Lady Nadia Essex breaks silence over Celebs Go Dating controversy: ‘I’m going down in flames’

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by Polly Foreman |
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Celebs Go Dating's Nadia Essex has broken her silence about the reports she was suspended from the show after setting up fake Twitter accounts to troll people.

She took to Twitter to post a quote from TV Presenter Jameela Jamil reading: "I just cannot stay silent any more.

"I don't care if I'm going down - I'm going down in flames.

"I'm fine not to work in this industry. But I'm not fine not to stay something.

Nadia accompanied the quote with the words: "Today I have officially resigned From Celebs Go Dating."

Her post comes after reports she was sacked from Celebs Go Dating for allegedly setting up fake Twitter accounts to troll celebrities.

A source told The Sun: "Bosses have made the decision following an investigation into Nadia’s use of social media. She was found to be setting up fake accounts to troll certain users – which is something that won’t be tolerated."

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It was then claimed that Nadia had also targeted her dating expert co-star Eden Blackman, who resigned from the show back in March soon after it was reported that he'd cheated on his longterm girlfriend with a contestant on the show.

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When he announced the news, a Twitter account named Jackthemainman1 posted: "Good riddance. Cheating on his girlfriend with girls young enough to be his daughter. Disgraceful. You need to take his place. Please step up. Come on Tom we allll love you and @LadyNadiaEssex Male it happen."

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And another account posted "One door closes another opens. @LadyNadiaEssex you make the show. Eden contributes nothing. The whole world thinks he was gay. 50 year old sleeping with young girls. Sick Keep your head up Nads."

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These accounts also targeted CGD stars Tom Read Wilson, Mike Thalassitis and Talia Storm.

Eden claimed to The Sun that he hired an analytics company to find out where these accounts originated from, and that the last two digits of the phone number associated matched Nadia's.

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