Barry McGuigan emotionally recollects death of daughter

Former boxing champion Barry McGuigan was consoled by his I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! campmates arsenic helium became affectional talking astir his precocious daughter, who died 5 weeks aft being diagnosed with bowel crab successful 2019.

Actress Danika “Nika” McGuigan died connected July 23 2019 astatine the property of 33, aft her 2nd bout of cancer.

The Dublin-based star, who played Danielle successful BBC Three drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, primitively overcame leukaemia aft 2 years of attraction erstwhile she was diagnosed astatine the property of 11.

McGuigan told his jungle campmates: “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, she was good, she came back.”

McGuigan’s campmates rallied astir the erstwhile boxer arsenic helium became emotional, with McFly’s Danny Jones and N-Dubz prima Tulisa Contostavlos giving him a hug.

“You’re a antheral going done symptom and you’re susceptible astir it, that takes strength. There is nary rules to grieving… it’s a reflection of your love,” Contostavlos told him.

“Thank you, you’re each truthful lovely, I truly admit it,” McGuigan said.

The Irish prima went connected to springiness details astir his precocious daughter’s 2nd bout of cancer.

“It was hard for weeks successful the hospital, conscionable watching, shocking,” helium said tearfully.

McGuigan said his girl had “done each this enactment to get to wherever she was” having starred successful the movie Wildfire which received captious acclaim aft its satellite premiere astatine the Toronto International Film Festival successful 2020.

“(She) ne'er got to spot the opening of it,” McGuigan said.

He told Loose Woman’s Jane Moore that his girl had “suffered truthful overmuch symptom and said ‘mum I can’t clasp on'” earlier her death.

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

A household connection astatine the clip said: “It is with large sadness and dense hearts that we stock the quality of the passing of our beauteous girl and sister, Danika ‘Nika’ McGuigan.

“After a little but brave conflict against cancer, Nika passed distant peacefully successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday July 23, surrounded by her loving family.

“As a family, we are devastated and inquire for implicit privateness during this hard play to let america to grieve for our Nika.”

The Monday occurrence besides saw McGuigan pb a bootcamp league astatine the Jungle Treehouse, putting Melvin Odoom and Jones done their paces with a bid of press-ups.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues connected ITV1 and ITVX.