Barry McGuigan's popularity surges after heart-wrenching I'm A Celebrity scenes

Barry McGuigan has importantly accrued his chances of winning I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! aft fans hail helium had the 'most affectional infinitesimal of IAC ever'

Boxing fable Barry McGuigan seems to person grown successful popularity amongst I'm A Celebrity fans with his chances of winning expanding exponentially.

This came aft the athletics prima reduced his campmates and viewers to tears arsenic helium shared the heartbreaking past words of his precocious daughter.

BoyleSports person since slashed the likelihood connected him being crowned champion of the caller bid into 10/1 from 16/1. The erstwhile boxer has been unfastened astir the nonaccomplishment of his daughter, Danika, and however it had effected him connected the bid that kicked disconnected connected Sunday.

Danika, who was an actress, was astir known for her relation arsenic Danielle Mullane successful the BBC Three drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope. She was besides awarded Best Actress astatine the 2021 IFTA Awards for her last relation successful Wildfire.

Danika sadly passed distant successful 2019, 5 weeks aft being diagnosed with bowel cancer. This was her 2nd bout of crab with her archetypal diagnosis being erstwhile she was conscionable 11 years old.

Barry joined a agelong database of A database celebs arsenic helium went down nether for the nail-biting bid hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Among this year's contestants are N-Dubz vocalist Tulisa Contostavlos, Coronation Street histrion Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse.

During Monday night's I'm A Celeb episode, Barry opened up astir his nonaccomplishment successful a candid speech with vigor big Dean McCullough. Viewers watched arsenic Dean asks Barry if helium goes to religion and the athletics prima replied: “I utilized to spell to religion a batch but aft my daughter… you know, not truthful much.”

Discussing his loss, the boxer explained: “She had leukaemia, erstwhile I was making the boxing 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 Barry became affectional and broke down successful tears, each the campmates rallied astir to console him, with Danny Jones and Tulisa giving him a hug. Barry said: “Thank you, you’re each truthful lovely, I truly admit it.”

Viewers were near affectional by the stories, with galore successful tears themselves. One I'm A Celeb instrumentality wrote connected X: "Na this occurrence has got maine connected an affectional rollercoaster #ImACeleb." Another added: "Oh my God my bosom is breaking for Barry McGuigan." And different typed: "Barry my bosom antheral #ImACeleb #ImACelebrity."

Despite failing to triumph a azygous prima successful the archetypal challenge, Barry is present blistery connected the way of the favourites for the jungle crown, with McFly songster Danny Jones (2/1), TikTok prima GK Barry (7/2) and shot 'WAG' Coleen Rooney (6/1) each deemed aboriginal frontrunners for the prize.

Lawrence Lyons, spokesperson for BoyleSports, said: “Plenty of viewers were knocked retired erstwhile Barry McGuigan poured his bosom retired to jungle campmates and with the value of nationalist enactment down him, we person to judge helium could spell the distance.”

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