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Flack had long-term mental health issues, attempting suicide and self-harming on various occasions as a young presenter and actress. She was known not to take the criticism that came with fame well, and TV producer Anna Blue said that "she just wasn't emotionally wired to deal with all the problems that came with being famous".[{{cite news |title=Caroline Flack 'wasn't emotionally wired' for fame |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56232989 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=BBC News |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320111943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56232989 |url-status=live }}] |
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Flack had long-term mental health issues, attempting suicide and self-harming on various occasions as a young presenter and actress. She was known not to take the criticism that came with fame well, and TV producer Anna Blue said that "she just wasn't emotionally wired to deal with all the problems that came with being famous".[{{cite news |title=Caroline Flack 'wasn't emotionally wired' for fame |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56232989 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=BBC News |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320111943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56232989 |url-status=live }}] |
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She dated [[Prince Harry]] in 2009, but the relationship ended quickly after the media began reporting on it, according to both of their autobiographies.{{sfn|Flack|2015|pp=193–194}}[{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/arts/caroline-flack-dead.html |title=Caroline Flack, Who Hosted 'Love Island', Dies by Suicide at 40 |date=15 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217014557/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/arts/caroline-flack-dead.html |archive-date=17 February 2020}}] In 2011, she had a brief relationship with [[One Direction]] member [[Harry Styles]].[{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/caroline-flack-on-harry-styles-romance-it-was-a-laugh-until-i-started-being-called-paedophile-in-the-street-31599690.html |title=Caroline Flack on Harry Styles romance: 'It was a laugh, until I started being called paedophile in the street' |last=Freya Drohan |date=11 October 2015 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606015840/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/caroline-flack-on-harry-styles-romance-it-was-a-laugh-until-i-started-being-called-paedophile-in-the-street-31599690.html |archive-date=6 June 2019 |access-date=16 February 2020}}] Around 2014 and 2015, she was in a relationship with [[Sam Smith]]'s manager Jack Street.{{sfn|Flack|2015|pp=301–302}} She was briefly engaged to the reality TV personality [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 21)#Andrew Brady|Andrew Brady]] in 2018,[{{Cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Vicki |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/danny-cipriani-tears-after-missed-3856232 |title=Danny Cipriani in tears after he 'missed Caroline Flack's call because of a game' |date=17 February 2020 |work=Nottingham Post |access-date=17 February 2020 |last2=Jones |first2=Victoria |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217201752/https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/danny-cipriani-tears-after-missed-3856232 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51538371 |title=Danny Cipriani: Gloucester to stage Sale match in support of mental health issues |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217190402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51538371 |url-status=live }}] |
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She dated [[Prince Harry]] in 2009, but the relationship ended quickly after the media began reporting on it, according to both of their autobiographies.{{sfn|Flack|2015|pp=193–194}}[{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/arts/caroline-flack-dead.html |title=Caroline Flack, Who Hosted 'Love Island', Dies by Suicide at 40 |date=15 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217014557/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/arts/caroline-flack-dead.html |archive-date=17 February 2020}}] Around 2014 and 2015, she was in a relationship with [[Sam Smith]]'s manager Jack Street.{{sfn|Flack|2015|pp=301–302}} She was briefly engaged to the reality TV personality [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 21)#Andrew Brady|Andrew Brady]] in 2018,[{{Cite news |last1=Newman |first1=Vicki |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/danny-cipriani-tears-after-missed-3856232 |title=Danny Cipriani in tears after he 'missed Caroline Flack's call because of a game' |date=17 February 2020 |work=Nottingham Post |access-date=17 February 2020 |last2=Jones |first2=Victoria |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217201752/https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/danny-cipriani-tears-after-missed-3856232 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51538371 |title=Danny Cipriani: Gloucester to stage Sale match in support of mental health issues |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217190402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51538371 |url-status=live }}] |
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On 13 December 2019, Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, tennis player [[Lewis Burton]], after an incident reported by Burton at her [[Islington]] flat the previous morning.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-arrested-fight-boyfriend-love-island-lewis-burton-domestic-abuse-a9245736.html |title=Caroline Flack arrested and charged with assault after fight with man believed to be boyfriend |date=13 December 2019 |work=The Independent |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214125229/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-arrested-fight-boyfriend-love-island-lewis-burton-domestic-abuse-a9245736.html |archive-date=14 December 2019}}] Police found Flack covered in blood when they arrived, and they reported that she admitted that she had struck Burton (saying "I did it, I whacked him round the head like that"), before warning them she would kill herself.[{{cite news |last1=Sharman |first1=Jon |title=Caroline Flack told police she would kill herself after alleged attack on boyfriend |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caroline-flack-death-suicide-love-island-police-lewis-burton-latest-a9338606.html |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=The Independent |date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218184954/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caroline-flack-death-suicide-love-island-police-lewis-burton-latest-a9338606.html |url-status=live }}] Her inquest later found that Flack had hit and attacked Burton while he slept as she thought he was cheating on her, and that Burton had sustained a head wound.[{{cite news |title=Caroline Flack 'hit boyfriend over cheating fears', inquest hears |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53679454 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=BBC News |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616190456/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53679454 |url-status=live }}] On 17 December, Flack stood down from hosting ''Love Island'' in order to "not detract attention from the upcoming series".[{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-love-island-arrest-assault-charge-replacement-itv2-a9249771.html |title=Love Island: Caroline Flack quits show after assault charge |date=17 December 2019 |work=The Independent |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218154307/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-love-island-arrest-assault-charge-replacement-itv2-a9249771.html |archive-date=18 December 2019}}] |
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On 13 December 2019, Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend, tennis player [[Lewis Burton]], after an incident reported by Burton at her [[Islington]] flat the previous morning.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-arrested-fight-boyfriend-love-island-lewis-burton-domestic-abuse-a9245736.html |title=Caroline Flack arrested and charged with assault after fight with man believed to be boyfriend |date=13 December 2019 |work=The Independent |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214125229/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-arrested-fight-boyfriend-love-island-lewis-burton-domestic-abuse-a9245736.html |archive-date=14 December 2019}}] Police found Flack covered in blood when they arrived, and they reported that she admitted that she had struck Burton (saying "I did it, I whacked him round the head like that"), before warning them she would kill herself.[{{cite news |last1=Sharman |first1=Jon |title=Caroline Flack told police she would kill herself after alleged attack on boyfriend |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caroline-flack-death-suicide-love-island-police-lewis-burton-latest-a9338606.html |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=The Independent |date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218184954/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caroline-flack-death-suicide-love-island-police-lewis-burton-latest-a9338606.html |url-status=live }}] Her inquest later found that Flack had hit and attacked Burton while he slept as she thought he was cheating on her, and that Burton had sustained a head wound.[{{cite news |title=Caroline Flack 'hit boyfriend over cheating fears', inquest hears |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53679454 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=BBC News |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616190456/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53679454 |url-status=live }}] On 17 December, Flack stood down from hosting ''Love Island'' in order to "not detract attention from the upcoming series".[{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-love-island-arrest-assault-charge-replacement-itv2-a9249771.html |title=Love Island: Caroline Flack quits show after assault charge |date=17 December 2019 |work=The Independent |access-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218154307/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/caroline-flack-love-island-arrest-assault-charge-replacement-itv2-a9249771.html |archive-date=18 December 2019}}] |
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