Updated: 18 Apr 2021, 10:47
NIKKI Grahame weighed less than five stone when she was released from hospital 12 hours before her death, according to a report.
Nikki, 38 who starred on the Channel 4 reality show in 2006 spent three weeks in Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, before leaving on April 9.
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Nikki, 38 who starred on the Channel 4 reality show in 2006 spent three weeks in Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, before leaving on April 9Credit: Splash
Her body was discovered the following day at her London home. She had been scheduled to start “more relaxed” private treatment.
MailOnline revealed that she was discharged from hospital twice while severely unwell, on one occasion weighing just three and a half stone.
Updated: 16 Apr 2021, 9:24
DUNCAN James has broken his silence after the death of pal Nikki Grahame last Friday following her life-long battle with anorexia.
The 43-year-old reflected on their friendship in a new interview and recalled how he tried to encourage her to eat after she went to support him in while he was appearing in the stage show Chicago in 2018.
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Duncan James has opened up about his and Nikki Grahame s friendship after her deathCredit: Rex Features
Speaking to OK! Magazine, he said: She looked so thin then. I said, You need to eat. Why are you so thin? And she said, Oh stop nagging me! I said, No, you ve got to start to eat. And she said, I’ve been battling this for years.
Nikki Grahame s friends pay one last heart-warming tribute ahead of funeral. (PA) Nikki Grahame’s heartbroken friends have reopened the GoFundMe set up for the reality stars treatment in order to help pay for funeral costs. The former Big Brother star who rose to fame after appearing on the Channel 4 show died from anorexia nervosa aged 38 on April 9. Grahame finished fifth on the seventh series of Big Brother but is widely seen as one of the show’s best-known and most popular contestants. She published two autobiographies, Dying To Be Thin and Fragile, and documented how she developed anorexia while still a teenager.
Nikki Grahame s friends pay one last heart-warming tribute ahead of funeral. (PA) Nikki Grahame’s heartbroken friends have reopened the GoFundMe set up for the reality stars treatment in order to help pay for funeral costs. The former Big Brother star who rose to fame after appearing on the Channel 4 show died from anorexia nervosa aged 38 on April 9. Grahame finished fifth on the seventh series of Big Brother but is widely seen as one of the show’s best-known and most popular contestants. She published two autobiographies, Dying To Be Thin and Fragile, and documented how she developed anorexia while still a teenager.
This Morning last month and said her daughter’s condition deteriorated after gyms closed during the pandemic. Ms Grahame, originally from Northwood in London, had recently received treatment for an eating disorder at a specialist clinic following a fundraising campaign organised by friends and fans. The Gofundme.com campaign had raised more than £69,000 since its launch on March 10, with organisers saying they had “exhausted every avenue possible”. The GoFundMe page has been reopened, with money going towards Grahame’s funeral costs and a charity helping people suffering from eating disorders. The page has so far raised almost £69,000. Writing on the GoFundMe website, Ms Grahame s close friends Carly Cunningham and Leon Dee said: We just wanted to let you know that we are turning donations back on for anyone that would like to make a donation in Nikki s memory, as lots of people have been asking if they can still donate.