Nikki Grahame battled with an eating disorder since the age of eight and was admitted to over 17 institutions over years for treatment.

She spent her last moments cuddling a Pingu toy, her mum has revealed.

Star struggled with an eating disorder since she was eight and was admitted to around 17 institutions over the years to get treatment.

During lockdown in 2020, her condition become worse and she became very unwell and heavily underweight.

Sadly, she passed away just year later aged 38, in April

Her mother said, “When the lockdown came along in 2020, I don’t know if it was premonition or not, but Nikki was really, really scared. She knew she was probably going to be isolated and she actually said to me ‘I don’t know how I’m going to get through this’.”

Nikki’s friend Purdy Smith said, “Lockdown was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Nikki. If lockdown hadn’t happened, we probably wouldn’t be sitting here right now.”