Scarlett Moffatt felt "lost and lonely" after winning 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
Scarlett Moffatt
The 30-year-old reality TV star moved to London after winning the show but struggled to deal with the loneliness and the online hate she received and she took to sitting in Camden Market, hoping strangers would talk to her.
Speaking on the 'Comfort Eating' podcast, she said: "I just felt so lost and lonely. It was such a hard time and I felt really guilty for feeling sad, because I thought, ‘God, I’ve just won one of the biggest reality shows in the UK’."
"I used to take [my dog] Bonnie for a walk and sit in Camden Market, knowing people would come up for a chat. A lot of the time if I wasn’t working, I’d just be on my own with my dog.
"Obviously to my friends and family back home I’d pretend I was living the dream because I didn’t want them to be worried, but I’d go and sit in Camden Market with a book and people would come over and I’d have a chat.
"It’s sad that, isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone that before. It makes me sound really sad."
Scarlett admitted that online trolling also took a huge toll on her.
She said: "I’d just never been bombarded with that amount of hate before.
"It even felt worse than when I was at school. At least when I was at school I could make jokes about it and stuff, but I just felt like – not necessarily that I didn’t want to be here any more forever, but I just didn’t want to be here for a little bit, until things died down."
Scarlett eventually moved home to be closer to family and says she feels happier than ever with her policeman partner Scott Dobinson.
She said: "I was starting to give up (on finding a man) a little bit. I was starting to think, 'Oh, maybe there’s just none left. Maybe I’ve missed the boat.'
"But I’m so pleased that he’s come in to my life because he’s made us trust again, which… it’s took a long time."
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