LOVE Island's Amy Hart has revealed how ITV's 'welfare girl' had to force her to eat and would comfort her in bed after her split from Curtis Pritchard.
Amy bravely opened up about the heartache that caused her to sensationally quit the villa as she revealed her own struggles with mental health.
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Amy, 27, explained the lengths ITV went to in order to look after her in the villa, saying: "The welfare girl came in every single lunchtime apart from one day a week to check how much water we were having, how much wed eaten and how we were.
"And when it all went t**s up for me and I was lying in bed crying at lunchtime, she would get into bed with me and just stroke my head and talk to me and now I speak to her on the phone twice a week to check how I am.
Weve been given 18 months of sessions as mandatory from ITV and then we can have more if we want them afterwards. Im very unorganised and busy at the moment so I let my psyche sessions go and [my welfare rep] ended up phoning my manager and saying we need to get a date in Amys diary when shes free so they are really on it.
Speaking to Heat magazine for its Wheres Your Head At? campaign, the former British Airways stewardess said: "I lost a stone in my first six months in BA and when Curtis finished with me I wasnt hungry and wanted to control my [diet] again, but ITV stepped in and made me eat as the psyche was watching me all the time."
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Amy admitted she was desperate to star in the show, and trying to achieve her dream took over every aspect of her life.
"It started way before being in the villa," she said. "I applied for Love Island in October so I had this goal of Love Island, everything in my life was centred around love island.
"So, my Instagram, everything - I'd want the ultimate picture. I'd never been interested in the "Instagram life" before, but I was like "I need to get my Instagram good for Love Island," so everything...
"Borderline obsession I would say with getting on love island, because I thought: 'it is gonna solve all of my problems. I'm gonna get a boyfriend and my life's gonna be perfect after that'."
She sensationally quit the villa after Curtis kissed Jourdan Riane and admitted his head had been turned while Amy was away in Casa Amor. Curtis then moved on with Maura Higgins after she revealed her crush on him.
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Amy opened up about her struggle ahead of World Mental Health Day on October 10, telling Heat: "I have had mental health issues in the past but I was reluctant to accept it. I didnt admit that I had anxiety until a couple of years after I first started my job flying at British Airways.
"My previous anxiety issues manifested within food. I would order the biggest dinner youve ever seen and take one bite and start shaking, crying and saying I cant eat this anymore.
"I felt like wasnt in control of the rest of my life - I was convinced I was going to get sacked, so food was my control thing.
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Since leaving the villa Amy has been inundated with nightclub appearances and has been a panellist on Loose Women.
Meanwhile Curtis has landed a fashion deal with Debenhams as well as becoming an ambassador for Weight Watchers.
Maura has a lucrative fashion deal with Boohoo.com and has been signed up for Dancing on Ice.
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Amy spoke to Heat after pledging support to Wheres Your Head At? To get help on mental health issues and find out how you can support our campaign so that mental and physical health are given equal treatment in the workplace please go to http://www.wheresyourheadat.org.
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