Kirk Norcross lives a quiet life after ditching actuality TV and he has no intentions of returning to the limelight.
The previous TOWIE star, 32, who appeared on the Essex-based ITV present from 20010-2013, is now not into the flashy life-style he used to painting on the collection and now leads a modest life operating his personal jet companies – and that’s how he desires to maintain it.
A lot so, that father-of-two Kirk has turned down the possibility to be concerned with the TOWIE reunion present, reviews declare.
His resolution to don’t have anything to do with the collection that catapulted him into the general public eye is alleged to have left ITV “gutted” however the KN companies proprietor is happier labouring.
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A supply The Sun : “ITV are gutted as a result of they actually wished Kirk to participate however, ultimately, he determined he wished no half in it.
“When the concept first got here up Kirk was up for it. However, over time, he’s modified his thoughts. He’s had time to consider what going again would possibly imply and he doesn’t need to go there.
“So far as Kirk is worried that life is behind him now and he’s solely trying ahead.”
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Kirk, who was not too long ago pictured cleansing former co-star James Argent’s driveway, beforehand admitted he prefers unblocking drains after revealing the heartbreaking purpose he stop the present.
In 2019, Kirk confessed that he tried to take his personal life when his time within the highlight left him struggling from extreme nervousness and despair.
Kirk, who has additionally been on Ex on the Seaside and CelebrityBig Brother, claimed he was ‘pimped out’ by TV bosses who ‘piled him with booze’ whereas being pushed into making selections he did not agree with.
Claiming he was given “zero aftercare,” he advised The Sun on Sunday : “Actuality TV turned me right into a monster however the bosses didn’t need to take care of the monster they created.
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“I’d cry on set and say, ‘Please don’t make me do these items’, however I at all times needed to.
“I’ve considered killing myself so many instances due to what these reveals did to me.
“Final yr I got here seconds away however I considered my son’s face. He saved my life.”
Kirk alleges that ITV bosses would push him into making selections he wasn’t certain about, and threaten to kick him off the present ought to he decline.
These included breaking apart with then girlfriend Lauren Pope on display screen regardless of promising her he would not, and even lacking his final alternative to see his granddad on his deathbed.
Additionally they reportedly inspired him to ditch his regular persona and “come throughout flash”.
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In response, ITV mentioned on the time: “The welfare of everybody concerned within the making of our programmes is of paramount significance to us and acceptable psych assist is out there to all forged all through their time with us and past.”
In February this yr, Kirk spoke additional in regards to the value of fame and defined he was surrounded by individuals “who’re pretend and simply hangers-on.”
The previous actuality star mentioned the movie star world “is usually a very brutal setting” and he suffered some “darkish, darkish instances”.
Opening up about his heartbreaking suicide bid, courageous Kirk mentioned he “simply wished to float away nevertheless it did not work.”
He credit his girlfriend Dani Carr and their son Harry, two, and daughter Violett, three, from a earlier relationship, for serving to him by way of robust instances.
Kirk confessed that it was solely when he left all of it behind that he was lastly capable of be completely satisfied.
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