Love Island-er/hair whizz and Stormzy collaborator Kem Cetinay has bravely opened up about his childhood and has revealed that he left school at THIRTEEN.
The winner of Love Island 2017, admitted he suffered with severe anxiety growing up and had to see a counsellor seven days a week for three years, before he felt like himself again.
The 21-year-old told The Sunday Times Magazine, Anxiety can be a dark path if you don’t handle it well. I’ve seen it first hand,’
'I was taken out of school when I was 13, in year nine.'
‘People don’t know I didn’t finish school, that I was a different person to how I am now … I basically had therapy seven days a week for, like, three years.’
Kem, who is dating fellow contestant Amber Davies, explained that his crippling anxiety meant he was unable to take his GCSEs.
He is now on a mission to get other men to talk openly about their feelings and to encourage those to speak out, if they're suffering.
He said, ‘So many guys are scared, so many of my friends won’t admit to feeling anxious.
‘It was only because I had the best help that I got through it. Talk to people, be honest about it – it’s so much better. A lot of guys have insecurities.’
Kudos to him, really.
Kem Cetinay won Love Island 2017 alongside girlfriend Amber Davies, beating favourites Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt for the 50 grand cash prize.
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