Trinny Woodall opens up about ex-husband's suicide and says there's nothing I could have done'
'DARKEST HOLE' Trinny Woodall opens up about ex-husband's suicide and says there's nothing I could have done'
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TELLY fashion guru Trinny Woodall has said there is 'nothing I could have done' to stop her ex-husband's suicide.
Trinny, 61, co-host with Susannah Constantine of BBC show What Not To Wear, lost Johnny Elichaoff, 55, in 2014 — five years after they split.
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Trinny Woodall has said there is 'nothing I could have done' to stop ex-husband Johnny Elichaoff's suicide
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Trinny lost Johnny Elichaoff, 55, in 2014 — five years after they split
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He jumped 50ft to his death after taking a 'potentially fatal' amount of painkiller.
Trinny said: "I think going back to earlier, it's that would've, should've, could've - so do I regret that I didn't do more for my ex-husband to stop him killing himself?
"No, because it was nothing I could have done.
"To ponder on the regret of somebody who kills himself, it can take you into the darkest hole.
'But you can also know when somebody who is in that situation switches off, and that is their path and nobody can get in.
'I had to learn.'
Mum Trinny also told Fearne Cotton's Happy Place that she also had no regrets about taking drugs for a decade.
"I actually don't.
"Because it gave me such a depth of having to deal with life at an early age.
"Some testing things that it rounded me up more as a person.
Trinny Woodall: The Evolution of a Beauty Icon
'When I got into my 30s, I had a lot of experience to draw on to be resilient.
"So thereby I don't regret that it happened and I should draw upon it.'
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Johnny jumped 50ft to his death after taking a 'potentially fatal' amount of painkiller
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