Former TOWIE star Charlie King has admitted he has 'lost direction in life' after spending £20,000 on a total body transformation. The 40-year-old, who joined the ITV2 reality show with then-girlfriend Gemma Collins in 2012, spoke about his struggles in a series of TikTok posts.
Sharing a clip of himself looking fit at a swimming pool alongside a recent shot of him wrapping a towel around his waist, King wrote: 'Feeling like you're at rock bottom.' In a further video, he said he had 'lost all sense of self-control, purpose, direction' and that his mental health had 'spiralled'. He insisted he would take accountability for his life moving forward.
This is not the first time King has opened up about his mental health. In 2022, he told MPs he was left in the 'depths of despair' due to body dysmorphia. He has also criticised the use of filters on Instagram, calling them a danger to impressionable children, and said the 'Kardashian lifestyle' creates unrealistic expectations.
King, who stayed on TOWIE for six series, previously admitted he 'probably wasn't strong enough' for such an image-based career. He returned to the show in 2017 to discuss his sexuality and later came out live on This Morning, receiving widespread praise.
