Caroline Flack

Did they though? Ant took time away to sort himself out, they held his job for him. They did the same for Caroline. she was never sacked.

The likes of Dan Wootton are trying to pin the blame on ITV which is hypocritical of him considering The Sun were printing stories about her.

Taking myself out of retirement for this news.

I am very sad to read this. I do believe she deserved to stand trial, just not by media, tabloid or social.

Her friends and family must be devastated and I can’t help thinking about them. I particularly hope her boyfriend has plenty of support right now.

Mental health is a serious issue nowadays (well it seems to be more-so than in the past, although it may just be being reported more). Personally, I know how places like this and social media can exacerbate mental health problems (hence my break). I do believe that the media really got people riled up against Caroline (as I said it was right that she was going to court). The tabloids just seem to make people angry, and look down on people. I hoped that The Jeremy Kyle Show being cancelled was the beginning of a change but it seems it didn’t happen quickly enough.

I’ve noticed the media (papers and Sky News) are trying to point the finger at Love Island rather than looking at themselves, which someone has already said. Let’s not let them get away scot-free.

How truly awful and incredibly sad that she felt there was no other alternative to escape. The press and social media have tormented and hounded her, but how that has all changed as her death has been announced. Some websites have deleted the old pages where they slated her so they can write about the "heartbreaking" news. The press are so two-faced and false.

My thoughts are with Caroline's family and friends - this is just horrific for them.

Yes it is so sad that a life has to end this way. A sad reflection on how media and social media in particular can have such a negative effect. No one knows what is going on in someone else's mind but such a shame that Caroline felt she had no way out but this. Rest in Peace.

Awful news. I wasn't a massive follower of Caroline's work, but this has hit really hard. I don't have the words really. I'm just massively upset that she thought of this as her only escape.

Really sad. Didn’t follow that much of her career but loved her on Strictly. Amazing dancer and really warm personality. Hope she’s in a better place now.

They think it’s okay because they see people similar to them in the media getting away with it. Starting to prosecute journalists* and editors would go some way to changing the culture. Start at the top.

We have a major problem brewing in the West with such a large volume of hate coming from figures of authority, seen in the rise of such as Trump, Orban, Salvini, Le Pen etc. What the powerful do and say affects what the rest of the population do and say. It goes the other way, of course, in that people like that are helped into power through the hatred of such people but that symbiotic relationship is growing in influence. Look back through history and it never ends well.

I’d never heard of her until the trial was plastered all over the news, as I’m not a fan of ‘reality’ television. Why was this important when similar crimes don’t even merit a footnote in a local paper? 

* It should be noted that we are now being governed by a journalist whose loose relationship with the truth has long been obvious. ‘A fish rots from the head down’.

Absolutely; you can’t court media controversy one minute then bleat harassment the next (I’m looking at you Rebecca Vardy). Our culture seems to revolve around the popularity of vacuous surface rather than anything of moral substance at the moment. The second that Ms Flack started being reported like one of her Love Island contestants was the turning point I fear. The whole media needs a reset. Maybe this will spark something, although I doubt it.

^Seconded,Burly Bear.

This just feels right to share now