Jake Hall confessed that his 'amazing' daughter was the only reason he was still alive in one of the last interviews before his death. 

The TOWIE star, 35, was found dead yesterday morning after 'smashing into a glass door' during a party in a Spanish villa.

He was lying in a pool of blood with fatal head injuries seemingly caused by shards of glass. Spanish police are focusing on the theory that he hit his head on the door in a tragic accident.

Speaking in one of his final interviews in May 2025, Jake said that his eight-year-old daughter with Real Housewives of Cheshire and Ladies of London star Misse Beqiri brought him back from the brink after the collapse of his first fashion label in 2023.

'I was at a very low point,' he said. 'I'd lost something that I'd loved and grew from my bedroom. I went through a lot of turmoil. If I'm honest, River is the reason I'm here today. 

'She's amazing and we've got an incredible relationship. She's very creative, is always dancing and loves clothes. It was that part that hurt most when I lost Prévu. I lost something that was for her, everything I do is for her and her future.'

Jake was said to be 'agitated' before his death and 'drunkenly smashed his head through a glass door', according to a source. 

Hours before he died, Mr Hall shared a video showing himself dancing, painting and enjoying the local scenery.

The post - set to the Rolling Stones' classic Beast of Burden - was captioned: 'Life is b****cks sometimes but I'm gonna try remember the good things – ️ looking through things – I'm just making art – in many forms.'

Police were called to a rented property in Majorca at 7.30am yesterday and have interviewed four men and two women staying at the house.

They are said to have told officers that they were out in the evening and carried on partying after returning to the house in the early hours. There have been no arrests and an autopsy will take place in the Majorcan capital Palma.

Her representatives said today: 'At this time, Misse's focus is on supporting and protecting their child as they come to terms with this devastating loss. The family are asking for privacy, compassion and respect while they grieve privately.' 

Jake shot to fame on The Only Way Is Essex in 2015 and had an explosive on-off relationship with Chloe Lewis.

He left the show in 2016 and was reluctant to talk about it in any detail. But he revealed that he had not kept in touch with any of his co-stars and didn't believe that his time on TOWIE was a reflection of who he was.

'I was very young,' he said in his 2025 interview. 'And it was an experience. I'm in a very different place in life now and want different things. There has been a lot of good and bad.'

Jake also opened about finding early success hard, and that he had struggled with self-belief when he was younger which had a major impact on his life.

He was desperate to be a role model for children who had faced similar problems and could not see themselves succeeding.

'School was tough for me,' he said. 'I had dyslexia and quite a lot of problems growing up, and I want to show guys who might be similar to me that they can do it too. If I can, so can they.'

At the time of the interview in May last year Jake was celebrating the launch of his second clothing brand By Jake Hall.

It had already been worn by major stars including David Beckham, former Vogue editor Edward Enninful and Manchester City star Erling Haaland.

Enninful, one of the most respected names in fashion, had worn one of Jake's suits during the Monaco Grand Prix and had ordered two more. Beckham chose a jacket and trousers for a DB eyewear campaign.

Jake said he had plans to expand into womenswear and fragrance. 'The last few months have been pretty amazing,' he said at the time. 'It's been a rollercoaster of emotions and rebuilding a business is never easy.

'I'm in a really good place at the moment and excited about the future. I can feel the energy and the spark, and I just want to keep that momentum going. The comeback is on. I know I can do it.'

Jake had an on-off relationship with Ms Beqiri from 2016 and their daughter, River, was born in November 2017. 

They got engaged in May 2018 before Mr Hall was handed a restraining order after neighbours overheard a row at their home. 

At the time, the star's representatives insisted there had been no violence on his part. 

The terms of the order, which were not read in court but were confirmed by a court official, state that Mr Hall could not contact the model directly or indirectly and must not attend Park Walk in Chelsea for 28 days.

District Judge Kwame Inyundo told Westminster Magistrates Court: 'Mr Hall, you know what the order is and you understand that any breach of the order is a criminal offence which could lead to anything up to imprisonment.'

Leading tributes to Jake today was DJ Fat Tony, who shared an image of the star alongside the caption: 'Devastating news we Love you such an awful loss to the world you beautiful man x'. 

Blue star Anthony Costa wrote: 'So sad what a lovely bloke you were mate R.I.P', while In The Style founder Adam Frisby's partner Jamie Corbett added to the tributes writing: 'Rest In Peace Jake! keep dancing up there!'

Fellow fashion designer and stylist Kyle De'Volle shared a series of sad emojis, while TOWIE issued a statement which read: 'Jake was a part of the Towie family for a number of years and we send our very deepest sympathies to his family and friends following today's very sad news.'

His co-star Georgia Harrison also joined the tributes, writing: 'RIP Jake my heart's breaking for everyone close to you today and your amazing family.'

Spain's Civil Guard is leading the investigation. It has not released the nationalities of the other people in the villa. 

The Foreign Office said: 'We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.'

One neighbour described hearing 'loud noises' hours before police arrived which made his wall vibrate.

Another insider said: 'The Civil Guard are not ruling out any theory and are keeping all the options on the table.

'But the hypothesis that the dead man died while self-harming after a possible combination of too much alcohol and possibly drugs is still the one that appears to be the most likely at this stage.'

The results of the post-mortem, which will yield only partial answers and will be complemented with tests on tissue samples sent to a specialist lab on the Spanish mainland, will not be made public as is normal in Spain where they are sent directly to a local investigating judge.

The judge will order police to conduct more inquiries if he suspects any criminality has occurred and could have contributed to Mr Hall's death.

Respected local paper Ultima Hora claimed yesterday a neighbour had heard a group of people who rented it talking about drugs the day before the horror incident.

The neighbour told the paper they 'hadn't been causing problems' and seemed 'relatively normal' although he admitted to being scared by how one of the group members looked.

He claimed he also heard them talking in English about buying a property in the area, and reported he had been woken up a few hours before police arrived, saying: 'It must have been around 2am. It was late but I was still awake.

'I began to hear a very loud noise, as if they were drilling something. I felt the walls vibrate. They stopped after about five minutes and then I fell asleep.'

Mr Hall almost lost a kidney when he was reportedly stabbed with a broken bottle in what is thought to have been a gang-related attack at Aqwa Mist in Marbella. 

His former girlfriend Misse Beqiri is no stranger to personal loss, with her brother, Flamur, shot dead in front of his £1.7 million home in Battersea, south-west London, on Christmas Eve 2019.

Mr Beqiri, a Swedish national of Albanian heritage, was a kingpin in an international drugs gang and was targeted as part of a feud with a rival organised crime group. 

Swede Anis Hemissi, a professional kickboxer, was hired as an assassin to fly into London to carry out the murder, which was meticulously planned for up to six months.

He rode a distinctive ladies' bike, wore a latex mask and disguised himself as a litter picker to carry out reconnaissance before shooting Mr Beqiri eight times from behind.

Hemissi was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years at Southwark Crown Court in 2022 after he was found guilty of murder and possession of a firearm.

Just two weeks ago, Mr Hall had his first art sculpture erected in Spain. 

His art gallery, Son Buga Studios posted an image of the work and wrote: 'Jake's first sculpture in Mallorca - where all this creative feelings were born.'

Mr Hall's death comes less than two months after former TOWIE star Jordan Wright was found dead in Phuket.

The 33-year-old from Basildon, Essex - who also appeared on MTV's Ex On The Beach and previously dated Vicky Pattison - was discovered in a pool of stagnant water in March.

CCTV captured him running around erratically before his death. He was said to have been found lying face down in a water ditch, wearing a grey shirt and black trousers, but was barefoot. 

Officials said the body appeared to have been there for some time, but there did not seem to be any sign of physical assault.

His new iPhone 17 is thought to have been found on a nearby bank, while his pocket contained a hotel key card for Hotel COCO Phuket Bangtao, around a 20-minute walk away from where he was found. 

As the news broke, tributes from fellow reality stars, influencers, DJs and fitness enthusiasts who shared his passion for sports and music flooded his Instagram profile.