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Lucy Mecklenburgh Talks About Towie Exit

Former scripted reality star admits she'd had enough of life in the fishbowl...

Lucy Mecklenburgh has discussed her exit from The Only Way Is Essex, admitting that life in the reality TV fishbowl "got a bit too much".
Speaking to The Sun, Lucy opened up about her decision to quit the hit ITV2 show - after viewers saw her walk out during [uuid=10266505-2df7-4f13-b1da-c992372561cf]last week's Christmas special[/uuid].
"As you saw in the Christmas episode of Towie, I have left the show," she explained.
"It was a massive decision for me but I've been on the show since I was 19.
"I've grown up in front of the camera, got engaged, broken up, got cheated on, had my heart broken, watched my ex with a new girlfriend and it's all got a bit too much!"
And she confessed that she had made her decision at the end of the previous series.
"When series 10 finished, something just clicked in my head and I thought, 'It's time for me to have a break'."
She also revealed that her move had surprised her ex-BF Mario Falcone.
"The only way I can get properly over Mario is to get away from him. Mario was really shocked and told me he didn't expect it.
"I managed to keep it a secret from everyone because I wanted the scene where I told him I'm going to be completely genuine.
"I haven't spoken to him since, which is a good thing. I feel like there's closure."

Lucy caused a stir on Twitter last month with [uuid=442447a4-c8d5-4f7a-8313-a75197087c6e]a selfie of her bum[/uuid].

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