‘I would pull my hair and punch myself in the head!’ B*Witched star Edele Lynch admits she self-harmed, abused alcohol and called herself names after divorcing ex Michael Barrett in 2014
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B*Witched’s Edele Lynch has admitted she abused herself mentally and physically following the breakdown of her marriage to Michael Barrett in 2014.
The singer, 42, revealed she would self-harm by punching herself in the head and pulling her hair, called herself names and self-medicated with alcohol.
Confessing she was ‘knocked for six’ when she divorced her ex-husband in 2014 after seven years, Edele said she ‘wasn’t handling herself mentally very well’.
Oh no! B*Witched’s Edele Lynch has admitted she abused herself mentally and physically following the breakdown of her marriage to Michael Barrett in 2014
The Dublin-native told The Sun’s Fabulous magazine: ‘I was self-harming. Not that I knew it at the time, but just to deal with that stress.
‘I was pulling my hair at times or punching myself in the head. Calling myself idiotic and other names. I didn’t love myself at all.’
The mum-of-three, who shares Ceol, 15, Harley, 12, and Enya, 11, with the fitness instructor, claimed she downed shots of vodka as a way to ‘drink her way out’.
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Candid: The singer, 42, revealed she would self-harm by punching herself in the head and pulling her hair, called herself names and self-medicated with alcohol (pictured in 2006)
Edele said: ‘I attempted that one morning and thought, “Actually that really works — so I’m never going to do that again, because that’s just not cool.”
She went on to reveal that she began suffering panic attacks and used an opportunity to appear on Celebrity Big Brother to take a break in August 2014.
During her time in the house, the Irish star’s twin sister Keavy confirmed Edele had split with Michael.
Troubled: Confessing she was ‘knocked for six’ when she divorced her ex-husband in 2014 after seven years, Edele said she ‘wasn’t handling herself mentally very well’
She said: ‘They separated a while back. They are still on good terms as they’ll always be a family with three beautiful children. I feel sad about it but that’s the way life goes sometimes.’
While Edele revealed to Big Brother in the diary room: ‘It just hurts. I just guess when you get married you don’t expected it to go anywhere but forever. In a way I can feel myself skirting on the outside of everyone.’
The former pop star – who found fame in 1998 with the girlband – currently lives in Manchester and is hoping a matchmaker will be able to find her a new man.
Moving on: She went on to reveal that she began suffering panic attacks and used an opportunity to appear on Celebrity Big Brother to take a break in August 2014
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