a good job.
"This is my grieving process. Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. PS - I was shown how to disable comments. So I'm going to do so on this post. Because it's for me and my grieving process. But in a month I will be back on social because that's 2020 and this is me navigating my way through life."
On Friday, February 21 Danny fought back the tears as he explained how he told Caroline Flack 'everything' in a touching video he posted on Instagram.
Danny's Premiership club, Gloucester Rugby, will continue to run their #BeKind campaign, which sees the club raise awareness of mental health, in their home game against Sale Sharks at Kingsholm on Friday.
