Hollywood hardman Tamer Hassan gets emotional as he helps daughter Belle open up about her past self harm in new podcast

HOLLYWOOD star Tamer Hassan was moved to tears as his daughter Belle spoke about self harming as a child in their new emotional podcast.

The reality star revealed she’d overcome a tough mental health battle before taking part in Love Island as she urged youngsters to be more open with their parents.

Hollywood hardman Tamer Hassan helped his daughter open about her past mental health battle in his new Global podcast, Family Business

In a clip from the Global podcast Family Business, shared with HOAR Online, brave Belle spoke about the issues she faced before finding fame, and how she’s desperate for young girls to feel “normal” no matter what struggles they face.

In the incredibly moving chat, which sees the father and daughter laughing about the little things she got away with in her teens like getting a tattoo, Tamer also encouraged Belle to be honest with him about her past mental health struggle.

She says: “It’s not something that’s easy for me to talk about. I don’t mind talking about it but it’s not easy.

“As you know dad, when I was a kid I did go through a stage of self harming. For me that was something I really struggled with, and again it all came from a thing of…”

Belle Hassan overcame her mental health struggles before entering Love Island

Tamer has always been hugely supportive of his Love Island star daughter

Belle had to stop for a moment to gather her emotions, as her dad could be heard saying: “We’re all welling up here. Take your time.”

She goes on: “For me, that’s really difficult for me to talk about, mental health has been something that has been close to me, and I think when I’ve worked with young girls, I’ve seen that in so many of them. 

“It’s normal to hate yourself, it’s normal to feel like you’re not enough, your worthless, you’re this, you’re that.

“Being young and feeling like that about yourself is horrible even when I’d argue with people I’d put the blame on myself, I’d say ‘why do I feel like this? Why do I feel like that.’”

The beauty says she found her confidence when starring in Love Island

Belle shot to fame in the 2018 series of the ITVbe show

Make-up artist Belle shot to fame on 2018’s Love Island, entering as one of the Casa Amor girls who went onto steal Scot Anton Danyluk’s heart.

She opened up about self harming after the government applauded HOAR’s You’re Not Alone campaign and pledged to train teachers to spot signs of mental health issues in the classroom.

She also candidly spoke to HOAR’s Fabulous magazine last year about how her Love Island experience had helped her to embrace herself as an adult after being bullied at school.

Tamer said he’d received thousands of messages from people who had listened to their emotional podcast Family Business and were bolstered to act within their own families.

But the legendary star is no stranger to helping others, having worked tirelessly in lockdown to provide much needed PPE to charities and essential workers.

He is leading a group of celebs known as The Masketeers along with former footballers Anton Ferdinand and Jimmy Bullard, who have constantly been delivering protective clothing in a campaign to “Mask Our Heroes”.

Tamer is famed for his roles in The Football Factory and The Business

He even features on the cover of GQ with the group and looks typically tough but suave in a suit and a face mask created by Italian designer Angelo Galasso.

Tamer, famed for his roles in The Football Factory and The Business, told the magazine: “The first aim was to help the frontline workers, predominantly in the NHS, but then it expanded across shops to prisons to police stations. 

“I found myself doing five to ten jobs a day and it was exhausting. But it just motivates you.”

Next week’s episode of Family Business sees Tamer chatting to friend and fellow Hollywood star Ray Winstone.