Love Island winner Jack Fincham has revealed he attempted to take his own life after hitting ārock bottomā last Christmas.
Fincham, who won the fourth season of the show in 2018 alongside Dani Dyer, made the comments on podcast, The Steven Sulley Studio.
Fincham said that he āspiralled out of controlā after work began to dry up during the pandemic.
With work being infrequent and money running out, Fincham confessed that he started ādoing bad thingsā.
He went on to say: āChristmas time I took an overdose, mate. I was ready to go. I didnāt want to be here. Itās upsetting to think.ā
Fincham continued by criticising ITV for not giving the stars of the controversial reality show enough support: āI think there should be more guidance from them. They should say ālisten you are going to earn this amount of money - invest it, do something with itā.ā
The reality star also went into detail about his mental health struggles since winning the show: āThere was no structure. I had all this time and all this money on my hands. I wouldnāt say I f****d it but without that structure I fell to bits. I was depressed. This is only over the last year when the money was running out and work was drying out because of the bad headlines. Iām not a bad person but sometimes good people do bad things.ā
He continued: āRock bottom for me was not earning the money I was earning and just feeling like, at points, I didnāt want to be here. Iāve never said this before.ā

Fincham concluded by saying he is in a much better place now and has set up a stationery company and wants to give professional boxing a go.
ITV have been approached for comment.
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