Vicky Pattison has revealed she previously used alcohol to ‘quell’ her insecurities after she won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The former Geordie Shore star, 34, was crowned Queen of the Jungle in 2015 and told how she had ‘imposter syndrome’ and worried her career in the limelight would ‘go away’.
Speaking on Wednesday’s episode of ITV‘s Lorraine, Vicky also told how she has made the decision to freeze her eggs, saying she wants to have children one day with boyfriend Ercan Ramadan.
Candid: Vicky Pattison has revealed she previously used alcohol to ‘quell’ her insecurities after she won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Discussing her insecurities, Vicky said: ‘To quell the insecurity I drank, it was a scary and dark time for me. Everyone goes through certain things in life and it makes you.
‘I have dealt with my fair share of struggles but now I’m on my way to being a healthy and happy woman. And I want to help other people feel the same.’
On freezing her eggs, Vicky added: ‘For ages I put it off as I didn’t want to think I wouldn’t have it for ages.
‘I’m 34 and I would love a family. Ercan is a bit younger and I want us both to be in the right place.’
Honest: The former Geordie Shore star, 34, was crowned Queen of the Jungle in 2015 and told how she had ‘imposter syndrome’ and worried her career in the limelight would ‘go away’
Show: Vicky was previously known for he raucous antics on MTV’s Geordie Shore
Speaking about Ercan, Vicky said: ‘He’s upstairs. I’m dead happy, I feel really lucky, real life has been hard but I have finally got to a place where I love myself and so I won’t settle for bad relationships. I was ready to accept his lovely love.’
Asked for her advice on how to be happy, Vicky said: ‘There’s no secret to happy but we have to learn to put ourselves first. We are so embarrassed to say we are putting ourself first.’
The star boasts 4.9million followers on Instagram and told how she often feels insecure when she checks social media.
She said: ‘I make a conscious effort to show both sides of the coin on Instagram. It was affecting my mental health.’
Couple: Vicky also told how she has made the decision to freeze her eggs, saying she wants to have children one day with boyfriend Ercan Ramadan
It comes after Vicky recently revealed she was downing 10 drinks a day following her I’m A Celebrity win.
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The star said she is ‘determined’ not to end up in the same situation as her father John, 62, who has his own alcohol-related issues and has been in and out of rehab.
She told The Sun: ‘I had everything I ever wanted. The public liked us, I’d left behind Geordie Shore and I had this new shiny career.
‘But I was convinced that people would realise I wasn’t anything special and it would all be taken away and I was turning up late for jobs. I don’t think I ever turned up drunk, I always slept, but I was not in a fit state to work.
Vicky said: ‘To quell the insecurity I drank, it was a scary and dark time for me. Everyone goes through certain things in life and it makes you’
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‘When you’re doing talk shows you want to be witty and warm, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, not still shaking off the lethargy of five gin and tonics.
‘I hated myself back then. I work very hard to not become that person.’
She added that she started to become ‘unprofessional in her work’ and began to ‘jeopardise everything she’d ever wanted’ due to the drinking making her ‘sloppy and aggressive’.
Vicky went on to explain that her management sat her down and asked her why she was so unhappy, at which point she started going to therapy.
She added: ‘I have dealt with my fair share of struggles but now I’m on my way to being a healthy and happy woman. And I want to help other people feel the same’
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