Scarlett Moffatt reveals bullying hell

Queen of the jungle Scarlett Moffatt has revealed she was “allowed to leave school early” to dodge a pack of bullies who hounded her.

The ‘Gogglebox’ star, who was crowned the winner of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ 2016, was regularly dismissed from school 10 minutes before the end of class and her parents were none the wiser.

She told The Sun newspaper: “The way the school dealt with [my bullying] was that, 10 minutes before the end of the day, I was allowed to leave early so I didn’t get beat up.

“I would just walk around Asda’s car park until three o’clock or up until the time I was meant to come home. I just felt so embarrassed to tell my mum and dad.”

You’d hope the school would inform Scarlett’s mum and dad. However, the 26-year-old TV favourite says they were kept in the dark and she couldn’t bring herself to tell them about her bullying hell at the time.

She added: “I would pretend to my parents that I loved school. Sometimes I would sit in the toilets at breaks just so I didn’t have to wander around the playgrounds on my own.

“I just wanted them to think I was cool. I would go home and they’d ask, ‘How was school?’ And I’d say, ‘Really good’.

“I remember this girl coming back from dinner and saying they’d been to the chip shop, and the boys had been throwing chips at them at the swimming baths where they used to sit. I would go home and tell my mum that story as if I was there.

“I tried to fit in but failed miserably, so I just carried on being me as my dad said, ‘Just be you, just be yourself’.”

We’re glad Scarlett listened to her dad’s advice. Look where it landed her!