Caroline Flack's mum shares heartbreaking 'regret' ahead of Disney+ documentary: 'I need to get the truth out there'
Caroline died in 2020 at age 40Caroline Flack’s mother, Christine, is starring in a Disney+ documentary, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth, where she will investigate the circumstances leading up to her daughter’s death in 2020.
The two-part series is scheduled to premiere next Monday (November 10). Last week, Disney+ shared a 2-minute trailer ahead of the documentary.
The episodes will reveal new and unsettling details, confronting tough questions, and exposing the distortions, pressures, and institutional failures that influenced Caroline’s final days.
Caroline Flack’s mum speaks out ahead of Disney+ documentary
Caroline’s mum Christine has also written a heartfelt letter for the Radio Times, where she opened up about her “biggest regret” before her daughter’s death.
“We found a handwritten note from Caroline the other day. Caroline’s twin sister, Jody, discovered it while packing up boxes of her things. Caroline loved leaving me notes, but this one was written for herself and was a list of all the things she loved, everything that made her happy,” she said.
In the note, Caroline mentioned hosting Love Island, her close family, and the “beautiful London home” she had “worked so hard to buy”.
Christine referred to Caroline as someone who “laughed a lot”, “loved dancing” and was “was always singing in the car”, adding: “Five years on from her death, these are the moments I try to remember. But Caroline was also vulnerable and suffered highs and lows, even while growing up. She was in hospital in her late teens after a relationship ended and feared talking openly about her mental health. I did my best to protect her as a child. Now I must protect her in a different way,” she continued.
Christine then explained why she has decided to make Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth. “Caroline died, aged 40, without a voice and with the world believing that she was a domestic abuser. I want the real Caroline to be remembered – not the Caroline that was portrayed in the press in the weeks before her death,” she said.
‘I’m not here to defend domestic violence’
Christine stated it is her “biggest regret that I wasn’t shouting about the injustice before Caroline took her own life”.
At the time, Caroline was facing prosecution for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton. Christine added: “Now I have nothing to lose. The worst thing in the world has already happened. I need to get the truth out there.”
She added that she’s “not here to defend domestic violence”. And noted that Caroline “hit Lewis with a mobile phone after becoming concerned he was cheating”. She added that she had “no previous convictions, Lewis did not support the prosecution, and it was not deemed to be in the public interest”.
Caroline discovered she would be prosecuted the day before she died.
In 2023, the Met “apologised for not keeping a written record of why they charged Caroline”. At the time, Christine couldn’t get more answers. She “firmly believes” Caroline was “treated differently simply because she was a celebrity”.
In the doc, Christine reveals “very significant figure agrees with me” following seen “the evidence the producers and I have obtained”.
‘I remember my last conversation with Caroline’
Christine remembers her final conversation with her daughter. She had moved into a new flat away from the “press intrusion” that was impacting her life.
Caroline “was happy” and admitted that everyone “believed that the CPS wouldn’t press charges”.
Christine has stated she has “not been able to rest since Caroline’s death”. She concluded: “Perhaps when other people see this documentary – which is, I hope, also a celebration of Caroline – and all the ways in which my beautiful daughter was failed, I might be able to finally stop searching for answers.”
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