Peter Andre has revealed he contemplated suicide due to years of bullying as a teenager.
The 46-year-old star thought about 'ending it' when he first moved to Australia from England with his Greek Cypriot family due to the horrific racist abuse he was subjected to.
The father-of-four - who raises Junior, 14, and Princess, 12, with his ex-spouse Katie Price, and Amelia, five, and Theo, two, with his wife Emily MacDonagh - made the admissions in a new video for The Diana Award's #Back2School campaign.
He said: 'Did I ever contemplate ending it? Yeah. In that period of time, yeah. Bullying is a horrible thing.
'It really is horrible. On every level. Unfortunately it happens. It's been going on for generations.'
Peter said the attacks were racially motivated and he was made to feel like he didn't fit in because of his Meditteranean background.
In his younger years: The 46-year-old star admits he thought about 'ending it' when he first moved to Australia from England with his Greek Cypriot family due to the horrific racist abuse he was subjected to +5
In his younger years: The 46-year-old star admits he thought about 'ending it' when he first moved to Australia from England with his Greek Cypriot family due to the horrific racist abuse he was subjected to
'When you're a kid with dark hair, dark eyes, strong English accent, much bigger nose than the kids around you, I was an outcast like you wouldn't believe.
'I mean, I couldn't have stuck out more. The term they used in Australia at the time was "w*g". "W*g" was used for Greeks, for Italians, people from the Mediterranean.
'It happened instantly. Instantly. In our neighbourhood, where we moved into, you'd walk down the street and they'd go, "Get outta here, w*g!" That's what it was like.'
The Mysterious Girl hitmaker was also physically attacked by some of his peers for saying he liked football, which was considered a 'girl's sport'.
He was also tied to a fence had stones thrown at his head as they taunted him with chants of 'greasy w*g'.
Peter is throwing his support behind the charity campaign in a bid to help kids speak out and tell people they are being bullied at school.
'I want you guys to use the tools that you've got. You can beat this. It's not easy, it's not overnight, but it can happen and it does happen', he said.
He said: 'When you're a kid with dark hair, dark eyes, strong English accent, much bigger nose than the kids around you, I was an outcast like you wouldn't believe
