Osbourne: Reality TV led me down dark path

"I am making an attempt to make use of my phrases correctly… "

The 34-year-old, who spent her formative years on camera as one of the original reality TV stars in MTV's The Osbournes, said that back when the show started almost 20 years ago, there was no awareness of the need for support outside the programme. It comes after MPs announced an inquiry into the issues surrounding reality TV in the wake of the death of a Jeremy Kyle Show guest, and also the deaths of former Love Island contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis. "I'm trying to use my words wisely… you take people who've probably never even stayed in a hotel and never been to London before and you put them in a hotel and you stick them on camera and you exploit them for their mental illness and their problems. "If I needed to go to rehab I could do that and not everybody has that. So it is the responsibility of the people who make these TV shows; if you are taking people without that kind of support system you have to provide that." "It's all fine when people you know have an opinion of you but when the world has an opinion that you can't control and it's not really who you are it can really mess with you. I know that it led me down a dark path and I'm lucky because I have family and friends and support, and access to therapy and whatever I need. The star said filming the Osbournes was different as it came during a time where producers "didn't even know that you needed" outside support. However, she added: "It's nuts how it's taken off but you know the entire country watches these people who probably only knew about 100 people before that. "We live in a world where it's so judgemental and especially in England there's still so... they shy away from mental health issues because people think that if you go to therapy that you're crazy. I'm of the belief that if you don't go to therapy you're crazy. That's what it's there for.