‘I was struggling with bulimia when we met’: Holly Hagan lauds ‘very healthy’ fiancé Jacob Blyth for ‘teaching her how to stop’ her eating disorder
Holly Hagan has revealed how her fiancé Jacob Blyth helped her overcome her eating disorder and change her approach to health.
Speaking to new! Magazine about her new fitness platform, the Geordie Shore beauty, 28, admitted she was battling demons when they first met.
She said: ‘I was still struggling with bulimia when I met him and he was the one who made me see that what I was doing wasn’t normal. I’d never questioned it or looked at it in a bad way, so him teaching me that made me stop doing it straight away.’
Happy days: Holly Hagan has revealed how her fiancé Jacob Blyth helped her overcome her eating disorder and change her approach to health
Holly shot to fame at just 18 in the inaugural series of Geordie Shore in 2011, where she was cruelly bullied by fellow cast members and also viciously trolled.
Despite going on to win the hearts of both her fans and peers, her mental health recovery was far more trying as she battled to overcome her body issues.
After a number of public romances, she has now found happiness in Jacob.
Jacob proposed during a sunset dinner date at the chic Cotton Beach Club in Ibiza on their second anniversary in June 2019, and they were planning to start planning their wedding in Ibiza last year however coronavirus stopped the plan.
Stunning: Speaking to new! Magazine about her new fitness platform, the Geordie Shore beauty, 28, admitted she was battling demons when they first met
She spoke about how he helped with her body image battles, which saw her starve herself and frequently go under the knife.
Holly explained: ‘My fiancé Jacob is an athlete, so his lifestyle is very healthy. He was a good influence on me. I was still struggling with bulimia when I met him and he was the one who made me see that what I was doing wasn’t normal….
‘I’d never questioned it or looked at it in a bad way, so him teaching me that made me stop doing it pretty much straight away.’
Way back when: Holly shot to fame at just 18 in the inaugural series of Geordie Shore in 2011, where she was cruelly bullied by fellow cast members and also viciously trolled
On her well-documented struggles with her mental health, she went on: ‘I still get social anxiety but I haven’t had a panic attack in about 4.5 years.’
Last year, Holly lashed out at trolls after she was accused of being ‘too thin’ before discussing her delayed wedding plans.
She took to Instagram to share cruel comments from trolls, who claimed she ‘looked better chunky’, before quoting Britney Spears’ 2007 hit Piece Of Me: ‘You can’t win. Britney said it: “I’m Mrs she’s too big, now she’s too thin”‘.
Stunner: On her well-documented struggles with her mental health, she went on: ‘I still get social anxiety but I haven’t had a panic attack in about 4.5 years’
Holly shared a stunning snap in which she donned a sporty lilac two-piece, however the picture was met with outrage from some of her Facebook followers.
Two followers penned: ‘Looked better as chunky. I think so too, not that it’s a bad thing she’s not.’
She added a caption over the top reading: ‘Facebook has the weirdest people. You can’t win. Britney said it: “I’m Mrs she’s too big, now she’s too thin”…
‘All we can do in this life is live for us and not do things for the approval of others. Because someone is always going to have something negative to say regardless.’