A woman who became the youngest EuroMillions winner at the age of 17 has opened up about the downsides of her lottery win.
Influencer Jane Park, from Edinburgh, Scotland was only a teenager when she successfully drew the winning lottery numbers in 2013 with the first ticket she ever bought.
Now, at 27 years old, Park appeared on Monday's (January 9) episode of Dr. Phil - which is titled The Curse of the Lottery - to discuss the odds of lotteries.
During her interview, Park admitted that she was too young to deal with the stalkers, death threats, and negative media attention that came with her win.
Watch Park's interview below:The 72-year-old psychologist started the episode by discussing Park's initial reaction to the win. She explained that she ran home from the shop with her "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" lottery ticket after calling Camelot, the operator of the competition.
When the win was verified by the company, the then-teenager was "encouraged" to go public with her triumph because of how young she was and that it was almost "unheard" of.
The TV host - whose full name is Phillip Calvin McGraw - asked her how she handled the large amount of money at a young age. Park then explained that she "splashed out a bit because I never knew the value of a million pounds".
"I'd never seen that kind of money," she continued. "I never knew anyone with that kind of money, so I kind of splashed out on stuff that I've always wanted."
Turning the discussion in a different direction, Dr. Phil then mentioned the vitriol that Park received in the past decade since winning the lottery.
"You had stalkers, death threats, people hiding in the bushes and commenting on everything you were doing, which when you're 17 that kind of gets under your skin," he said.
"I wish I'd never won it, I wouldn't wish it on anyone," Park responded to his statement, describing herself as a "young naïve 17-year-old".
Dr. Phil then went on to talk about Park's body image and explained that she had cosmetic surgery - which she never would have done if she hadn't won the money.
"I had a procedure done in a different country and when I flew back I ended up with sepsis, which is like blood poisoning," Park said, adding that she was in the hospital for a month recovering from the illness.
However, she admitted that while she doesn't "regret" spending any of the money, she only regrets "going so public" with her victory.
Later on in the clip, the host then displayed offensive comments Park received on social media where people called her "stupid" for her decisions.
The influencer responded to the backlash and said: "These people seem to think they know more about my life and it's hard because when I was younger obviously I read the comments and they affected me. These people have never met me, they've probably never seen me."
Since winning, the teenage millionaire has been raising awareness about winning the lottery at a young age and told the psychologist that her threat to sue lottery bosses had an impact on the legal age limit to play, which used to be 16.
"Since then, that story went very big and they have raised the age to 18 and I feel like I've made a massive impact on that," she revealed.
Toward the end of the interview, the host asked the influencer about what she thought of the notion of "the curse of the lottery" and she replied: "It's a very dark fairy tale that I think no one actually warns you about."
