Jack Fincham has revealed he has been left homeless after falling out with his family following his recent stint in rehab.
The former Love Island winner, 34, went to rehab for the second time earlier this year after he had a 'selfish' relapse into drinking and drugs that nearly killed him.
Jack, who received £32,000 of treatment at Rainford Hall, Merseyside, has now opened up on Instagram about struggling with life post rehab and backlash from family which has left him living in a hotel with his dog.
He said: 'I tried living in Liverpool, unfortunately the person I lived with it just didn't work out. I thought I'd be getting more support from people close to me that haven't shown that support.
'Listen I'm a 34-year-old man you can't rely on your family all the time.'
'One thing they told me in rehab and it's true, you're not gonna walk out of rehab to a red carpet rolled out for you because it's stuff you should have been doing anyway.'
Jack explained that he hasn't got 'much left' and is currently homeless and trying to figure out 'what to do' next as life 'can't get any worse'.
Jack Fincham has revealed he has been left homeless after falling out with his family following his recent stint in rehab
The reality TV star added: 'In case anyone is wondering where I am, I'm staying a hotel with the dog. I'm just gonna reset and work out what to do and where I wanna live.
'Got my beautiful dog Elvis, without him I probably wouldn't even be here to be honest.'
Jack said he has found leaving rehab 'scary' but thanked the staff for showing him, a 'level of kindness I wasn't used to for a while, I found it quite alien'.
Determined to get back on track, the TV personality said he is 'starting from zero' but looking to get back into acting.
Jack said: 'There's been a few struggles along the way and look I'm starting again from zero. I'm a very optimistic person and I just think it can't get any worse than this.
'I'm gonna do my acting and get back into TV work. I'm gonna do all the things I said I was gonna do.'
It comes after Jack opened up about the hardest part of rehab journey in an emotional Good Morning Britain interview last week.
The reality star admitted that he was there 'for the wrong reasons' during his first stint, but is finally 'living a life he doesn't want to escape from'.
Jack - who shot to fame on the fourth series of Love Island in 2018 - appeared on the ITV programme to chat to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls about his progress.
Ed asked the boxer: 'Were there things that you found out during the period of rehab that were a surprise, shock, revelation, challenge?'
Jack said: 'The stopping drugs part was the easy part.'
He continued: 'I went in there, I did a detox of benzodiazepines and pregabalin, prescription drugs.
'I had a six week detox of prescription drugs. It took me quite a while, I knew that needed to go. But that was the easy part. That was clinically done to the T.
The former Love Island winner, 34, went to rehab for the second time earlier this year after he had a 'selfish' relapse into drinking and drugs that nearly killed him
'What's the hard bit... feelings are actually alright.
'I've been suppressing feelings for so long. I'm getting all these feelings, and go "Hang on a minute, what's that?!"
'Sometimes I'd get excited, and because I'd get excited, "I need to make this better, I'm going to have a drink".
'Or I'd feel sad. I know what will stop that. Drugs and alcohol, unfortunately are the friend that will never let you down because you know that's what you get on the tin.
'They are going to do what they say on the tin every time, without fail.
'I didn't like myself. I haven't felt comfortable in my own skin for a long time. I've never felt enough for a long time.
'The people at Rainford and people I've been working with over the past eight weeks have finally made me realise I'm actually alright. I'm enough.
'I can go and do all the things that I want to do.'
Back in January he told the presenters how he was returning to rehab before he 'destroys his life' after a 'selfish' relapse that nearly killed him.
Jack went to stay at Rainford Hall, Merseyside, for a two-month programme, and the time before that was in 2021. But he decided to leave early.
This time he felt that his stint was totally different to before.
Jack confessed: 'The first time I went, obviously as I said to you, I went there for other people.
'Essentially, I went to shut people up, to say look, "I tried, didn't work, told you!" This time I wanted help.
'I have never been more grateful. The guys at the rehab, which is called Rainford Hall, the people that work there, just the most amazing people.
'It felt alien to me for a little while that people actually wanted to help me, there was no transaction. I got into my own head for a little bit, for many years.
'Every single day things are done for you, it was in beautiful surroundings, I had my dog with me, I couldn't have done it without him. He needed the break as well to be honest.
'He's a Cane Corso. We've had a few issues, but he's an amazing dog. Very, very well behaved. He came along, the staff loved him.
'The stopping the drugs part was the easy part, it was a full two months of self reflection, realising why I do these certain behaviours, it's not okay, things I need to apologise for.
'Owning it. I did wrong, and I've never been one of these people that will sit around and blame other people. Or blame being in the public eye. Blame having money.
'Everything that has happened, and gone wrong in my life is my fault and I hold my hands up to it.'
He said: 'I'm staying a hotel with the dog. I'm just gonna work out what to do and where I wanna live. Got my beautiful dog, without him I probably wouldn't even be here to be honest'
Back in January, Jack told the pair ahead of going to rehab: 'Without wanting to go [to rehab], also, without wanting to help yourself, it's not going to work.
'This time around, I often sit there and think about the thousands of opportunities that I've ruined, this time around, I want to help myself, I want to live my life in abundance and more importantly, a happy, healthy and get back thousands of opportunities and new opportunities that are going to come my way being sober.
'None of that is going to happen if I carry on the way I am going. It's not going to happen.
'It's like having two people on your shoulder. One would go: "You can get this under control this time".
'This is not a new thing. This is not a new thing, this has been going on since I was 18/19.
'I'm 33 now, this is a long long time, this isn't something new that has come up. Obviously, I've had points where its been under control, points where it's not been under control.
'Then I think Christmas day, I just thought mate, this is just, speaking to, I haven't actually told anyone this, I took myself into hospital because I might have to taken too much of something here.
'They said because of boxing, I do my boxing camps, before I fight, your body has time to repair, training from a young age, boxing from 13, a strong heart, without that, you probably would have ended up dead in your bed at this point.
'So to hear that, and someone say without having those points of letting your body repair, having a strong heart from training from so young, you probably would have woken up dead in your bed is quite sobering.'

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