Amy Dowden has become emotional as she spoke about the online bullying she faced after sharing her experience with breast cancer.
Dowden, who was diagnosed with the disease in May 2023, will soon appear in a new BBC documentary to be released in August 2023.
Sharing her struggles in the documentary, she said she found it difficult to “control her emotions” because of the “harsh messages” she received online.
In clips obtained by The mirrorShe admitted that she sometimes “wishes she hadn't spoken publicly to her fans during difficult times.”
Dowden said he would like to see “the most extreme trolls face criminal sentences and revealed he understood how teenagers take their own lives due to online bullying.”
She added: “When someone bullies someone online and takes their own life, it's like murder. Is there any punishment to stop them from doing that? It's horrible.”
While sharing the effect of online bullying, she also shared that she sometimes used to stay up late at night because steroids kept her awake.
Dowden continued: “I felt so bad and then getting those messages was heartbreaking. I feel like no one talks about it.”
