When Caroline Flack tragically took her personal life 5 years in the past she was mourned by a big circle of buddies who’ve been true to their guarantees of protecting her spirit alive – even organising an annual pageant in her reminiscence.
The very fact she touched so many lives needs to be an enduring testomony to the Love Island host who died aged 40 in February 2020, to not point out a consolation to her household – however the actuality of the place these relationships stand now could be sadly extra difficult.
A gaggle of the star’s closest buddies have since skilled a bitter rift together with her household, resulting from an upcoming documentary they worry will apportion ‘blame’ over her dying.
Final month, the Mail’s Katie Hind revealed that Caroline’s mom Christine is central to the brand new documentary in regards to the late star on Disney+, which is able to forensically element her final 24 hours and attempt to give some solutions as to why she died – and whether or not her life may have been saved.
The programme is about to put naked the fallout between Christine and a few of Caroline’s shut buddies, together with Lou Teasdale and Mollie Grosberg, who have been taking care of the presenter earlier than her dying as a result of she had already tried suicide.
Caroline’s twin sister Jodie was resulting from come and take over however each Lou and Mollie left earlier than she arrived, and this determination – which will probably be questioned within the documentary – has prompted anger from her buddies, who now really feel like they have been ‘blamed’ for Caroline’s dying.
Caroline Flack’s closest circle, together with her finest pal Lou Teasdale, (pictured) has turn out to be embroiled in a bitter feud together with her family members after a string of accusations over who’s to ‘blame’ for her dying
The star (pictured in 2019) died by suicide in February 2020 – a day after she heard the CPS would pursue a trial following a drunken row with then-boyfriend Lewis Burton
Final month, the Mail revealed that Caroline’s mom Christine is central to the brand new documentary in regards to the late star, which is able to forensically element her final 24 hours
Caroline was discovered lifeless a day after she heard she was dealing with a legal trial on assault prices in opposition to her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
Now, her mom can also be stated to be upset by the truth that a few of Caroline’s buddies stay near Lewis after his fiancee Lottie Tomlinson, particularly given the couple bought collectively simply months after the presenter’s dying.
In recent times Christine has additionally hit out at ‘faux’ showbiz buddies who she claimed have been wrongfully grieving for Caroline’s dying, with one swipe particularly geared toward Laura Whitmore.
Different stars, resembling Ashley Roberts, additionally appear to have been iced out of Caroline’s internal circle, and he or she’s been a no-show for the previous two years on the annual charity pageant Flackstock, maybe resulting from her closeness to Lou and Lottie.
Nonetheless, plainly Christine hasn’t fully shut out all of Caroline’s closest, with names resembling Olly Murs, Louise Redknapp and Daybreak O’Porter nonetheless considered extremely.
So which members of Caroline’s circle have been shunned by her household, and who has efficiently stayed of their favour?
Lou Teasdale
The social media star, who boasts 5 million Instagram followers, has been flaunting her new romance with ex England participant Andy Carroll
Within the twenty years since she left her Yorkshire residence and moved to London to pursue her hair stylist goals, Lou has weaved an internet of celeb buddies, glam collaborators and now a footballer boyfriend.
The social media star, who boasts 5 million Instagram followers, has just lately been flaunting her new romance with ex England participant Andy Carroll, scorching on the heels of his break up from his TOWIE star spouse Billi Mucklow.
She started engaged on hit ITV present The X Issue again in 2010, as a stylist for the highest eight acts. The job was additionally the beginning of her friendship with Caroline, who was the presenter of spin off present The Xtra Issue from 2011.
Regardless of working for all of the rising stars on the present and the following tour, the proficient stylist was quickly poached by One Course, changing into their foremost hairstylist and make-up artist after the fivesome stored requesting to work together with her.
At 25, Lou was shut in age to the younger band and her bubblegum pop aesthetic of colourfully dyed hair and shiny make-up was a match made in heaven for the group’s teen fanbase.
And so the boyband’s stardust rapidly rubbed off on her and Lou constructed up an enormous social media following.
Lou is believed to have met Caroline once they each labored on The X Consider 2011 – Lou as a make-up artist and hair stylist and Caroline because the presenter of spin off present Xtra Issue
She joined the band on their again to again excursions as 1D mania grew, and there have been additionally quite a few rumours throughout their years working togather that Lou and heartthrob Harry Types had dated.
In addition to Harry, Lou additionally grew near his bandmate Louis Tomlinson and thru him, his youthful sister Lottie.
Lou employed Lottie as an assistant when she was simply 15 and visiting her brother on tour. While the teenager began as her intern, Lou and Lottie quickly fashioned a detailed bond, collaborating on social media content material and constructing a detailed friendship.
They’ve since created tanning model Tanologist collectively – a spread of vegan and cruelty-free self-tanners, for which Lou acts as inventive director.
Their closeness means she stays strongly linked to Caroline’s boyfriend Lewis Burton, who’s now engaged to Lottie.
Each ladies are additionally good buddies with Pussycat Dolls star Ashley Roberts, who was additionally in Caroline’s circle when she was alive.
Since these claims emerged, Lou insisted she ‘did her finest’ to assist Caroline in a heartbreaking Instagram submit about suicide (pictured with the star in 2014)
Since’s Caroline’s dying, questions have been raised as to why Lou and fellow buddy Mollie Grosberg, left Caroline alone in her flat on the day she took her personal life.
Lou has additionally come below hearth in current weeks for her friendship with Caroline, with questions raised about whether or not she and Mollie may have achieved extra to assist the star.
‘Why was it right down to Caroline’s buddies to take care of her?’ a detailed pal of Louise, instructed The Mail final week. ‘The place was her household? Louise needed to get again to her younger daughter, she could not keep any longer.
‘That they had been with Caroline for hours and hours and so they tried to get her to go to hospital however she would not. They remained at her flat to ensure she was OK however they could not keep there indefinitely, so that they went.
‘It’s devastating that they now have Caroline’s mom blaming them. Christine was as soon as so near Lou however not any extra.
‘Caroline’s dying has haunted her buddies and altered their lives, and there’s a view that she needs to be left to relaxation in peace. However this documentary goes to pull every little thing up and, whether or not it intends to or not, runs the chance of laying blame in sure locations.’
Since these claims emerged, Lou insisted she ‘did her finest’ to assist Caroline in a heartbreaking Instagram submit about suicide.
In addition to her submit, Lou and her boyfriend Andy Carroll made a £1000 donation to the charity’s You Are Not Alone programme.
Mollie Grosberg
Alongside Louise, Mollie was additionally at Caroline’s flat in the home and feels equally that she is being ‘blamed’ for her shut pal’s dying and ostracised by Christine
Mollie, a manufacturing supervisor, has brazenly stated she is going to by no means recover from her dying. ‘She was a superb buddy to Caroline,’ stated a buddy of hers. ‘She would have achieved something for her’
Alongside Louise, Mollie was additionally at Caroline’s flat in the home and feels equally that she is being ‘blamed’ for her shut pal’s dying and ostracised by Christine.
Mollie, a manufacturing supervisor, has brazenly stated she is going to by no means recover from her dying. ‘She was a superb buddy to Caroline,’ stated a buddy of hers. ‘She would have achieved something for her.’
In 2021, Mollie had expressed her grief over dropping her finest buddy as she ready to participate in a charity trek to lift cash The Samaritans.
Talking on BBC Breakfast, she stated: ‘She is with me each single day, I believe everybody who was near her most likely thinks about her on a regular basis.
‘I believe it is laborious for anybody who loses anyone that dies, however clearly suicide is sort of a difficult factor to recover from. For me, personally, my psychological well being has undoubtedly suffered.
‘However the Samaritans are an incredible charity, they do not simply assist people who find themselves contemplating suicide, however they assist buddies and households who’ve a cherished one who’s contemplating suicide.
‘For me it has been a problem and I do not know if I am going to ever recover from one thing like this, whether or not it is somebody you simply know a bit bit or somebody who’s a finest buddy or member of the family, dropping somebody this manner is a extremely laborious factor to recover from.’
Mollie added that understanding has helped her and that planning the trek to honour Caroline and lift cash for the Samaritans is ‘actually necessary’.
Lewis Burton
Christine has beforehand acknowledged that she believes Caroline’s relationship with Lewis ‘ended her life’ (the pair are pictured in October 2019)
It was a row between the 2 in 2019, after Caroline was stated to have discovered textual content messages from one other lady on his cellphone, that led to her hitting him with a lamp, being charged with assault
Christine has beforehand acknowledged that she believes Caroline’s relationship with Lewis ‘ended her life.’
It was a late-night explosive row between the 2 in 2019, after Caroline was stated to have discovered textual content messages from one other lady on his cellphone, that led to her hitting him with a lamp, being charged with assault – and finally resulted in her downward psychological spiral and suicide on February 15, 2020.
Lewis has since began a relationship with pal Lottie Tomlinson, and the couple welcomed their second little one collectively this week
It’s a romance that Christine has discovered troublesome to deal with, particularly since Caroline had been sad about Lewis and Lottie being buddies.
A buddy of Caroline’s instructed The Mail: ‘It have to be devastating for Christine, she has misplaced her daughter and now Lewis has turn out to be some sort of influencer together with his girlfriend, residing in obvious bliss and about to turn out to be a father for the second time.
‘He has been in a position to transfer on together with his life and discover happiness, Caroline hasn’t and it’s heartbreaking. No person anticipated Lewis to by no means discover love once more, after all he was entitled to, but it surely was all very fast.’
Caroline killed herself after studying that her legal trial for assaulting Lewis was going forward, after initially being instructed she would solely be given a warning.
Lewis has since started a relationship with pal Lottie Tomlinson, and the couple welcomed their second little one collectively on Thursday
Lottie and Lewis started relationship in August 2020 after assembly at a celebration hosted by Lou — six months after Caroline’s dying (Lou and Lewis pictured at Caroline’s memorial service in 2020)
Caroline had feared that the physique cam footage taken by police on the evening the incident occurred could be performed out in court docket. In a confession to a pal, she stated she would ‘moderately die’ than have the recordings performed in a public enviornment.
Following the incident, Lewis refused to make a press release to the police, within the hope this may result in the police dropping the fees, however they pressed forward anyway. This determination by the police left Caroline ‘in items’, in response to her buddies.
Lewis has additionally remained shut with Caroline’s buddies Lou and Mollie, one other issue that has made Christine uncomfortable, and has additionally contributed to her estrangement from her buddies.
‘Christine might be forgiven for pondering that Caroline’s buddies may need solid Lewis adrift,’ one buddy of the tv host stated. ‘However that is not the case and it’s laborious for her.
‘Lewis wasn’t all the time so good to Caroline and there was a lot discuss her giving him cash for causes that individuals do not identified for sure.
‘Christine thinks that if it hadn’t been for Caroline going out with Lewis, she may be right here as we speak.’
Lottie Tomlinson
Lottie’s relationship with Lewis started in July 2020, after the pair bonded over their share grief from the lack of family members
Lottie has additionally stayed near Caroline’s finest buddy Lou, with the make-up artist introducing her to her husband-to-be Lewis
Associates stated it has been ‘extremely troublesome’ for Caroline’s mom Christine to observe Lewis transfer on so publicly with Lottie, including that her shut friendship with Lou makes her uncomfortable
Lottie’s relationship with Lewis started in July 2020, after the pair bonded over their share grief from the lack of family members.
The influencer sadly misplaced her mom and sister lately and Lewis misplaced Caroline Flack in February 2020.
Lottie’s sister Félicité, 18, died after an unintended drug overdose, three years after the dying of her mom Johannah, who died of most cancers.
It is understood Lottie turned higher acquainted with Lewis at a home celebration in Might 2020 hosted by Caroline’s shut buddy Lou Teasdale, 36, which was held to mark three months since her tragic passing.
The couple introduced the delivery of her son Fortunate in a candy Instagram submit on August 9 2022, and welcomed their second little one, a daughter on Thursday.
Caroline, who had been buddies with Lottie earlier than her dying, had beforehand shared her upset at Lewis being near her.
Six months after the presenter’s dying, her mom Christine additionally shared her upset in a pointed social media remark, below a snap which confirmed Caroline and Lewis posing on a picnic blanket collectively.
‘He’s now in the identical pose, completely different woman,’ the submit stated.
The ‘completely different woman’ being referred to was social media influencer Lottie.
Associates stated it has been ‘extremely troublesome’ for Christine to observe Lewis transfer on so publicly, revealing: ‘She has no time for Lewis.’
‘It has been heartbreaking to see how rapidly Lewis moved on together with his life regardless of declaring his love for Carrie in a sequence of social media posts following her dying.
‘Had Carrie bought out of that relationship we imagine she would nonetheless be with us as we speak. Seeing all of the posts of his lavish life-style is heartbreaking. He’d have by no means met Lottie had it not been for his very public romance with Carrie.
Ashley Roberts
Previous to Caroline’s dying, she and Ashley have been publicly shut buddies, with the Pussycat Dolls star sharing a tearful tribute to her pal following her dying
Since Caroline’s dying, Ashley has remained on pleasant phrases with the star’s finest buddy Lou, showing in social media snaps together with her throughout an evening out
Previous to Caroline’s dying, she and Ashley have been publicly shut buddies, with the Pussycat Dolls star sharing a tearful tribute to her pal following her dying.
Ashley, who was a longtime buddy of Caroline, started: ‘This can be a powerful one to do. It has been a troublesome few days following the information of… sorry… Caroline Flack’.
As she tried to carry again tears, Ashley continued: ‘For these of us who knew her this has been very surreal…
‘It is laborious to suppose something good can come of this, but when something it places the highlight again on how we deal with one another.’
Ashley went on to reference her personal expertise with suicide, as her father Pat took his personal life in March 2018.
Since Caroline’s dying, Ashley has remained on pleasant phrases with the star’s finest buddy Lou, showing in social media snaps together with her throughout an evening out.
It seems that this friendship has led to an estrangement from Caroline’s household, as has been evident by current editions of the charity pageant Flackstock.
Held in Caroline’s honour, Ashley was amongst a string of stars in attendance in 2022, however for the previous two years has been noticeably absent.
Laura Whitmore
Laura Whitmore had beforehand shared how honoured she felt to take over as Love Island host following her dying, however Christine has since taken a swipe on the star
In a 2021 interview, Christine hit out at buddies she deemed ‘faux’ of their grief, with some claiming her feedback have been geared toward Laura (the pair are pictured collectively in 2019)
A detailed buddy of Caroline’s, Laura had beforehand shared how honoured she felt to take over as Love Island host following her dying, hoping that presenting the present could be a becoming tribute to her pal.
Nonetheless, Christine seems to view the state of affairs in a completely completely different gentle, and in a 2021 interview, she hit out at buddies she deemed ‘faux’ of their grief.
She additionally appeared to take a swipe at Laura for taking the Love Island internet hosting gig, referring to her solely as ‘the woman that is taken her place’.
Christine additionally accused ITV bosses of a ‘lack of respect’ for axing Caroline from internet hosting Love Island within the wake of her arrest for assaulting her boyfriend Lewis.
She instructed The Solar: ‘I watched Love Island as a result of Carrie was in it. Now, it is horrible when the advert comes up and the woman that is taken her place is all in nearly the identical gown, in nearly the identical pose.
‘I believe ITV2 may have achieved it a bit in a different way. They may have achieved it out of respect.’
Christine went onto take intention at those that declare they have been near Caroline and expressed their grief publicly, insisting that her daughter’s true shut buddies in showbiz have been Natalie Pinkham and Daybreak O’Porter.
She added: ‘It is laborious. I noticed somebody on the telly this week calling her a buddy and it actually harm.’
Laura stepped down from internet hosting Love Island in 2023, and he or she has since been changed by Maya Jama.
… and the buddies who’re nonetheless in Christine’s favour
Whereas lots of Caroline’s closest have been not noted within the chilly by Christine, there are a choose few which have managed to remain in her good graces, together with Daybreak O’Porter
Presenter Natalie Pinkham (pictured second left with Caroline) has additionally remained on pleasant phrases with Christie
In April, Natalie revealed she had run the London Marathon in Caroline’s honour, to lift funds for The Samaritans
Whereas lots of Caroline’s closest have been not noted within the chilly by Christine, there are a choose few which have managed to remain in her good graces.
Christine beforehand shard that she’s stayed in contact with presenter Natalie Pinkham, charity CEO Josie Naughton and author Daybreak O’Porter – who visited from Los Angeles to pay tribute to Caroline on her birthday.
She stated: ‘Josie and Caroline met once they lived collectively in Camden, she met Daybreak when she was presenting I am A Movie star: Further Camp, and Natalie whereas engaged on a poker present. They’re the buddies I knew,
‘I like seeing Natalie, Josie and Daybreak, but it surely hurts typically when I’ve to see individuals who say they knew her.’
Daybreak turned concerned within the organisation of Flackstock in 2022, and mirrored on her buddy’s passing in an interview with The Irish Examiner in September.
She stated: ‘Generally simply strolling down the road, I bear in mind how humorous she was, how vigorous, how she was the funniest individual I knew,’ she says.
‘To consider her life being considered as a tragedy is sort of the largest tragedy of the entire thing. And so a bunch of us bought collectively and placed on Flackstock in her honour — it began off as a what-the-fuck-are-we-doing and is now a legit pageant.
‘It reminds everybody that when somebody dies by suicide, that really would not outline their life. Suicide would not outline Caroline, it would not outline her life — it is how her life ended, however she was probably the most effervescent, joyous, enjoyable, humorous folks. Flackstock has given us an opportunity to recollect the enjoyment.’
In April, Natalie shared that she ran the London Marathon in Caroline’s honour, elevating cash for The Samaritans, and like Daybreak, she was a part of the committee that organised the Flackstock Competition.
Louise Redknapp has additionally been an everyday performer on the pageant, and shared her apologies on social media that she was unable to attend final 12 months.
She additionally marked the anniversary of Caroline’s passing in February, writing on Instagram: ‘”In the present day all of us keep in mind that kindness is every little thing and being there for one another is so necessary.
‘Not a day goes by I don’t take into consideration you, shine shiny up within the sky my woman, this music will all the time be for you xxx Be type.’
Olly Murs has publicly shared perception into his friendship with Caroline, who he described as a ‘big half’ of her life
The singer has additionally been an everyday performer on the Flackstock Competition, and headlined the occasion final 12 months (pictured on stage)
Olly, who has been an everyday perfomer at Flackstock, has publicly shared perception into his friendship with Caroline, who he described as a ‘big half’ of her life.
The X Issue star, who welcomed his first little one together with his spouse Amelia just lately, spoke of their extremely shut bond whereas presenting the Xtra Issue collectively in 2009.
Chatting with the Large Situation, Olly admitted: ‘She was an enormous a part of my life and profession. Particular individual, particular buddy. We had an attention-grabbing relationship, but it surely was nice. And it is mad as a result of folks say they go to you in your goals.’
Olly, who’s headlining Flackstock in reminiscence of Caroline, revealed she ‘visits him in his goals’ fairly ceaselessly, which he finds fairly ‘pretty’.
He stated: ‘It is mad as a result of folks say they go to you in your goals… Caz [Caroline] does that fairly ceaselessly, truly. It is surreal, but it surely’s pretty when them days occur.’
He beforehand revealed he tried to satisfy up with Caroline not lengthy earlier than her dying however she by no means confirmed up, and admitted that he ‘all the time’ thinks about it.
