Made In Chelsea star and I’m A Celebrity winner Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffalo has admitted she ‘struggled’ in the weeks after her I’m A Celebrity win in 2017.
‘What we do is tremendously hard on our mental health,’ Toff said.
‘When I went in to the jungle I wasn’t anonymous but I didn’t have the press fixation I have now so I struggled with the adjustment.
‘I was in there a month and really happy in there and came out to this amazing world where everyone wanted a bit of me, but my friends and family had had that month to adjust to it and I hadn’t.’
Speaking to Metro.co.uk however, Toff suggested that she chose to ‘normalise’ the attention and refused to change her routine in the weeks that followed, and she credits that decision with helping her to adjust.
‘I hung out with the same school fiends and my family and that got me through that sensationalism that happened,’ she said.
‘My management were also good because there were a million jobs I wanted to do but they were really careful. I may have worked 12-hour days but then I would get two days off and go to Devon and see my family and turn the phone off.
‘There are often jobs sat in front of you with so much money that would be good for my profile but [management] wouldn’t even tell me which, as I sit here now, I am grateful for because at the time I may have overruled them and then been at all corners of the country wearing myself to my ground.’
Toff also praised ITV for their aftercare options in the wake of criticism following the deaths of Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis; both Sophie and Mike died by suicide.
‘I felt very looked after,’ insisted Toff.
‘The psychologist came over and took me to a room and closed the door – can you imagine what was going on outside? – and then it was really quiet and she looked at me and said “are you ok?”
‘I said I was overwhelmed and shocked, and she told me it would be a hectic period of my life but “we’re here, I’ll be with you, we’re here”.’
Toff found her fame on reality TV, and has appeared on shows such as Made In Chelsea for four years as well as Celebs Go Dating.
One show she admits to being ‘indifferent’ to however is Strictly Come Dancing.
‘You can exhaust these shows and so I would like to do something different,’ she revealed.
Never say never, but I have never given it a thought.’
Now however she’s turning her attention to the possibility of becoming the next Stacey Dooley, teaming with Vodafone’s Red Entertainment plan which gives customers a two-year subscription to NOW TV Entertainment Pass or Amazon Prime Video.
‘When I left school I was meant to do my law degree but I was lucky to fall into something I love,’ she said.
‘But it would be amazing to combine those two worlds – I love anything to do with true crime, so it would be amazing to collide the two and create something like The Case Against Adnan Syed.
‘I love how Stacey is a pretty girly girl who loves dancing but can produce really hard-hitting documentaries that are informative.
‘I think that’s a cool space to be in and I am known for reality TV but it would be an exciting next step. I have spoken to my management.’
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