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Privacy NoticeFormer Love Island star Mitchel Taylor has opened up about the dark times he suffered after being faced with false allegations., confessing that he “wanted to kill himself”. The TV star, aged 28, was embroiled in controversy last year when he was accused of disrespecting a homeless person and making homophobic remarks – allegations he firmly denied. The allegations were made after Mitch attended an event with fellow Love Island alum Zachariah Noble, where claims about their behaviour were made by a social media influencer. Mitch was labelled “vile” following the accusations, which led to him and Zach being ejected from the London event.
Mitch opened up on Tom’s Talks podcast about his mental health after false accusations
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It was alleged that Mitch threw money at a homeless man who had approached them for help, and made “incredibly homophobic” comments. Despite his strong denial, Mitch acknowledged he was the individual referred to. Now, Mitch has spoken about how deeply the false claims affected his mental health, admitting in a heart-wrenching confession on the Tom’s Talks podcast that he contemplated suicide. Choking back tears, Mitch revealed: “I’ll be honest, I wanted to kill myself”, reports the Mirror. He went on to say, during the emotional podcast interview: “I’ll be honest, I’ve never spoken about it. This time last year I got cancelled for a false accusation and I don’t want to sound like a bad person when I say this but I never took mental health seriously.”
Mitch on Love Island
Sign up to OK!’s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free Mitch continued to share the devastating impact of being falsely accused: “It was always like ‘It’s there and I get it’ but until it happened to me, I felt I were bulletproof but around this time last year, an influencer just put a story on accusing me of something that wasn’t true and one of their friends who’s a big influencer also backed the story up.” Opening up about his difficult experience, Mitch claimed his former management team “turned their back on him” after the allegations surfaced. Grateful for personal support, Mitch expressed, “I had no-one. Thankfully I’ve got my friends and a loving family.” He also revealed the financial hit he took when work opportunities stalled due to the controversy. Describing his mental state during this period, he confessed he “couldn’t eat or sleep,” and detailed terrifying harassment he faced when people had sent him photos of his family and his home with threatening messages.
Mitch returned to do Love Island: All Stars earlier this year
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In a heart-wrenching admission, Mitch admitted he had never had “dark thoughts” until that moment and then went onto say: “It absolutely crushed me. The thoughts I had, I wanted to kill myself, seriously, I thought ‘I can’t do it.'”. Mitch previously addressed the allegations including “throwing money at a homeless person” on Instagram. He said: “That is completely false, I didn’t throw any money at a homeless person. It was a kind gesture to give a homeless person money and it has been twisted into an evil act and it’s not true. I was trying to do a kind gesture.” He also refuted claims of being homophobic, as he clarified his awkward encounter with an influencer at an event by stating: “I fancied you when you were straight.” Mitch continued to add that he struggles with words and “can come across as being homophobic” but added that he was just a “fan” of this person. He then apologised and said he was just trying to be respectful but “got it completely wrong”. If you’ve been affected by any of the issues in this story you can contact Samaritans in the UK and Ireland on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. If you are struggling with mental health, you can speak to a trained advisor from Mind mental health charity on 0300 123 3393 or email info@mind.org.uk.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnLove Island
