JOEY Essex said his "heart secretly aches every day" for his mum 20 years after her death. The 30-year-old paid an emotional birthday tribute to his mum Tina two decades after her tragic suicide.
Tina took her own life in 2001 after a battle with depression when Joey was 10 and his sister Frankie, 33, was 13. The siblings shared the childhood snap of them with their mother along with a poignant message.
Joey wrote: "Another day to wish you happy birthday in heaven. My heart secretly aches everyday and I try my best to keep putting on this front to the world but I'm not scared or afraid anymore to say I'm heartbroken and I always will be. "I'll miss you forever.
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