Love Island's Paige: 'I'm running the marathon for my friend who took his own life at 20'

ok.co.uk:

Love Island star Paige Turley has candidly opened up about her friend’s suicide. Paige’s friend Jamie took his own life in December 2022 when he was just 20 years old.

His sudden passing shocked both Paige, 25, and the community of West Lothian, Scotland – where the reality TV star’s from. “Jamie was so young.

He had so much of his life ahead of him,” Paige said in an interview with OK!. “His death has had such an effect on the community such as his friends, family, people who knew him as a child – it was surreal and devastating.” She added: “It was the shock of his death that took its toll [on me].

After that everyone grew so concerned about each other that they forgot to think about how they felt.” Sadly the star revealed that she can “count on one hand” how people she knows who have taken their own lives within the last couple of years.