blog post ahead of her 39th birthday on February 17th, she opened by apologising for being so guarded, but admitted it was a consequence of her difficult past.
She wrote: 'I’m sorry that I kept you hidden away for a very long time. It did it because I wanted to protect you. 'So much bad stuff happened that hurt you early on.
I thought that keeping you away from the world was the only way to keep you safe. I didn’t want anyone else to hurt you, so I only allowed a few people meet you.
I put up big walls. 'Something has changed within me over the last year and I’ve started to introduce you to people again. 'They are getting to know the Bex who isn’t guarded and distrusting.
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