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Félicité Tomlinson’s friend claims she became ‘diet and exercise driven introvert’ after mother’s death

The 18-year-old sadly passed away on Wednesday

A ‘friend’ of Félicité Tomlinson has claimed that she became a “diet and exercise-driven introvert”, following the death of her beloved mother.

The social media star, who was the 18-year-old sister of One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, died from a suspected heart attack on Wednesday.

Following the news of her death, Félicité’s alleged friend revealed how the young model struggled after losing her mum Johannah, who died from leukaemia in December 2016.

They told The Mirror: “Félicité was happy, confident and bubbly. The world was at her feet… Then her mum died and she was never really the same.”

 

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“She really went into herself. She was very close to her mum. It was such a shock to her she was such a young girl.”

“She started going out more but closed off her inner circle. I still saw her often but she was closed off. It seemed like she’d shut down her trust.”

The pal, who met Félicité through mutual friends at a YouTube party three years ago, continued, “Everyone noticed the weight loss but we put that down to exercise and strict diet because she wanted to move her Instagram forward so we all put it down to that. We thought she’d just taken it a bit too far.”

“We’d ask her ‘are you OK? We know everything can get a bit much. Her mum had died and it put her under the spotlight so we put it down to the pressure and stress. She had one of those figures where if she lost weight it was quite noticeable. Because she’s quite an hourglass girl.”

 

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Paying tribute to her, they added, “She was someone that was so lovely and bubbly and happy and you don’t expect to lose someone like that.”

“She was a lovely gorgeous girl. The kind of person where if you were ever a bit sad she’d come and pick you up and make sure you were OK. She was more focused on other people than herself.”

“She’d sooner check on you than check on herself. She was the type of person that was there for everyone. She was always such a loving and giving person.”

The news comes after Félicité’s close friend Lukey Storey posted an emotional tribute to her on Instagram, in which he said it “should have been me”.

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