TOWIE star Jake Hall laid bare the “only reason” he was still alive after hitting rock bottom in his heartbreaking last interview.
The 35-year-old, who has been found dead in a Spanish holiday villa, said the only thing that kept him going was his daughter River.
Now eight, the little girl brought him back from the brink after the collapse of his first fashion label Prévu in 2023.
He said: “I was at a very low point.
“I’d lost something that I’d loved and grew from my bedroom. I went through a lot of turmoil.
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“If I’m honest, River is the reason I’m here today. She’s amazing and we’ve got an incredible relationship. She’s very creative, is always dancing and loves clothes.
“It was that part that hurt most when I lost Prévu. I lost something that was for her, everything I do is for her and her future.”
Jake shot to fame on The Only Way Is Essex in 2015 and had an explosive on-off relationship with Chloe Lewis, with millions of viewers following every moment of their doomed romance.
He left the show in 2016 and later revealed he had not kept in touch with any of his co-stars.
“I was very young,” he said.
“And it was an experience. I’m in a very different place in life now and want different things. There has been a lot of good and bad.”
Jake also opened about finding early success hard, and that he had struggled with self-belief when he was younger which had a major impact on his life.
He was desperate to be a role model for children who had faced similar problems and could not see themselves succeeding.
He said: “School was tough for me.
“I had dyslexia and quite a lot of problems growing up, and I want to show guys who might be similar to me that they can do it too. If I can, so can they.”
At the time of the interview in May last year, Jake was celebrating the launch of his second clothing brand By Jake Hall.
It had already been worn by major stars including David Beckham, former Vogue editor Edward Enninful and Manchester City star Erling Haaland.
Enninful, one of the most respected names in fashion, had worn one of Jake’s suits during the Monaco Grand Prix and had ordered two more.
Beckham chose a jacket and trousers for a DB eyewear campaign.
Jake said he had plans to expand into womenswear and fragrance and as he talked about the brand’s success, his face lit up.
“The last few months have been pretty amazing,” he said.
“It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions and rebuilding a business is never easy.
“I’m in a really good place at the moment and excited about the future. I can feel the energy and the spark, and I just want to keep that momentum going. The comeback is on. I know I can do it.”
Jake shared his daughter with Misse Beqiri, star of The Real Housewives of Cheshire. The pair welcomed River in 2017 but split in 2021.
Cops found Jake with fatal head wounds at a rented villa in Majorca in the early hours of Wednesday.
The star had smashed his head against a glass door during a booze-fuelled rampage, police sources claim.
Neighbours reported hearing “loud noises” that were strong enough to make walls vibrate just hours before police arrived at the property.
An investigation has been launched by the Spanish Civil Guard.
Police have quizzed four men and two women staying at the house.
They reportedly told officers that they had been out in the evening and continued partying after returning to the property in the early hours.
Authorities have not released the nationalities of the others who were at the property.