That's absolutely heart-breaking to read

Losing his best friend and his grandmother in the space of a few months, along with the rest you just mentioned must have took its toll on him

You never really know what's going on inside someone's head

No idea who he is but that's no age. Tragic. RIP.

The one thing that I strongly dislike about Reality Shows is their treatment of contestants with mental health issues as they use them for entertainment and don't care about their overall well being.

I’m in shock, so young as well. RIP.

So sad that arguably two of the biggest and most recognisable characters from the franchise have passed away so young.

RIP btw.

You don’t...
I liked him...he seemed very confident and self assured...it’s really sad.

this is shocking, as if some flowers would fix everything, they really need to up the after care

Some tributes from his fellow cast members

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How awful :( RIP Mike

Very sad!

Ofc that fat bellend has something to say about it

He’s complicit.

I was just saying this - its great having your 5 mins of fame ~ all the freebies etc but when it drys up and the hangers on have gone ~ its lonely street especially when you've lapped up the reputation as he did.

Very sad though.

What’s her daughter dying got to do with the show?

Hate entitled little twats.

Fame can destroy a person just as much as it makes a person.

My thoughts are with his loved ones

Committing sucide is a selfish act. He knew the attention this would cause. Shame he couldn’t have got himself help. Nothing to do with love island or the producers.

This is why there is still such a stigma to mental health

Sometimes suicide is the only way out ⁹ll

How did you work that one out?

Because you are saying it's a selfish way out but it's actually the only way

Someone died, have some ****ing respect please. There’s a time and a place to try and be edgy and this is neither of those.

I'm still really saddened by this, I think it's just because it seems so random and out of the blue... until you find out more about his life like his friend dying, then his grandmother, it's all so upsetting to think there are people out there suffering and grieving and thinking there's no one else to turn to.

Deeply saddened by this. The fact I was just looking at his Instagram account this morning makes it that much more unreal. Thoughts are with his family and friends <3

And to the ones trying to be edgy, I hope you don’t lose anyone to suicide. I truly mean that

Quite gross seeing some knobheads on Twitter blaming Megan McKenna aswell.

It’s not the only way. He needed help and it’s a shame he couldn’t find it.

I mean, what else could he have tried?

I'm still in shock and still thinking about him. He's been on my mind since I found out about his death

Truly a heart-breaking tragedy. I liked him a lot on LI and I felt like he never got a chance to truly enjoy himself what with being on there 5-6 days during his two appearances on the show

I was watching his series last night- the episodes when he arrived

I just hope and pray there isn't another death to come

Samaritans?

Afaik, Samaritans can't do anything if you threaten to kill yourself - that's what I've heard. But regardless, sometimes the help offered and available isn't always enough

Regardless, it shouldn't be our place to think about what he has or hasn't done to get support, or theorise what he could've done

Heard this on the train home by some girls screaming, couldn’t believe my ears :(

Terrible news.

You're a psychopath

He could of been jogging and had a heart attack

*troll craving attention.

Don’t feed it.

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Wtaf

This is terrible.

I know we shouldn't speculate, but it looks fairly likely it he took his own life. His good friend dies a few months back and his Nan who he moved in with to care with died a few days ago. Add that with constant social media abuse he gets after being built up as a "villain"... But of course can't be sure.

People may say "he had everything going for him", that's the thing about depression, it affects anyone.

We saw this thing when Sophie died and her boyfriend committed suicide a few weeks later. It's just awful.

Guess we will find out more soon.

Heartbreaking. Reality TV isn’t worth this.

Although Chanelle Hayes has just been on Twitter saying the BB aftercare is really good so Love Island’s must be truly woeful.

Looking at the replies to her tweet I see Gerry hasn't changed at all :bored: Made three separate tweets about his BB experience and how he's now going back to study a fourth degree etc. Hasn't once even tweeted anything about Mike. Terrible.