Montana Brown apologises for making her ‘life look perfect’ as she opens up about the dangers of social media

Montana Brown apologised for making her “life look perfect” as she opened up about the dangers of social media.

The Love Island star opened up about her friend, Mike Thalassitis’ death and urged people to “be nice to your loved ones”.

“So this last week or so I have really struggled & had a long hard think about life/what’s important to me,” she began.

“Firstly, I am so truly devastated about Mike, I honestly can’t explain how sad I am but, I am learning to respect his decision & I will never know how much pain he was in but at least I know now he is free of pain & I did everything I could.”

 

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So this last week or so I have really struggled & had a long hard think about life/what’s important to me. Firstly, I am so truly devastated about Mike, I honestly can’t explain how sad I am but, I am learning to respect his decision & I will never know how much pain he was in but at least I know now he is free of pain & I did everything I could. From the outside & from my viewpoint Mike had it all… literally everyone female and male I recognised what a catch he was. Now the reason that everybody thinks he has it all because that’s the part of his life that he chooses to share & really he is so much more. He is such an amazing human and I’m going to miss him a lot. So I wanted to say, instagram is a place where we all like to show off, what luxury hotels we stay at, our glowing Don Perignon bottles, our designer shoes &clothes. Taking a step back, looking at everyone else’s posts whilst I was cooped up, eating cakes, sweets, bagels, biscuits..the list does go on! Instagram made me feel worse as I felt all I was looking at is people’s perfect lives & that’s the point, life is not as peachy as everyone makes out. People have depression, people have anxiety & people are hurting and I want people to feel like they can talk about it openly to parents, siblings, or friend. But the point is, nobody is perfect & life is definitely not perfect so I apologise to you if I make out like my life is perfect because it’s not. What has been perfect, is my beautiful friends who have lifted me up, my amazing boyfriend who has emotionally been so stable for me, getting to know Mikes beautiful and wonderful family/friends. I am just so gutted that this horrible awful death is the reason for all of this happening, but I have to take the good from what’s happened as overthinking is useless because it won’t change the outcome. What I can change is, the way I live my life & the way I treat others… that’s how people should be judged. Be nice to your loved ones, build them up, ask them if they’re ok, encourage them to be the best person they can be, be sure to tell them their best qualities and what you love about them. If everybody did this, the world would be a better place????

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“From the outside & from my viewpoint Mike had it all… literally everyone female and male I recognised what a catch he was. Now the reason that everybody thinks he has it all because that’s the part of his life that he chooses to share & really he is so much more. He is such an amazing human and I’m going to miss him a lot.”

The reality star went on to say that social media doesn’t give a realistic representation of people’s lives and added: “I was looking at is people’s perfect lives & that’s the point, life is not as peachy as everyone makes out.”

“People have depression, people have anxiety & people are hurting and I want people to feel like they can talk about it openly to parents, siblings, or friend. But the point is, nobody is perfect & life is definitely not perfect so I apologise to you if I make out like my life is perfect because it’s not.”

“What has been perfect, is my beautiful friends who have lifted me up, my amazing boyfriend who has emotionally been so stable for me, getting to know Mikes (sic) beautiful and wonderful family/friends.”

 

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I’ve thought long and hard about what I want to say, I’ve woken up and unfortunately this wasn’t just a nightmare so this is to you Mr Thala. Firstly, I’m so angry at you for doing this because you are so loved by so many people and I just wish you picked up the phone so we could’ve sorted this out. This didn’t need to happen????. Secondly, it annoys me that you were so misunderstood. “Muggy Mike” was your stage name and let’s face it, the ladies did fall at your feet BUT everyone had this impression of you and you were literally the opposite you were one of a kind. Mike, you were so thoughtful, caring and loyal to me and all your friends, you know some of my darkest secrets and I know yours. I could always rely on you to tell me when I’m being a nut job to Elliott and tell me to get off his case ???? and I always told you to stop partying too much and getting too pissed???????? I just wish people had a tiny glimpse of what the real you was like. You sent me a Christmas card in the post this year, you checked up on me everyday at the beginning of this year when I was struggling myself, you really were the kindest, sweetest person and I am so devastated and crushed that I’ll never get to see you again. Now I know you were in a dark place a few months back and I thought you were past it and that you were on the up. I got you to buy The Magic, you wrote down your gratitudes, you had the pictures of your family in your car to remind you to be grateful for them. I just don’t know how I didn’t notice… I am absolutely heart broken that I couldn’t help you. Your phone call a few days ago to tell me that I’m smashing the swimwear, you’re proud of me and that you’re grateful for my friendship is the only thing that’s keeping me going right now. At least you knew how much you meant to me. I will help open your cafe with Scott because you worked so hard on it so don’t you worry! I can’t imagine how much pain you must have been in to do this, and the fact that you went through this on your own breaks my heart. I’m so so sorry I couldn’t do more to help you. I have so much love for you Mike and I will never forget you. Sleep tight darling and I miss you so much already ????

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“I am just so gutted that this horrible awful death is the reason for all of this happening, but I have to take the good from what’s happened as overthinking is useless because it won’t change the outcome. What I can change is, the way I live my life & the way I treat others… that’s how people should be judged.”

Montana also told her followers to check up on loved ones and build them up.

“If everybody did this, the world would be a better place,” she finished.

The 23-year-old previously shared a heartbreaking post on social media following the death of Mike and said: “I’m so so sorry I couldn’t do more to help you. I have so much love for you Mike and I will never forget you.”