raise awareness of the subject and reduce the stigma surrounding it.The broadcaster, 47, called the incident ‘one of the scariest’ he has ever had to face, revealing the ‘unknown substance’ had ‘caused a psychotic episode’ that led to hospitalisation and a suicide attempt.Taking to Instagram, he told fans: ‘Several years ago, in 2013 to be precise, my drink was spiked with an unknown substance that resulted in a psychotic episode that saw me hospitalised.‘It was one of the scariest experiences of my life but the response was even more disappointing.’Ben explained that the hospital he was staying at lost the samples they had taken, which were later leaked to the press, leading to the star receiving a string of abuse by online trolls.He.
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