Kerry Katona reveals Caroline Flack used her smile to disguise so much pain in her darkest times

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KERRY Katona has said she thinks Caroline Flacks smile used to disguise so much pain.

The 39-year-old forged an unlikely friendship with the television presenter, who reached out to her for help in December, and has now remembered her in a moving letter.

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Caroline messaged Kerry after struggling with online bullying after stepping down from Love Island over allegedly assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

Writing for new magazine, Kerry explained their relationship and the regret she has about not following up their concerning conversations.

Discussing the messages she received, in which Caroline said the trolling made her sink so deep, she wrote: I knew it must have been serious for her to reach out to me because we were in a different league showbiz wise.

Shes up there, Im down here. I may be a household name , but I am nowhere near the calibre of star was. So now I ask myself, why didnt I push more? Why did I follow up the conversation after those initial few messages ? Why was I so scared of looking like a cling-on that I didnt ask her to meet up so we could talk some more.

Caroline reached out to Kerry in December as she struggled with online bullying

Kerry continued: I was always very fond of Caroline. By no means am I pretending to be one of her best friend, but we were in the industry at the same time and Id see her around on the circuit. Shed always come over at events and say hi and was always so bubbly and lovely.

So much so that you would never have looked at her and thought she had mental health problems, which goes to show a smile can disguise so much pain.

She went on to say that despite trying to reassure her how strong she was, she was unable to save her.

Caroline, 40, was found dead at her home after prosecutors said her trial for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend would go ahead.

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