Geordie Shore star Ricci Guarnaccio shared his heartache on Thursday as he revealed a close friend tragically pᴀssed away.

Ricci, who rose to fame on the MTV show, revealed the sad news that his friend from school had pᴀssed away on Instagram.

The star, 38, took to his social media to announce that his friend took his own life as he urged his followers to ‘reach out for help’.

He wrote: ‘Just lost another very good friend from school to suicide this morning!’

Ricci then added a supportive message and encouraged them to speak out and seek help if they were experiencing personal struggles.

The TV favourite added: ‘If anyone is EVER going through anything, please reach out to someone, there’s ALWAYS another way.’

Geordie Shore star Ricci Guarnaccio, 38, shared his heartache on Thursday as he revealed a close friend tragically pᴀssed away 

The star took to his social media to announce that his friend took his own life as he urged his followers to ‘reach out for help’ 

Ricci went on to share a link to a fundraising page to help out the family of his school friend.

The sad update comes after they were rushed to hospital as he took to Instagram with a health update last month. 

He admitted he was in ‘agony’ as he shared a snap from outside from the emergency department. 

Ricci, who first joined the show back in 2012 before later returning in 2022, revealed he was having problems with back pain. 

He captioned the Story: ‘Backs completely gone! AGONY.’

Later Ricci shared a selfie from what appeared to be the waiting room as he pouted in a beige hoody and white baseball cap. 

Ricci recently appeared unrecognisable to fans after spending over £50,000 on plastic surgery. 

He first burst into the limelight in 2012 as the Northern heartthrob who found love with Vicky Pattison on the Northern reality show.  

The sad update comes after they were rushed to hospital as he took to Instagram with a health update last month 

Ricci, who first joined the show back in 2012 before later returning in 2022, revealed he was having problems with back pain as he wrote: ‘Backs completely gone! AGONY’

The star ended up quitting the show after his toxic relationship with Vicky fell apart, but he returned in 2022 when the show was picked up by Paramount+. 

When trailers for the new series appeared on X last month, Ricci’s fans were left in shock, commenting: ‘Barely recognised Rick and Kyle’; ‘I don’t usually comment on peoples appearances but bloody hell, their faces’; 

‘What’s happened to all their faces! Their eyes look tiny, is that the side effect of too much Botox?’; ‘Are all their teeth made of plastic?’; ‘Oh wow what are my eyes watching, they guys all need help!’

Yet Ricci is proud of his new look, telling The Daily Star: ‘I love it, I’m addicted. I think I’m looking sweet now for 38. I’ve had a few good surgeons.

‘I remember watching people on TOWIE and whatnot I was thinking, “Jesus Christ, man, you’ve had far much work done.'” Then I got my first nose job. And I was like, “Holy s***, this stuff works, how fit do I look?”‘

Listing his procedures, Ricci revealed he’s had three nose jobs; blepharoplasty (eyelid lift ); lastysmaplasty (jaw тιԍнтening) neck muscle тιԍнтening; Botox, fillers; and three sets of veneers. 

And Ricci insisted that he has no plans of slowing down anytime soon, with the reality star adding: ‘I’m definitely gonna get more work as well. I absolutely love it. I couldn’t give a toss what anyone says, I look real sweet and tasty. I do think people can take it too far but what’s too far?’

Ricci’s love of surgery is something that has in common with many of his Geordie Shore stars, with several of them going under the knife after appearing on the show.

It comes after Ricci appeared unrecognisable to fans after spending over £50,000 on plastic surgery 

Ricci first burst into the limelight in 2012 as the Northern heartthrob who found love with Vicky Pattison on the Northern reality show before their toxic relationship fell apart  

 Ricci revealed he’s had three nose jobs; blepharoplasty (eyelid lift ); lastysmaplasty (jaw тιԍнтening) neck muscle тιԍнтening; Botox, fillers ; and three sets of veneers.

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While there has been a shift in cultural trends of late and a steer towards the more ‘natural’ look, it’s left some of the MTV stars reversing their procedures or with lifelong regrets.

Ricci began dabbling in enhancements during his break from Geordie Shore, when he worked as a DJ in Australia.

Previously, Ricci and Chantelle sat down with an exclusive chat with MailOnline about the series alongside co-star Nathan Henry, 33. 

Opening up about what happened between the boys, Ricci said: ‘There’s a lot more going on with the lads this time, than the girls. 

‘You can tell… by what MTV are dropping that it’s a lot more lad-orientated, the time before in Cyprus, it was the girls. 

‘I don’t think you could ever imagine the bust-ups and the drama between the lads that happened in this series.

‘It’s never happened ever – even from the days when I first in it as well with Gaz [Beadle] and Jay [Gardner]. It’s probably the biggest bust-up.’

He added: ‘There’s a lot more stuff going on with the lads this time that you wouldn’t expect ever and it’s throughout as well.’