Celebrity agent Melanie Blake reveals nightmare client made sickening request after she opened up about suicide struggle
CELEBRITY Agent Melanie Blake has revealed a nightmare client made a sickening request after she landed in a “dark place”.
While the businesswoman has clarified that she wasn’t feeling suicidal at the time, she was severely struggling with her mental health after suffering heartbreak and having an “emotional breakdown”.
And while some of her famous clients were quick to offer their unending support, Melanie was left horrified when one TV favourite coldly requested she wrote her a suicide note for publicity if she did decide to take her own life.
Melanie opened up about the experience in a new article, where she shared: “There are a lot of friendly faces you see on TV who really are stone cold bitches.
“Some celebs are so ruthless they’d actually want you dead if it mean they could milk some headlines for themselves out of it.”
She went on to explain that she sadly knew this “extreme statement” to be true because she’d experienced it first-hand.
The agent went on in her Notebook column: “There was one woman in particular who sits on TV right now preaching kindness and how important ‘the sisterhood’ is who really showed her true colours when I was at my lowest.”
Melanie revealed that she’d just got off the phone to Coleen Nolan, who’d offered her loving words of kindness and support, when the unnamed celeb rang.
And while Coleen had urged her pal to call her any time day or night if she needed to speak to somebody, this famous face had a rather different approach.
Melanie wrote: “‘I’ve heard you are in a really bad place’ she started, her familiar warm tone sounding like she was about to give me a similarly loving, Coleen-like pep talk.
“‘Sometimes, when people hit rock bottom they consider ending their lives’, she continued, ‘so I want you to make me a promise’.”
Melanie expected the client to ask her to agree to call her if she ever felt that low, and was stunned by the next words that came out of her mouth.
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She claims that they said: “I want you to promise that if you decide to end it, which no-one would judge you for, make sure you leave a really nice note addressed to me so that people find it, saying how supportive I was.”
Melanie went on: “You read that right, this showbiz hag actually wanted me to kill myself so that she could cry about it on screen to boost her profile.”
However, the agent refused to name who the mystery star was, instead teasing that she is a “friendly, girl-next-door type”.
Melanie warned that one day she might speak out, telling readers to “see if they can spot the evil behind the smiling face”, also adding: “Karma has a long memory, as do I.”
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If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article contact The Samaritans on 116 123. They are available for free at anytime.
Or email https://www.samaritans.org/