I’m a Celebrity winner Abbie Chatfield says she ‘still struggles’ with her mental health

Abbie Chatfield was crowned Queen of the Jungle on Sunday night’s grand finale episode of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Australia.

The 25-year-old was over the moon about the win, but she admits that she still struggles with comments from trolls. 

Speaking to the TV RELOAD podcast this week, the reality star said: ‘I still struggle with all the trolling. I still struggle with things. I try to take care of my mental health. 

‘I go to therapy once a week. It’s still very hard. A year and a half in this isn’t very long really. And I was 23 when I got all that trolling.’

 Abbie added that she has learned to let things go more as time goes on. 

‘The biggest thing is I have to understand that everything will pass. Things that seem so hard to get through and things people were so mad about when I was on the Bachelor. 

‘I now literally laugh with my friends, ‘Why would someone troll me like that? Stealing someone’s date card?’ 

‘It’s just knowing everything will pass and everything will get better,’ she said. 

Abbie went on to reveal that she had dark moments of depression after appearing om The Bachelor in 2019, where she failed to win the heart of Matt Agnew.  

‘I was genuinely suicidal when The Bachelor was airing, now I am so over the moon happy, so everything can change,’ she said candidly.   

Abbie has always been open about her mental health struggles – revealing on her podcast It’s A Lot, that she was seeing good results from taking antidepressants.

In 2019, she revealed that she was having ‘really extreme suicidal thoughts’ because of the public backlash and social media abuse she was forced to endure. 

‘I was scared everyone hated me. I was scared I was going to get physically assaulted in public,’ she told the Celebrity Kind podcast.

For mental health support, please call the Lifeline 24-hour crisis support on 13 11 14 in Australia, or call Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK.