Love Island's Mitch wanted to end life after being 'cancelled' over 'false allegations'
By Niomi Harris
Love Island's Mitch Taylor has emotionally revealed that he wanted to end his life after being 'cancelled' over 'false allegations' against him.
Opening up about the dark thoughts he suffered with, the reality star 28, admitted he wanted 'to kill myself' after being faced with claims he disrespected a homeless person and make homophobic comments last year.
The allegations - which he strongly denied - were made by a social media influencer as he attended an event with fellow Love Island star Zachariah Noble - causing the pair to be ejected from the London bash.
Mitch was alleged to have 'thrown money at a homeless man' who had asked them for cash and apparently made 'incredibly homophobic' before 'bragging' about his and Zach's status'.
And while he acknowledged that he was the one the TikTok star was referring to, Mitch heartbreakingly revealed the devastating affect the allegations had on his mental health, as he confessed on Tom's Talks podcast: 'I'll be honest, I wanted to kill myself.'
Love Island's Mitch Taylor has emotionally revealed that he wanted to end his life after being 'cancelled' over 'false allegations' against him
Opening up about the dark thoughts he suffered with, the reality star 28, admitted he wanted 'to kill myself' after being faced with claims he disrespected a homeless person and make homophobic comments last year
Fighting back tears, Mitch continued: 'll be honest, I've never spoken about it. This time last year I got cancelled for a false accusation and I don't want to sound like a bad person when I say this but I never took mental health seriously.
'It was always like 'It's there and I get it' but until it happened to me, I felt I were bulletproof but around this time last year, an influencer just put a story on accusing me of something that wasn't true and one of their friends who's a big influencer also backed the story up.'
During the emotional interview, Mitch also claimed that his management had 'turned their back on him' following the claims, adding that he 'lost money' as a result of the fallout.
He went on: 'I had no-one. Thankfully I've got my friends and a loving family but I lost so much money.
'I had so much work lined up and thought I was comfortable. Everything was cancelled.'
Further detailing how the situation affected him, the former gas engineer - who appeared in the tenth season of Love Island - shared: 'I got cancelled. I couldn't eat and couldn't sleep. My mates were dragging me out.
'This memory will live in me until the day I die - I was trying to throw up because of anxiety.
'People were sending photos of my house, photos of my family saying "I'm going to kill you for the things you've said and the things you've done," which wasn't true.
Former gas engineer Mitch appeared in the tenth season of Love Island in 2023
The allegations - which he strongly denied - were made by a social media influencer as he attended an event with fellow Love Island star Zachariah Noble [both pictured] - causing the pair to be ejected from the London bash
While he acknowledged that he was the one the TikTok star was referring to, Mitch heartbreakingly revealed the devastating affect the allegations had on his mental health, as he confessed on Tom's Talks podcast : 'I'll be honest, I wanted to kill myself'
Fighting back tears, Mitch continued: 'll be honest, I've never spoken about it. This time last year I got cancelled for a false accusation and I don't want to sound like a bad person when I say this but I never took mental health seriously'
'I remember thinking, why did I go on this TV show?'
Going on to detail how the allegations led him to consider ending tings, Mitch added: 'Mentally, I have never had the dark thoughts I've had until then and it absolutely crushed me. The thoughts I had, I wanted to kill myself, seriously, I thought "I can't do it".'
Going on to reveal that a second chance had 'saved him', he said: 'It was a tough time but ITV saved me. About two months later they called and said they wanted me for All Stars.'
At the time of the allegations in September 2023, Mitch took to Instagram to address the claims in a candid video.
Speaking to the camera, he said: 'I'm making this statement because over the weekend there were a lot of accusations against me and Zach.
During the emotional interview, Mitch also claimed that his management had 'turned their back on him' following the claims, adding that he 'lost money' as a result of the fallout
Further detailing how the situation affected him, the former gas engineer shared: 'I got cancelled. I couldn't eat and couldn't sleep. My mates were dragging me out'
'I do want to start off by apologising to Zach because these accusations had nothing to do with him, he has just been dragged straight into them, they are solely about me.
'I do want to talk about each one individually and obviously put it to bed and give my side of the story. The first accusation is the words "we are the most famous people in here" and that is actually true, I said that to Zach as a bit of banter but it has been taken the wrong way from other people and I admit it wasn't really that funny, I was just trying to have a bit of a laugh and a joke.'
He continued: 'Going on to the next accusation would be me throwing money at a homeless person, that is completely false, I didn't throw money. It was a kind gesture to give a homeless person money and it has been twisted into an evil act and it isn't true I was trying to do a kind gesture.
'I will admit when I was at this event I was quite happy and loud, it is a completely different world for me this, I've gone from fitting boilers to a fancy event and it can come across unprofessional and I understand that.
'Whoever saw me at that event I do want to apologise to as well, I just don't know how to handle myself in these situations, it's all new to me but I am really trying to adjust to this lifestyle.'
Speaking about the serious homophobic accusations, Mitch said: 'This is probably the biggest accusations out of them all about being homophobic. I spoke to an influencer at the event and my words were, "I fancied you when you were straight".
At the time of the allegations in September 2023, Mitch took to Instagram to address the claims in a candid video
Mitch denied the accusations and explained that fellow Islander Zachariah Noble 'had nothing to do with it'
'I can see how that can come across as homophobic, I'm really bad with my words sometimes, I was just nervous to meet this person because I am a fan.
'I do apologise, it's just when I'm in scenarios like that I can't really get my words out correctly and I was just trying to be as respectful to that person as I could and I kind of got it completely wrong.
'Obviously want to end on this, I do think you deserve the truth, I have to be blatantly honest with what went down and I do apologise that the statements took so long to come across, I had to take time away from social media over the weekend
'The amount of hate, death threats and horrible comments I've been getting I just couldn't deal with it, so I just had to take some time away. Hopefully that has cleared things up and moving forward I just want you to know I'm not homophobic, I never have been, I'm just bad with my words sometimes and I hoped you can understand.
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