TOWIE star, Charlie King, who joined the series with ex-Gemma Collins, told followers he’s ‘spiralled’ after shelling out a fortune on surgery – which includes a botched nose job
A former TOWIE star has admitted he’s ‘lost direction in life’ after dropping a whopping £20,000 on a total body transformation.
Charlie King, 40, who joined the ITV2 reality show with then girlfriend, Gemma Collins, in 2012, has spoken previously about his botched nose job and now he’s revealed he’s ‘spiralled’ since going under the knife.
Taking to TikTok, sharing a clip of himself looking ripped at a swimming pool before sharing another recent shot of himself getting out of a shower, wrapping a towel around his waist, he wrote in the caption: “Feeling like you’re at rock bottom,” before adding: “Nobody tells you how hard it is going from this … to here.”
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Charlie then admitted he had “lost his sense of direction in life” in a further worrying message. Sitting, sporting a striped shirt, with a plaster on his nose, he said of his body transformation: “It was never about having abs and losing abs.
“It was more just to show I’m someone that used to have quite a good relationship with his mind and I would do the right things to make me feel good. This year especially I have let it all spiral.
“I have lost all sense of self control, purpose, direction and it’s really caused a lot of self sabotage and I’ve not wanted to look after myself and felt a rebellion to looking after myself. But I don’t like the feeling and it’s got to stop.”
Charlie, who revealed his ripped body transformation following his time on TOWIE, then insisted he would ‘take accountability’ for his life, moving forward.
It’s not the first time the reality star has opened up about his mental health. In 2022, he told health committee MPs he was left in the “depths of despair” due to his struggles with body dysmorphia.
Slamming the amount of filters used on Instagram photos, pointing out what a danger they were to impressionable kids, he said: “The amount of times you see someone and they’ve been altered — you don’t really know what’s real any more.
“If we look at the Kardashian lifestyle, it’s that aspirational world where you can make loads of money and look fantastic. But we need to get real — that’s a unique situation the average person will never get to.”
He also told the Mirror he ;wasn’t strong enough’ for TOWIE, admitting: “I probably wasn’t strong enough for a career that so image based. Obviously I’m older now and I made a few mistakes but equally I try and make those mistakes into a positive now and lead by example.
“Being famous has got all these shiny lights about it. You see the influencer lifestyle or you see the reality TV lifestyle and you think it’s so glamorous but there is a very dark undertone to it all – there’s no denying that.”
Charlie joined TOWIE in 2012 and stayed for six series. His biggest storyline on the show was his rollercoaster relationship with Gemma Collins as well as his friendship with co-star Bobby Cole Norris.
He returned to the show in 2017 to have a heart-to-heart with Bobby about his sexuality, after denying he was gay when he first found fame.
Charlie appeared on This Morning and came out live on television as many viewers tuned in across the country and praised him for his bravery.
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