Love Island’s Jack Fincham has admitted that he attempted to take his own life after a booze binge – when his life spiralled into a dark time due to drug and alcohol addiction.
In a new interview on Saturday, Jack, 32, – who was recently bailed from jail over his dog attacking a runner – opened up on how his life took a bad turn thanks to his addictions, which at one point saw him spent a whopping £40,000 in one day on online Blackjack.
Jack also detailed how he hit rock bottom as he attempted to take his own life last year by throwing himself off a hotel balcony.
Speaking to The Sun about the dark period in his life, Jack explained how he attempted to take his own life by throwing himself off a balcony during a break to a West Midlands country hotel with TOWIE star girlfriend Chloe Brockett, 24.
The father-of-one recalled how he checked himself on IMDB [a TV and film database] while in the hotel room and seeing himself in 30 TV shows, realised he’d ‘messed up’ his life because he had ‘nothing to show’ for his fame.
Love Island’s Jack Fincham has admitted that he attempted to take his own life after a booze binge – when his life spiralled into a dark time due to drug and alcohol addiction
In a new interview on Saturday, Jack, 32, – who was recently bailed from jail over his dog attacking a runner – opened up on how his life took a bad turn thanks to his addictions
Admitting that his addictions ‘destroyed everything’ after having the world at his feet, Jack began to order excessive amounts of booze from room service, knocking back the drinks one by one.
He also began gambling on his phone, and after wrongly believing he’d spent the last of his money, he began have thoughts that his life wasn’t worth living as he’d ‘had enough’.
As worried girlfriend Chloe headed downstairs to warn staff not to serve him anymore and to call an ambulance for fears he would kill himself, Jack jumped off the balcony.
Looking back at the harrowing moment, Jack told the publication: ‘I remember weighing up the options, thinking, ‘I’ve nothing left to give here. Not a penny to my name. Nothing is salvageable.’ We were in a hillside lodge and I jumped. If I’d have dived at a different angle, I may not be here today. That is scary.’
Jack survived the suicide attempt and was later taken away by the police to sober up, miraculously escaping with just a busted ankle that left him unable to walk for weeks.
Jack also noted the scary similarities to that of Liam Payne’s shock death a short time later, with the TV star noting: ‘It could have been me.’
Also in the interview he admitted he feels like a failure after blowing £1million pounds on drugs, booze and gambling.
The TV personality soared to fame after winning Love Island in 2018 with then-girlfriend Dani Dyer.
Jack explained how he attempted to take his own life by throwing himself off a balcony during a break to a West Midlands country hotel with TOWIE star girlfriend Chloe Brockett, 24
Looking back at the harrowing moment, Jack told the publication: ‘I remember weighing up the options, thinking, ‘I’ve nothing left to give here”
It comes after Jack opened up about his ‘testing time’ after he was freed on bail as he appeals his jail sentence for a dog attack
But while her career has gone from strength-to-strength, Jack’s life hasn’t quite followed on the same successful path.
Jack has since turned his life around, having consumed no drink or drugs at New Year’s for the first time in his adult life.
With the love and support of his family and girlfriend, he’s doing a degree in financial trading but has also been forced to return to selling stationary – the job he did before finding fame – as he’s now ‘worse off financially’ than before Love Island.
It comes after Jack opened up about his ‘testing time’ after he was freed on bail as he appeals his jail sentence for a dog attack.
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The Love Island winner was jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty last month after his Cane Corso mauled a runner in north Kent in 2022.
And Jack took to Instagram on Friday to share a video saying he ‘really appreciates the support’ from fans as he prepares to take on a boxing fight next month.
The reality star said he has a ‘lot of weight to lose’ before the face-off but the boxing match has come at the perfect time as he ‘needed something to focus on’ as he hinted at the difficulties.
Jack said: ‘I’ve been training really hard for my fight on March 1 at Harrow Leisure Centre in London, it’s been a bit of a testing time recently.
‘I’d really appreciate the support. A lot of weight to lose in a short amount of time but I’m really glad I took the fight because I really needed something to focus on.
‘Going forward this year there will be a lot going on with the boxing. I will be signing with Warren boxing management and start boxing professionally in England.
‘I’m not too sure I will be fighting in Dubai again.’
Last month Jack immediately lodged an appeal following his sentencing at Southend Magistrates’ Court.
He appeared at Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court facing two counts of being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog on Wednesday.
The Love Island winner was jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty after his Cane Corso mauled a runner in north Kent in 2022
Fincham appeared at Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court facing two counts of being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog
He pleaded guilty to the charges, which included a separate incident involving a woman occurring in Grays, Essex, in June 2024, although no injury was reported on that occasion.
The former TOWIE regular was sentenced to six weeks behind bars after the judge determined handing Fincham a further suspended sentence was not appropriate.
When the verdict was read out on Wednesday, his on-and-off girlfriend Chloe Brockett burst into tears and was ushered out of the court room by his relatives, who were also in attendance.
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