Emily Atack

It's terrible that it does surprise people.

It's funny, my heart races when I think about being 16.

I was a very troubled teenager.

And I find that very difficult to talk about because I was such a loved child and we were encouraged to be creative and we were so privileged in so many ways.

But there were a lot of...

a lot of things that went on in my childhood that really scarred me and have traumatized me, really.

I'm sorry.

And people underestimate families splitting up as well.

So when I was 16, my mum and dad split up.

They're great friends now and it's all fine now.

But at the time, it was really awful.

And my brother was only 13 and Martha was 15.

And my mum, God love her, she couldn't cope.

It was really, really difficult.

And so my dad had moved out of the family home and my mum decided she needed to get away for a while.

And so yeah, Martha and I moved into a flat together.

And my brother George went to live with my aunt and uncle.

And it sounds so, it sounds awful.

And I tread very carefully because my parents are amazing, beautiful, wonderful people who loved us so much.

But this was a very difficult time.