Given that Caroline Flack was allegedly a serial abuser.
It’s a personal tragedy for her family. But all these celebs coming out of the woodwork to canonise her and instruct the rest of us to be kind is rather ironic, no?
Personally I don’t think the size of the cut on your head is relevant after your partner has hit you and caused you to ring 999. There may be no scar at all - it is still violence.
Caroline did seem to be a lovely, bubbly, friendly person. But she clearly had ongoing mental health issues and needed professional help, not more media spotlight. That was for her and her loved ones to pursue.
She was facing the end of her career, a criminal record, a public shaming and it was more than she could handle (perhaps more than any of us could handle, I don’t doubt that). I do feel genuinely sad that she felt such desperation in her final moments.
But the response to this has been completely wrongheaded. The hashtag BeKind? When what started all of this was an act of violence? The lecturing of the public to be nicer to celebs on Instagram when all they’re trying to do is show off how much better they are than ordinary mortals. It’s all so self-serving. Social media didn’t kill Caroline Flack. She could have deleted it from her life. She had very specific, concrete reasons to feel desolate at the end - real-world problems that overwhelmed her.
It’s a tragedy in the truest literary sense. The downfall of a great hero by their own flaws.