She's had death threats and a barrage of abuse for dating a man 15 years her junior.

But Caroline Flack, 32, isn’t ashamed of snogging One Direction’s Harry Styles, 17.

The Xtra Factor host says: “I feel like I shouldn’t have to worry about what I do. But it’s a social thing that people aren’t accepting of big age gaps.

“I keep thinking, ‘What have I done wrong?’ But I haven’t done anything wrong.

“What’s hard for me to get my head around is people saying it’s disgusting. I don’t think it is.”

Cherubic-faced teen Harry shared a kiss with Caroline in October. After being romantically linked and flirting awkwardly a few times on Xtra Factor, Harry posted a photo of himself holding a sign reading: “Flackster! Never too old... Lets make it happen!!”

Caroline tells Now magazine: “Some people tend to see the negative immediately and that’s what I find strange. If two people like each other and get on, why does anyone else find a negative in it?

“I know it’s human nature for everyone to gossip. But why say it’s bad? No one’s being hurt.”

Regarding the death threats sent to her on Twitter, she says: “It went too far. It’s a form of bullying from people who are hiding behind a computer. I knew they were just a minority of One Direction fans and all very young – it’s a kind of fanatical obsession.

“I can’t take it seriously or I’d never come out of my house.”

Fortunately, she has the shoulders of young Harry to cry on when it all gets too much.

She continues: “He told me, ‘Don’t listen to Twitter.’ So he became the mature one at that point!”

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