Britain's Got Talent judge fights back tears on The One Show as he opens up on 'personal struggle'

KSI is acceptable to look connected the BGT judging sheet for the 18th bid arsenic a impermanent justice arsenic helium fills successful for Bruno Tonioli - but the rapper and boxer didn't clasp backmost arsenic helium opened up astir his idiosyncratic life

Britain's Got Talent impermanent justice KSI recovered himself flooded with emotion arsenic helium discussed his idiosyncratic struggles connected BBC The One Show.

Known for amassing followers since starting his YouTube transmission successful 2009, KSI is acceptable to measurement into Bruno Tonioli's shoes for the 18th bid of BGT.

While chatting with hosts Alex Jones and Alex Scott, the 31-year-old rapper and boxer, whose existent sanction is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, revealed: "My euphony shows antithetic stages of my life, the ups and downs. With Low, it is much of a idiosyncratic opus and I amusement a much idiosyncratic broadside to me."

He opened up further, acknowledging the challenges of fame: "I conflict with expressing however I consciousness successful presumption of being the nationalist fig that I am. There are a batch of things that I person to woody with successful presumption of juggling my enactment beingness with my backstage beingness and making definite my backstage beingness isn't excessively retired there."

Taking a courageous basal connected intelligence health, KSI revealed his ain experiences with therapy: "I'm blessed to admit that I've been to spot a therapist successful my beingness and I cognize there's a stigma astir going to therapy and being seen arsenic anemic but it isn't and I spot it arsenic being strong."

He ended by advocating for intelligence wellbeing: "It is bully to marque definite that you are physically acceptable and besides mentally fit. I'd accidental if you are having problems particularly mentally, it's good to speech to idiosyncratic astir it," reports Wales Online.

Speaking astir his upcoming BGT appearance, helium said: "I'm keeping Bruno's spot lukewarm and I'm lone determination for a fewer episodes."

He continued: "I'm looking for unthinkable endowment and I cognize the UK is afloat of it. I'm excited to instrumentality it each in. A batch of radical deliberation I'm going to beryllium a pugnacious professional due to the fact that I travel from the online world."

Quizzed connected what volition impressment him connected the show, KSI confessed: "Honestly I person nary thought but I conscionable cognize determination is going to beryllium bully contented and bully radical who volition travel successful with bully talent. Either mode it's going to beryllium large and I can't hold for it."

The One Show airs weekdays from 7pm connected BBC One and iPlayer