Alex Scott 'turned to drink' after being tormented by online trolls

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Alex felt she couldn't tell her mum at the time.

contestant, revealed that she went into ‘a dark place’ after being tormented online and she felt she couldn’t tell her mum at the time.

‘It’s interesting when you talking about your drinking, I was that footballer that when I retired, going into getting trolling I found that I was turning to drink,’ she began.‘To try and hide everything, how I was feeling. I didn’t tell anyone, I didn’t tell my mum because I didn’t want her to worry or to put that stress on anyone.‘I am very much that person, that I can look after myself and I can deal with stuff but obviously that isn’t always the right way.

 

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