Barry McGuigan son breaks silence on heartbreaking I'm A Celebrity scenes

Barry McGuigan broke down successful tears connected I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! connected Monday discussing the tragic decease of his daughter, Danika

Barry McGuigan's lad has breached his soundlessness pursuing his dad's heartbreaking I'm A Celebrity scenes.

The erstwhile boxer, 63, broke down successful tears connected Monday night's amusement discussing the tragic decease of his daughter, Danika. Taking to Instagram, paying tribute to his dad, Shane McGuigan wrote: "Thank you to each the different campmates supporting dad. We admit it immensely."

Barry and his woman Sandra, who helium joined successful 1981, welcomed 4 children unneurotic with sons Shane, Jake, Blain, and girl Danika - who was affectionately called Nika. However, the mates and their household were near heartbroken successful 2019 erstwhile Nika passed distant astatine the property of 33 aft a conflict against cancer.

In heartbreaking scenes astir the campfire successful Australia, Barry candidly shared the last words of his girl earlier she died. Leaving his chap celebrities and viewers astatine location successful tears, Barry recalled she said, "Mum, I can't clasp on" earlier slipping away.

With his campmates astir him, Barry said: “She had leukaemia, erstwhile I was making 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.”

Barry went connected to archer Loose Women prima Jane Moore that Danika had “pains successful her tummy" but she enactment it disconnected going to the doc until she was yet diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer. He added earlier breaking down: "Five weeks, 5 weeks she died.” Barry's communicative near the chap stars successful tears arsenic they flocked astir him to connection him hugs and support.

Viewers were besides moved by the communicative - with galore taking to X to admit they besides had been reduced to tears. One spectator wrote: "Barry man.. don’t bash this to me. That’s really heartbreaking. No genitor should ever suffer their child. #ImACeleb." Another shared: "Barry. You got maine retired the bluish there." While a 3rd commented: "Oh my God my bosom is breaking for Barry McGuigan #imacelebrity #ImACeleb."

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