Auntie Europe, a.k.a. Aleithea Cope, believes in telling it like it is – even if the truth sometimes hurts. She has written advice columns for top-quality tabloids across Europe, and has published bestsellers including Tough Love: Why you shouldn’t pretend to like your children, Cruel to be Kind: How to be honest with your friends and Who Needs Friends? Get the respect you deserve. She wrote about her painful divorce with searing honesty in her autobiography, Drink, Cry, Hate. She lives in Malta with her dog, Cerberus.