OHMYGOSSIP — Nadiya Hussain was “saved” by her little brother Shaq while enduring horrendous bullying as a child.
The ‘Great British Bake Off’ winner – who is one of five siblings – was driven to suicidal thoughts after being tormented by cruel bullies, who used to shove her head down the toilet, at primary school, but she stopped herself from doing anything catastrophic when she found out she was about to be a big sister.
Speaking to host Kate Garraway on ITV’s ‘Life Stories’, the 37-year-old TV star said: “I had five or six pills and I thought ‘I need more water’. So I went downstairs and my dad had an announcement. He said, ‘Your mum’s having a baby.’
“So I thought ‘OK, well I’ll just do this once I’ve met the baby’. I promised myself I had to meet him first, my brother Shaq.”
Nadiya – who has three children with her husband Abdal; Musa, 14, Dawud, 13, and Maryam, 10 – is still affected by the bullying, as she gets flashbacks when she goes to the toilet.
She said: “Before I knew it, my head was in the loo and they were flushing it repeatedly and holding me down.
“All I remember is loo water in my nose and in my eyes and in my ears. Even to this day, when I go to the loo, that image comes into my head.”
The ‘Nadiya’s Family Favourites’ star – who has previously spoken about having panic disorder – admitted she was “struggling” to such an extent that she would “not drink water” because she was frightened of going to the toilet.
She said: “It got to a point when I was really struggling with it when I would deliberately not drink water because I didn’t want to use the loo.”
During their heart-to-heart, Kate asked Nadiya if she had anything to say to them.
She said: “Do you think those boys had any idea what they done to you? What would you say to them?”
Nadiya quipped: “If they’re watching – in your face!”
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