DANCING On Ice’s Rebekah Vardy penned an emotional letter to her younger self ahead of her 39th birthday today. The mum-of-five urged her 15-year-old self not to “take those pills” or “let that man terrify you” as she opened up about her difficult childhood.
Rebekah was forced to leave her home in Witney, Oxfordshire at 15 after her relationship with her mum broke down. At 12, she was sexually assaulted by a family friend who abused her, in her own home, on a weekly basis for three years.
She has since said that her mum “didn’t believe” her when she revealed the abuse, causing a rift to open up between them. Reflecting on her tragic past in the letter, she wrote: “I’m sorry that I kept you hidden away for a very long time.
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