Laura Whitmore: We must be nice to ourselves in a world that isn’t always kind

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Laura Whitmore has said people learn while growing up that the world “isn’t always kind”. But the Love Island host, 34, said people have not yet fully adapted to “cope” with the impact social media can have on their lives.

The TV star is one of many famous faces advocating for people and the media to “be kind” after Caroline Flack took her own life aged 40 last month.

Whitmore, who replaced Flack as host on this year’s winter series of Love Island, was speaking on the red carpet before the WE Day UK charity event at the SSE Arena in Wembley, north-west London.

Asked whether she feels pushing the message to “be kind” is making an impact, she told the PA news agency: “We are all human, and growing up you learn that the world isn’t always