Ant McPartlin moved to tears as Barry McGuigan's talks about daughter's death on I'm A Celebrity

Ant McPartlin has admitted helium was "moved to tears" aft watching I’m A Celebrity contestant Barry McGuigan talk openly astir the grief of losing his daughter.

The 49-year-old presenter shared that seeing McGuigan go affectional implicit his girl Danika's passing "really got to him" during a treatment with co-host Declan Donnelly connected ITV2’s Unpacked connected Monday.

During the main show, viewers praised Barry for his bravery successful addressing his loss, arsenic helium reflected connected Danika's decease successful a heartfelt infinitesimal aired connected Monday night.

McPartlin, who welcomed his archetypal kid earlier this year, shared with hosts Joel Dommett, Kemi Rodgers, and Sam Thompson that helium had seen the affectional scenes earlier they aired, admitting: "That truly got me.

'We watched it earlier successful the day, earlier the show, and I was crying. I can't ideate losing a kid and helium didn't privation to spell determination but helium couldn't assistance it.

“I thought the campmates were truly beauteous with him.”

The Northern Irish boxer shared his heartbreak connected Monday's episode, speaking astir the nonaccomplishment of his girl Danika, who passed distant astatine conscionable 33 successful 2019 pursuing a conflict with cancer.

McGuigan revealed that she faced important wellness challenges from a young age, having been diagnosed with leukemia aged 11.

He told the camp: “She had leukaemia erstwhile I was making the movie The Boxer with Daniel Day-Lewis, 3 weeks from the extremity I had to permission due to the fact that she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia.

“They thought she wasn't going to get amended but she fought backmost and she won it. She had 2 years of chemo.”

As helium began to outcry campmates gathered astir who besides praised him for his spot and vulnerability.

The sports prima shared: “Thank you, you're each truthful lovely, I truly admit it.”

He aboriginal told Loose Women's Jane Moore astir Danika's 2nd and last bout with cancer.

McGuigan said done tears: “She had pains successful her tummy but she was making the movie, she enactment it disconnected and went to the doctor, called america each in.

“Stage 4 bowel cancer, 5 weeks, 5 weeks she died.”

Danika, professionally known arsenic Nika McGuigan, appeared successful films specified arsenic Philomena, Mammal, and Wildlife.

She attended Benenden School successful Kent, erstwhile attended by Princess Anne, earlier earning a play grade successful Dublin.

Danika was McGuigan’s lone daughter, increasing up with her 3 brothers: Shane, Jake, and Blane.

Fans described the affectional infinitesimal the “most moving successful I'm A Celeb history” arsenic each the campmates were near successful tears down portion supporting the erstwhile athlete.

One spectator wrote connected X: “That was 1 of the astir moving moments successful the past of I'm a celeb. Such a likeable clump - enactment them each successful the final!!! #ImACeleb”.

“Barry McGuigan is an inspiration to truthful galore men, young and old, who whitethorn beryllium struggling with their intelligence wellness and consciousness lost. If a hardened boxer tin explicit his feelings, truthful tin you,” different penned.

A 3rd added: “The level of respect I person for Barry McGuigan. He has conscionable had maine successful tears for 20 minutes I can’t adjacent ideate the symptom helium is going done arsenic a begetter and to show emotion truthful openly. I conscionable wanna springiness him a hug.”