Laura Whitmore initially ignored news of Caroline Flack’s death because she thought it was fake

metro.co.uk:

Laura Whitmore initially ignored the news about Caroline Flack’s death, as she didn’t think it was true. The Irish presenter was close friends with Caroline, and replaced her as Love Island host when the 40-year-old stood down for series six after being charged with assault.

Sadly, Caroline took her own life on 15 February, a week before Love Island ended. And Laura, 34, has explained how she found out the news – telling Kate Thornton that she first discovered the tragedy on Twitter.

Speaking with Kate on her Yahoo podcast White Wine Question Time, Laura said: ‘I found out about Caroline on the Saturday and I found out in a way I wish I didn’t. ‘It was something on Twitter that someone had tweeted initially that I disregarded.