The Bachelor’s Brook Blurton nearly quit show over separation from her family

She has bravely opened up about her traumatic childhood, scarred by the suicide of her mother when she was just 11.

Now Bachelor beauty Brook Blurton has revealed being separated from her family nearly forced her to quit the Ten romance juggernaut.

‘I really missed my family, especially my little brother,’ she tells TV Week,  ‘we’re super close. I was so homesick, I could have walked.’

But the 23 year-old – who is widely believed to make it to the final four – admitted her ‘connection’ with Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins kept her in the game.   

‘It got to me how much I missed home,’ she explains, ‘but the connection with Nick kept me there.’ 

‘I really missed my family, especially my little brother!’ Brooke, a youth worker from Perth, admitted pining for her younger sibling, Troy (pictured) nearly forced her out of the Channel Ten romance series

The petite youth worker from Perth courageously opened up about her tragic past to OK!, last week.

‘I don’t have a lot of family, unfortunately,’ she told the publication on Thursday.

Brooke added that the hardest thing she has been through in her life was the death of her mother and grandmother.

‘I don’t have a lot of family, unfortunately!’ Brooke admitted she and her younger brother Troy (pictured) are ‘super close’

‘Mum and Nan dying when I was younger and having to grow up without any parents (was the hardest thing),’ she said. 

After overcoming the tragic loss of her mother to suicide at age 11, Brooke spent the rest of her upbringing living in fear of drug-fuelled violence.

However, she ultimately vowed to turn her harrowing experiences into something positive by helping others. 

Brooke is currently one of the favourites on the show and is widely tipped to make the final four.

‘The connection with Nick kept me there!’ The 23 year-old – who is widely believed to make it to the final four – admitted a bond with Nick Cummins kept her in the game