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Alex Scott breaks down in tears as she reveals she still suffers terrifying flashbacks from her childhood of her mother being beaten by her father, on ITV's Loose Women. The football pundit claims her father Tony was a 'controlling, violent drunk'.

Help and support is available at www.womensaid.org.uk or contact Refuge for free on 0808 2000 247Alex Scott has revealed she came dangerously close to becoming an alcoholic before she sought therapy to help address her childhood trauma.

Speaking candidly in an interview with The Times, Alex admitted she almost turned to alcohol, like her father, to conceal her problems. Even with therapy Alex still experiences the effect her father has had on her life and finds it hard to show physical affection. The star said it was 'an incredible honour' to be joining the charity, with whom she was already working with closely since the launch of her candid memoir.

Tony previously vehemently denied the allegations when she made the claims in her memoir How To Be Strong, released in 2022 Breaking down in tears she continued: 'We felt like we couldn't do anything, and you wanted to save your mum. I thought I was better now and would be okay, but the visuals come back.

Tony previously denied Alex's allegations in a statement to MailOnline and said he couldn't understand why she was portraying him in this way.

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