Tracey Jewel’s desperate suicide bid: MAFS star ‘overdosed while stranded in Berlin’

Left ‘stranded and alone’ in a foreign country thousands of miles from home, Married At First Sight’s Tracey Jewel ‘couldn’t see a way out’ of her terrible situation.

And in a worrying confession, the mother-of-one, 35, revealed on Monday she tried to end her life by ‘overdosing’ on medication in Berlin, Germany several weeks ago.

Tracey hit rock bottom in the days after her ex-boyfriend Patrick Kedemos dumped her while they were travelling across Europe – but fortunately doctors were able to save her following the suicide bid. 

 

Desperate: Tracey Jewel revealed on Monday she tried to end her life by ‘overdosing’ on medication in Berlin, Germany several weeks ago following the abrupt end of her relationship

In a tearful interview with New Idea, the former reality TV star said: ‘I went into a head spin and I overdosed. I just couldn’t see a way out of the current situation.’ 

‘I’ve been trolled and cyber bullied relentlessly, pretty much all year [since MAFS],’ she added. ‘I’m not someone with a history of depression, but I started getting help in April because a psychologist said I might have post-traumatic stress disorder because of everything I’d been through.’

Eventually, Tracey’s ex Patrick gave her money to pay for a flight back to Australia.

Suicidal: Tracey (pictured) hit rock bottom in the days after her ex-boyfriend Patrick Kedemos dumped her while they were travelling across Europe - but fortunately doctors were able to save her following the suicide bid

Suicidal: Tracey hit rock bottom in the days after her ex-boyfriend Patrick Kedemos (pictured) dumped her while they were travelling across Europe - but fortunately doctors were able to save her following the suicide bid

Suicidal: Tracey (left) hit rock bottom in the days after her ex-boyfriend Patrick Kedemos (right) dumped her while they were travelling across Europe – but fortunately doctors were able to save her following the suicide bid

Recovering: Following her arrival in Perth on Friday 3 August (pictured at the airport), Tracey was admitted to a mental health clinic. She said: '[My doctors] thought the best thing I could do was to have care to get better as quickly as possible'

Recovering: Following her arrival in Perth on Friday 3 August (pictured at the airport), Tracey was admitted to a mental health clinic. She said: ‘[My doctors] thought the best thing I could do was to have care to get better as quickly as possible’

Following her arrival in Perth on Friday 3 August, Tracey was admitted to a mental health clinic. She said: ‘[My doctors] thought the best thing I could do was to have care to get better as quickly as possible.’ 

The self-help author is believed to be currently living at her adoptive mother Jenny’s house in Perth and is taking an extended break from social media. 

Tracey also told New Idea that her biological daughter Grace, eight, does not yet know about her suicide attempt because she ‘doesn’t want to scare or upset her’.

Run out of options: Left 'stranded and alone' in a foreign country thousands of miles from home, Tracey (pictured on MAFS) 'couldn't see a way out' of her terrible situation

Run out of options: Left ‘stranded and alone’ in a foreign country thousands of miles from home, Tracey (pictured on MAFS) ‘couldn’t see a way out’ of her terrible situation

Late last month, a source close to Tracey confirmed that she split with her boyfriend Patrick, 45, while the pair were cruising around Europe together.

German police were called after an argument between Tracey and Patrick that took place on July 28, following the pair’s arrival in Berlin.

The newly-single star was then forced to turn to the Australian embassy after she was left stranded and ‘unable to pay for her own return flight home’.

Notorious: Earlier this year, Tracey became one of the most talked-about women in Australia when she was involved in a love triangle on Married At First Sight

Notorious: Earlier this year, Tracey became one of the most talked-about women in Australia when she was involved in a love triangle on Married At First Sight

‘Things reached breaking point on Saturday night [July 28] when they had an almighty row – with Tracey moving into a separate hotel room to calm down,’ the source said at the time.

‘Patrick officially ended things and Tracey was then left to arrange her own return travel back home to Australia alone after they split.

‘But she hadn’t taken any money with her on the trip and was left stranded. The last friends heard she’d filed a complaint with the police was waiting for the Australian embassy to open on Monday so she could figure out what to do.’ 

Disaster! Tracey was paired with Dean Wells (left) on MAFS, but was left blindsided when he had an 'affair' with fellow contestant Davina Rankin. Pictured on their 'wedding' day

Disaster! Tracey was paired with Dean Wells (left) on MAFS, but was left blindsided when he had an ‘affair’ with fellow contestant Davina Rankin. Pictured on their ‘wedding’ day

Patrick eventually gave Tracey money to fly home, telling Woman’s Day last week that he ‘transferred another $2,000 just to get rid of her’.

Earlier this year, Tracey became one of the most talked-about women in Australia when she was involved in a love triangle on Married At First Sight.

She was paired with Dean Wells on the ‘social experiment’, but was left blindsided when he had an ‘affair’ with fellow contestant Davina Rankin.

Scandalous: In the months after the show aired, however, Tracey emerged as one of the series' most controversial and divisive contestants. She has faced criticism for running an allegedly fraudulent competition, plagiarism and falsely implying she suffered from cervical cancer

Scandalous: In the months after the show aired, however, Tracey emerged as one of the series’ most controversial and divisive contestants. She has faced criticism for running an allegedly fraudulent competition, plagiarism and falsely implying she suffered from cervical cancer

In the months after the show aired, however, Tracey emerged as one of the series’ most controversial and divisive contestants.

She has faced criticism for running an allegedly fraudulent competition, plagiarising content in her books and falsely implying she suffered from cervical cancer.

(Tracey has claimed her competition’s winner was ‘unable to take the major prize so it was redrawn’. She has also denied intentionally plagiarising anybody else’s work. Regarding claims about her health, Tracey insists she never claimed to have cervical cancer and a since-deleted Instagram post that seemingly implied she did suffer from the disease was ‘taken completely out of context’ by fans and the media.)

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Tracey Jewel for comment. 

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