‘I was at rock bottom' admits Irish reality star as vicious trolls ‘ruined' her pregnancy and ‘attacked' her unborn baby
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Chelsea Farrell met her now-boyfriend on a reality TV dating show
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Chelsea and James are expecting their first child together
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Chelsea has been open about her pregnancy journey so far
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The pair met last autumn while filming season two of the
Chelsea and James were the
The Louth native found out she was pregnant on the same night that the first episode of Love Triangle was aired, on March 10, 2025.
Chelsea has been quite open about the trolling she received once the season aired - which inevitably ruined what was supposed-to-be the happiest time of her life.
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The influencer told The Irish Sun: "It was one of the toughest things I think I ever went through and that's the God's honest truth.
"Once the negativity started coming in and I started being slaughtered online, I just felt so guilty, because I felt like it wasn't just an attack on me, it was now an attack on my family. And it was now an attack on my baby.
"I was so sick. I was trying to adjust to this big news, my whole life was about to change. And I was also dealing with all of this negativity. I was at rock bottom."
Chelsea admitted she feels "so much resentment towards the trolls" for "ruining" the first few weeks of "the best news of her life".
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She explained: "For me, I never thought this was something I'd have. And to look back now and see how sad and broken I was when it should have been the happiest few weeks of my life.
"It's really sad that other people took that away from me."
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"People were attacking me online, because they thought, 'Oh, she's 25-year-old, she's well able to take it'. But little did they know that my whole life is about to change. I'm having my first baby, I'm very sick, we had a pregnancy scare in the middle of it all.
"And they were just knocking me and knocking me while I was already struggling."
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Chelsea revealed to the world that she's expecting her first child just last week.
The Irish star has said she got a "beautiful" response from most people, however Chelsea had to contact one particular Facebook group due to their relentless abuse.
'VILE'
She explained: "There's one Facebook group, and it is vicious. Like the people in it, I don't know where they came from, or who they think they are. But they are the most disgusting people I've ever met.
"The things that they're saying, not just about me, but about all cast members is vile.
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"And they put the [pregnancy announcement] video up in the group, and they were all lacing into me on it.
"I actually had to message admin and be like, 'Do you realise that they are attacking a baby here, an unborn child', whatever, say what you want about me, but don't be making vile comments towards an unborn baby.
'TOXIC PEOPLE'
"I think that group is the only thing that hasn't settled, but everything else has.
"I've had the most beautiful feedback and the most beautiful response from the announcement. But I think it's just that group is just so full of toxic people."
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Chelsea also told how she had to delete all her apps to "disassociate" herself from the negativity and it "wasn't good for her or her baby".
She added: "It's just really sad when strangers can make you feel like that. And strangers can put such a horrible memory on what you expect to be the happiest time of your life. And it was don't get me wrong, I was overjoyed.
"But it was just really difficult to navigate because I was so happy with the pregnancy but I was also so sad and stressed over the trolling. It was a lot of emotions going on at once."
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Chelsea said she was at 'rock bottom' due to online trolling
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