Jake Quickenden reacts to the death of Love Island's Mike
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- The X Factor and I'm a Celeb star opens up about men's mental health and social media and reality TV pressures after the death of Mike Thalassitis.
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It’s so scary that someone that appears to have “it all” with a perfect life can be hit with something so soul destroying- the fact he felt there was no other way out of his pain is so so upsetting
He was so misrepresented he was a beautiful man x
RIP Mike😣
What a waist, so sad.
@@LifepathJ63 waste. Waists is your hips babe.
Agadoo doo doo sorry, I was up late 🤣
i remember mike when we were kids, our family's go back in time, very sad reality i am destroyed for the family, i remember mike from the age of 4 maybe upto the age of 13, when we were innocent kids we never knew what the future would hold, at that age your happy being young, no stresses no financial issues no emotional stress from relationships, just happy, happy to play with toys happy to ride bicycles go to the park eat chocolate simple things in life that was the 90s for you
i had a hard life growing up,we were poor, my mum passed when i was 3 and dad passed last july, grandparents uncles etc, practically grew up on my own educated myself in science.
i understand the darkside of life and being unhappy i lived with it for many years. our happiness is only controlled by ourselves, and is very important to the chemistry in our body's. whatever we are putting in our ears and brain determines our happiness
i never fooled myself to wasting my life watching Tv programs that are dumbing the nation and following fame and celebrity's. peoples lives in the u.k are very sad , they go to work and spend their evenings in front of a Tv idolising fame and greed. or glued to their phones, straight away there is depression,
there are more beneficial things in life out there
this stuff never existed in the 80 and 90 well it was there, but not as bad as now and life was happier back then, life was real, women were women, men were real men. they were not insecure about their image or taking a million pictures of themselves as they life is now, we all helped each other, real relationships..
very sad i will pray for mike and his family although im not religious, R.I.P Mike
God bless you too 💜
Yo bro you never alone and my prayers and condolences goes to your family and I'm sorry for the loss of your mum. Bro you should know you have so much in you and you are strong and gifted. RIP Mike
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Sad thing is I reckon mike would still be alive today if he never went on love island
Incredibly sad news. I am truly sorry for Mike himself and the pain he suffered internally. My heart goes out to him and his family at this time. It's also incredibly sad that realistically the stigma is still there in relation to mental health. It only feels okay to speak about it retrospectively. A thousand suicide hotlines wont fix this nor the millions of social media posts about mental health awareness. We need more out of hours psychiatrists who deal with crisis and can intervene. We lose up to 12 men a day to suicide and being suicidal doesn't work on a 9-5 clock. We need more Medical professionals who can make that call if you are a danger to yourself. Suicide can be impulsive yet nobody wakes up worry free and decides to end their life its a slow dark cold tunnel passed through by the depressed who see no conceivable end in that moment only the one by their own hand. We need to be teaching children in the classroom about mental health and helping them learn the tools to cope in life and with obstacles. I use the blanket term depression but someone could be experiencing a whole range of MH difficulties its not a case of 'hey man i feel sad' more than likely there's deeper darker more complex thoughts or circumstances at play that someone may be so frightened or silenced by their own thoughts or drowning in a life which seems beyond their control to vocalize hence why a lot more young people don't speak out. Suicide is the result of a whole host of catalyst of issues: fiances, employment, relationships, societal pressure to conform, peer pressure, bullying, major change of circumstance and the list goes on. I lost my father to suicide in 98 and my uncle and four first cousins thereafter I subsequently trained as a mental health nurse. The stigma still remains and the numbers arent changing. Mike was a successful, talented, handsome 26 year old man i'm heartbroken for his suffering. he left this world far too soon.
Damn I'm sorry to hear the loss of your father and that is deep. Also bro we need to be there for one and another most importantly raise each other up. We live in a judgemental society and its wrong to slander others downfall. Bro i strongly agree with your comment you should know that you are not alone and you have people that loves you remember that and bro I'm more than happy to talk to you
Hey, I also lost my father to suicide in 2017. Thank you for this post as its also what I wanted to say but didn't know how. My dad was turned away from hospital after he slit his wrist and told 'if you really wanted to die then you would have cut deeper'. They sent him home the same day without any follow up care. The next morning he was gone. He stood in front of an oncoming train. Sometimes even when people reach out or cry for help they are not listened to because of that stigma. I regret every day of my life not doing more because I was ignorant to it, I never thought my dad could take his own life but he did.
@@justine3557 i'm sending all my thoughts and condolences to you and I am so terribly sorry for your dad and his suffering and to you and your family for your pain and your loss. It's sad but it's so true what you say about when people do cry out they are not helped and even from the mental health service as it stands are consistently failing people who do. They did a utter abhorrent disservice to your father and your family as this could have been prevented had they not turned him away. I feel it's almost criminal. When my father took his own life in 1998 he was in hospital in psychiatric care. He had expressed suicidal thoughts to the staff on that morning and my mother raised the same concern as he had been taken off a certain medication which left him high risk. They took no heed of that concern and on the same day he left the ward and hung himself on hospital grounds. We have fought ever since in Ireland for better laws regarding same hence why I trained as a mental health nurse. I'm incredibly moved but heartbroken for you to hear your story as I know it's a very recent bereavement, not only that but an injustice. It certainly should not be happening in 2017.
@@halensunday2016 Thank you so much for your reply. We were asked very soon after my father's death to join in an inquest hearing where we could have given evidence to see how much at fault the NHS were and to identify if and where they went wrong but me and my mum were too distraught and it was then cancelled. I now greatly regret us not being able to pursue it as there were numerous times he was failed by 'professionals' in the few days leading to his suicide. He was generally a very happy person on the surface but he had his demons. I too want to train in mental health but I only recently graduated in business and from what I've read I believe you have to have a degree in nursing to start working in the field so it would mean I would need to go back to uni which right now with my son is too much to take on, but I really hope one day I can and will retrain and join a mental health profession where I can use my painful experience to help others. Thank you and congratulations on training as a mental health nurse, you are doing your father justice. Much love to you and your family and I wish you all the best xxx
@@justine3557 its never too late i began to train and it was too much to take on I was 18 at the time so i left and returned later. When I was more financially stable and and adult as I could relate more. The only advice I could give while you are within the statute of limitations is to take civil litigation for the trauma incurred to your family. We went for medical negligence and failed as the powers that be were intimidating towards my mother but the civil route cannot be disputed as this most likely has cause severe trauma and distress to your family and that dynamic. You can request another inquest. Also in the UK you can do an accelerated 18 month nursing course as you are a graduate of business and that degree will stand to you. It may not be this year but your passion will get you there and there is no rush you are still grieving but one day you will i have every faith and I know your pain will one day turn to passion and you will have an ability to retrain and bestow a valuable wisdom through your own pain to help others. I congratulate you for your recent graduation from business and rearing your little son. I wish you all the best and I know you will make a difference. Likewise love to your family and for the legacy of your father. You have a bright future. Halen xxx
Such a beautiful man, inside and out ❤️
R.i.p you beautiful soul
Wise words from jake!
It is always sad when someone choses to end their life.
People today think fame is the key to happiness, wealth and success, sometimes it is, but these type of tv reality shows are pretty vacuous and the less of them the better.
I'm not saying this is the reason for his death but mental health issues are magnified with the pressures that these shows bring with vanity issues they cause.
Not everyone is cut out for the industry, it's pressures and the harsh criticism individuals are forced to face it can break a person. Someone can believe it's what they want, that they're going to cope with it but once they're in it, it can be a completely different experience to what they were expecting. That's when it becomes a problem but until they test the waters nobody knows how a person will react not even themselves. ITV and the show aren't to blame. Some agents are guilty of pushing celebrities into taking bookings when they know full well they aren't in a good head space which sadly is often what works well for ratings, creating car crash tv" at the detriment to someone else. They're only interested in their coins not the person they're representing. While watching some of these shows I've often thought to myself what on earth was their agent thinking allowing them to do this then I remember it all comes down to money. In all fields there are good agents and there are bad. I can't speak on Mikes I'm just making a point that in reality television there are some very questionable choices made. A good agent should know when to pull their client from the limelight and possibly get/suggest some kind of help. Producers also have a duty of care to these individuals while they're on set. They too need to start thinking morally and asking themselves is our ratings worth this persons mental health. When Mike came out of Love Island he was then cast as the villain on Celebs Go Dating. He had to live up to his persona at the cost of trolling and negative comments all over social media, the blogs and the MSM. The public would have been lead to believe that he enjoyed that role but look where we are now, look how deeply unhappy and dissatisfied he was with his life.
I couldn't agree more so true, its like you have to become someone that you're not. Entertainment industry is wicked and most importantly people need to stop being selfish and being an opportunist. Always check up on each other
Depression is a terrible thing to happen to anyone I’ve been in some dark places at times and when u are n that situation u think there is no way out. Luckily for me I didn’t get that desperate to contemplate suicide u really have to be in a terrible terrible place to do something like that. All I can say is RIP Mike 💕💕
I think Jake spoke very intelligently .
I sincerely hope that this will be the beginning of the end of reality TV. The illusion that it creates for younger people is misleading, materialistic, meaningless and far from the “reality” of life. You get chewed up and spat out to the same people that watched your fame grow, you become a “star” and then you are hated upon in sometimes a truly disgusting way. What a sad culture we live in. RIP Mike...poor fella.
Love how jake is on a talk show so he feels the need to wear glasses to make him seem clever 😂😂😂
Damien Elrhman exactly🤣🤣🤣🤣
2:27 Dismissing social media hatred as 'water off a duck's back' is pretty irresponsible when trying to raise awareness of these issues. Trying so hard to be outwardly impenetrable and immune to online abuse is exactly the kind of man-up culture that they are saying should be avoided.
Celebrities seem to be taken way to seriously in the uk .
That toxic Essex fake atmosphere and pressure wouldn't have helped him. Should have moved away and made new friends. Toxic.
RIP and condolences to the family
But it sickens me that every one in the media feigning empathy for young men, telling them how loved they are and how they should open up will be the first to profit from a culture that induces all manners of mental health problems and anxieties and instill in him a belief that without "insert useless product here" he is somehow deficient and, in shows like Love Island, without being strong and stoic, he isn't worth swooning over.
All they care about is the money. I don't think they view Mike's death as a tragedy but as an opportunity for views and more money.
i really don’t think they’re being fake.. a young man died and it in turn shone a light on mental health and how men in particular struggle with problems like mike did. nobody is pretending to care about this.. just because they weren’t all absolute best friends with him doesn’t mean they can’t pay their respects to him. they aren’t gaining anything from his death at all😕
I think the problem with social media is that is blurs the lines for everyone. They definately do see Mike death as tradegy, but then the media also let them make money out of it. So it gets wierd. For me they need to talk about the real issue, which is money. Guaranteed when this is all gets worked out, this will be a money issue. These people are becoming so famous, without any means or real talent to make money
0:58 "Luckily enough, my dad's not with us anymore." Err what🤔😂
Moe Flanders he finished his sentence meaning lucky enough he told us to talk about things. Just said it in the wrong order 🤭🤷♀️
I agree but i truly believe it just came out wrong. It can happen to the best of us, but one thing didn't come out wrong and that was the lose and pain 4 his father and brother, and for Mike R.I.P.
I love how reality tv and media want to pass the buck. Two men off the same show are dead. Wtf is happening on that show??
Don’t really see why people have to ‘react’ to a mans death it’s pretty horrible especially from some guy that’s met him a couple of times.
Jake is a good lad
Thoughts to his family, very sad news. But what does 'man up' mean? Men are not men anymore due to women making young men feeling like 'rubbish'. I am not surprised young men are depressed!
It's men that usually say "man up" to other men. It's not neccessarily ALL women although of course they aren't blameless. I've seen posts about men regarding mental illness and the amount of comments mad by MEN telling other men to "man up" and "don't be so sensitive" is absolutely disgusting.
@Rexy Rapper I looked up the meaning and it states this "be brave or tough enough to deal with an unpleasant situation." I agree with your point(s) and that of Georgia Smyth below. Men are seen as 'weak' to say "hey, I have issues" etc! I fee Tyson Fury has helped with his campaign and story. But men and women need to be more supportive to each other in general. It is good to talk and not to suffer in silence.
@Rexy Rapper It takes a stronger person to admin their issues, than not to admit to them, I agree. Saying you are struggling in being 'strong' not 'weak'!
@Rexy Rapper Agreed, but what is odd is how the generations before did not support mental health. All men (and women) would have had mental health issues at some stage. Is it the internet that causes these problem as it seems much worst now?
@Rexy Rapper Fully agree it has been around for years. Going back further, people used to be put in 'prisons' and were not allowed to mix with 'normal' people if they were deemed 'mental' ! Mental health issue (depression, anxiety, etc) need to be addressed better, I think we agree there.
It's very sad but is it really worth committing suicide over ? Theres too many shows where people chase fame and fortune and obviously it's not always going come to fruition, but everyone has there ups and downs in life and you cant blame the shows ,they should be adult enough to what they're getting into and it may not come to anything.
Jakes arms don't suit him
Don't constantly go on benders kids
Shut up show some respect idiot
@@zephyx888 mental health and cocaine relates alot
Sam Johnson did mike love toot like ?
All these reality TV wannabes are not mentally strong enough to deal with the lows as well as the high's.....
sorry but i thought this show was supposed to be a topical news/politics morning show. why the hell is jake quickenden even on here?
Jack_The_Masochist_Kelly MMA because he’s been on reality tv so he knows what he’s talking about in that regard. Why would they get like Theresa May on to talk about this? She wouldn’t have a clue. Makes sense that this guy was on tbh cause he knows the world that mike was in. And also cause he lost family like Mike did
@@tadeuszmusic just because he was on reality tv doesnt make him an expert. i dont know if you have realised but 99% of reality tv stars are not that intelligent. why not get a mental health expert on? anyone but this washed up sop that nobody remembers
Jack_The_Masochist_Kelly MMA ok sure Jake quickenden maybe not a good choice sure. Should have got Montana (who’s Mikes best mate from the show) on with a mental health expert also to talk about it. Which is exactly what they did on this morning. Agree poor choice or person. But deffo think having a close friend like Montana who’s been on reality tv is important and then also a mental health professional. Which is exactly what they did on This Morning show tbf
@@tadeuszmusic its because this morning is a bigger show than this. end of
@@Blackhawk211 fair enough then
Ask saturn woman's they know exactly what happens