Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Abi Titmuss: I was in a cycle of self-obsession, self-loathing and self-pity

Glamour model says she was at rock bottom after her break-up from Lee Sharp

Abi Titmuss used to date former This Morning host John Leslie

Abi Titmuss has revealed that she hit rock bottom when she split from former footballer Lee Sharp.

The glamour girl dated him for 3 months after they appeared together on Celebrity Love Island in June 2005.

But they ended things when newspapers accused Lee, 37, of cheating on her with 2 women.

‘My life is empty,’ she reveals in her new autobiography. ‘It’s like there’s a gaping void inside me that I have to fill.

‘I’ve discovered there are various means of doing this: food, drink and men. But the high is transient and I am always left feeling worse than when I started. Deeply, deeply unhappy.

‘I feel lower than I’ve ever felt in my life. I hate my life and I hate myself. Something has to give. I’m so depressed.’

But after talking her problems through with a therapist, 32-year-old Abi insists she’s bounced back.

‘I was in a cycle of self-obsession, self-loathing and self-pity,’ she writes. ‘I used drink, drugs, sex, food, shopping... anything I could to numb the pain. Therapy was the best thing I’ve ever done – it changed my life.’

The Secret Diaries Of Abigail Titmuss is released on 24 July.