Former TOWIE star Kirk Norcross has been announced as an ambassador for UK based suicide prevention charity Papyrus, and will work to 'help smash the stigma around mental health and suicide' through his new role.

Norcross, who lost his father to suicide last year, commented 'If Dad had told me he was struggling I would have helped him. I would have done whatever it took. I see a lot of men in particular who are struggling, strong men who think they can’t speak to anyone about how they feel. It doesn’t mean you are any more or less of a man to say you’re upset and struggling'.