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Caroline Flack opens up about online abuse from trolls

X Factor TV presenter, Caroline Flack, has likened her life to a sad film.

The 36-year-old says that she yearns for happiness and love but leads a sad life due to online abuse from trolls. She said:

"I can have the worst day ever but I’ll post the happiest picture of myself. My life is like a sad film.

'You can think social media is real life but you have to remember it’s not. Someone wouldn’t come up to you in the street and say: ‘You’re a big, fat, ugly s***’.'  

Last November trolls slammed her appearance, so the ITV star retaliated by tweeting back. Flack wrote:

'It's very easy to take a shot at someone online. The vile comments about my weight and just all round look tonight are quite shocking. [I] have never said I'm the prettiest or thinnest or even anything special. But thank God I'm not horrible. Cool attitudes.' 

Caroline has openly admitted that she was reduced to tears by some comments, saying: 'I cried after the first live Sunday night. The reaction was quite overwhelming because I didn’t think people would be talking about how I look, how I stand, how I walk, or how I laugh.' 

On finding love, Flack said she's happy with her cat for company: 'I just want to be happy either way, but I'm quite content at the moment... just me and my cat, Waffle.' 

Watch Caroline Flack talk about co-presenter, Olly Murs, and on X Factor below: 

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