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Joel Leaver

TOWIE's Yazmin cruelly accused of 'getting over' Jake McLean's death 'too quickly'

Yazmin Oukhellou has spoken about cruel trolls who have accused her over 'getting over' the death of Jake McLean 'too quickly', which she has said leave her feeling sick.

The reality TV star, 28 - best known for appearing on TOWIE - had been in a car with Jake which overturned after plunging 30 feet into a ditch while they were abroad in July.

She suffered serious injuries during the incident in Turkey, which tragically led to the death of her on-off boyfriend Jake, who had been just 33 at the time of the accident.

Yazmin - who has been on a process of "healing" in recent months - has said that some people have accused of her 'getting over' the incident and Jake's death 'too quickly'.

Yazmin Oukhellou (right) and Jake McLean (left) were in a car accident in July (Instagram/ @yazminoukhellou)

During an interview with the Sun, Yazmin said that she has received abusive messages from people criticising her for attempting to move forward after the car accident.

She said such scrutiny has been "extremely hard" to deal with and admitted those kinds of comments do affect her.

Discussing such comments, Yazmin said: "If I have dinner out with friends, these people will post saying: 'Oh, she's got over it quick.' I block those people straightaway".

The incident in Turkey tragically led to Jake's death (yazminoukhellou/Instagram)

Yazmin however revealed that she ends up focusing on such comments for the remainder of the day, adding that such remarks by other people make her "feel sick".

Yazmin said there isn't a day where she doesn't think about the crash, adding during the interview: "Just because I'm smiling in a picture, it doesn't mean I'm smiling inside."

She said that spending time with loved ones provides an hour or two where she can "escape" from her reality.

She further commented that she is "incredibly fortunate" to have survived the crash, but feels as though some people continue to want her to "suffer" in the aftermath of it.

Yazmin said that people on social media don't actually know what is going on in her life. She explained in the interview that she is "torn apart" with grief for Jake.

She commented: "It affects me every minute of the day. Just because I have a meal in a restaurant or travel abroad to work on my healing process, doesn't change that."

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