LOUISE Pentland has revealed she has ‘dents in her bones’ which she claims stem back to childhood from her ‘violent’ ex-stepmother.
The YouTube star, who rose to fame in 2010 after starting her Sprinkle Of Glitter channel, sadly lost her mum to cancer as a child and was then raised by her father and his new partner.
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Youtuber Louise Pentland has revealed she has ‘dents in her bones’ from historic abuse at the hands of her ex-stepmother Credit: Instagram
Louise described her former stepmother, who she previously said abused her for a decade, as ‘vicious and violent’ Credit: Instagram
Louise has previously discussed her harrowing childhood and has told how she was “violently abused in every way” growing up with her dad and his wife at the time.
And in a new post, the mum-of-two has said she can still feel lasting damage from the time.
Louise wrote to Instagram: “My dad’s ex-wife was so vicious and violent that I have a lot of broken/smashed veins on my legs and when i moisturise my shins,
“I can feel all the dents in my bones from what she did to me. What a c***, eh?”
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Louise, who lost her mum aged seven, said the abuse thankfully ‘didn’t break’ her Credit: Instagram
She is now a mum to two daughters Credit: Louise Pentland
In the next slide, she positively added: “Good job I’m just so extremely gorgeous that she didn’t break me)”.
In the same post, which Louise shared to remind her fans that everyone has their own battles, she bravely admitted: “My mum died when I was 7 and I can’t remember what a cuddle from her feels like.
“I sometimes imagine that she doesn’t like me from up in heaven because I can’t really remember the feeling of being liked /loved by her anymore”.
Louise, who was previously well known for being pals with stars such as Zoella and Tanya Burr, has been open with her fans about the struggles she faced as a child.
The online star says she suffered the abuse for ten years before talking to her dad about it at age 16, which led to him leaving her stepmum.
Louise’s relationship with her father was strained in the years that followed, but in 2020 she explained that “time has been a great healer” for their relationship.
Back in 2024, Louise said of her upbringing: “After Mum died, my childhood was brutal in every way.
“I was violently physically abused in ways you don’t even want to imagine, I was deliberately humiliated, every emotion neglected and communication was dominated by anger.
“As well as that as my child-adult relationship, I witnessed my Dad and Step-Mum have a violent, volatile, nasty relationship.
“The ONLY ways to survive that was to completely shrink and detach. No softness, just emptiness. I wasn’t even me, I was just nothing.”
For support around issues of child abuse, call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000
