Clooney and Angelina Jolie also suffered ‘stroke-like’ effect of I’m A Celebrity Tulisa’s condition

Being a personage looks similar the astir glamorous occupation successful the world. But the accent of perpetually being successful the nationalist oculus means galore stars from Angelina Jolie to George Clooney person been struck down with the abrupt facial paralysis suffered by I’m A Celebrity’s Tulisa Contostavlos.

It's thought that 1 successful 60 volition acquisition Bell’s Palsy successful their beingness and accent is simply a large contributing origin successful the neurological information that vocalist Tulisa revealed she’s lived with since her archetypal onslaught 12 years agone erstwhile she was 24.

The N-Dubz vocalist landed the occupation arsenic a justice connected Simon Cowell’s The X-Factor astatine the tender property of 22, and was instantly thrust into the nationalist eye. She says that aft the archetypal thrill of joining the show, she began to struggle. “It got nasty… the temper changed towards maine from the property and the public,” she precocious admitted.

Later successful a TV interview, Tulisa revealed her condition. “I bash endure from Bell's palsy… it tin origin facial paralysis, it tin origin swelling. I deliberation the archetypal onslaught I had was aft a superior horse-riding accident. I fractured my skull and it caused a batch of nervus damage.

“But radical person criticised maine for the mode I look and my face, not knowing I’m really going done a Bell’s Palsy attack.”

Cruelly trolled for her quality since then, Tulisa has said radical thought her paralysed look was owed to a aesculapian emergency. “Someone said, ‘She looks similar she’s had a stroke,’ and that tin beryllium the effect of a Bell's Palsy,” Tulisa explained.

The vocalist besides admitted that erstwhile she archetypal got the achy aesculapian condition, she hid successful her location for 7 months. But present the prima has travel to presumption with surviving with 1 broadside of her look being paralysed, though it did spark a “vicious cycle” of aggregate filler cosmetic surgeries successful an effort to “rebalance” her swellings.

Tulisa isn't the lone personage to person appeared connected the amusement with Bell’s Palsy. Previous jungle victor Scarlett Moffatt was besides diagnosed with the condition, which prevented her from taking portion successful immoderate of the trials successful 2016.

And this year's jungle rival isn’t the lone idiosyncratic to person been made the butt of jokes astir her information – Hollywood seasoned George Clooney revealed past twelvemonth connected an American chat amusement that helium besides had Bell’s Palsy.

Appearing connected the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show, the big shared a throwback drawback of a 15-year-old George with a wonky smile. But earlier Kimmel could ace a gag astatine George’s expense, the 63-year-old Oscar victor stopped him and quipped, “You’re gonna marque a joke. I person Bell’s Palsy determination and fractional of my look is paralysed!”

Clooney explained that facial paralysis had been caused by harm to the cranial nervus erstwhile helium was conscionable 13 years old. “It was precise awkward being watched similar that, everybody looking, and past each of a abrupt your look goes flat? My dada would ever say, 'It's going to spell away, you'll beryllium fine, you tin grip it”.”

George’s dada was close – it did spell distant yet but not earlier the teen suffered bullying astatine school.

Bell’s Palsy is simply a benignant of paralysis that temporarily affects the quality to power the facial muscles. It tin abruptly strike, leaving its victims with a droop to 1 broadside of their face. While it tin hap astatine immoderate age, the nonstop origin is unknown. Experts judge the information tin beryllium caused by swelling and inflammation of the nervus that controls the muscles connected 1 broadside of the face.

Possible triggers see a dormant viral infection, specified arsenic herpes simplex oregon chickenpox, impaired immunity owed to stress, slumber deprivation, carnal trauma, insignificant unwellness oregon autoimmune syndromes.

Symptoms see abrupt weakness oregon paralysis connected 1 broadside of the face, a drooping eyebrow and mouth, which tin besides origin drooling. The paralysis usually affects the eyelid, which means it can’t beryllium closed, causing oculus dryness unless it is taped closed.

And it’s not conscionable celebrities who conflict erstwhile they’re struck down with Bell’s Palsy. The frequence of the information successful large women is astir 3 times that of an mean person, arsenic I discovered to my fearfulness erstwhile I was six months’ large with my girl successful 2008.

After a sojourn to the dentist, wherever I’d been fixed a heavy injection into my jaw to regenerate a filling successful my molar, I got location to find aft the numbness had worn off, my look inactive felt frozen.

My GP referred maine to a neurological specializer who, aft ruling retired Lyme illness which tin besides origin Bell’s Palsy, sent maine location with an oculus spot and told maine to support my fingers crossed the paralysis would deterioration off. If lone each treatments were truthful elemental the NHS wouldn’t beryllium chronically underfunded.

Luckily my facial movements did travel backmost astir 2 weeks aboriginal – but not earlier giving maine an knowing into however upsetting it indispensable beryllium for celebrities whose careers beryllium connected their perfectly symmetrical faces to suffer their looks.

The database of celebrated names who person suffered from Bell’s Palsy reads similar a who’s who of Hollywood.

In 2017, Angelina Jolie revealed she was diagnosed with the information during a “difficult year” pursuing her divided from ex-husband Brad Pitt. She said, “Sometimes women successful families enactment themselves past until it manifests itself successful their ain health.” Jolie, 49, reportedly treated her information with acupuncture, and went connected to marque a afloat recovery.

Stress induced Bell’s Palsy volition typically spell away, and 70% of cases volition execute afloat betterment wrong weeks to months.

But Tulisa suffers repetition episodes of the condition, and present has to transportation exigency steroids astatine each times. She said, “Luckily I cognize however to negociate it, truthful the attacks don't past arsenic long.”

The velocity astatine which the viral unwellness tin onslaught was explained by philharmonic impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber who said helium conscionable woke up 1 greeting to find his look had stopped moving.

The 76-year-old said: “What's unthinkable is that the nighttime earlier I'd been perfectly fine. Luckily, I acted swiftly, called a doc and was rapidly diagnosed. It was a information that leaves your look frozen. I person nary thought however I contracted it but overmuch aboriginal discovered that idiosyncratic I'd been moving with had shingles and it comes from the aforesaid virus.”

Pop prima Justin Bieber was besides diagnosed with a saltation of the information which stems from shingles called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The 30-year-old told his fans connected Instagram, “The microorganism attacks the nerves successful my receptor and my facial nerves and has caused my look to person paralysis.” Justin enactment the ordeal down to his assemblage telling him to “slow down”.

Former James Bond Pierce Brosnan besides suffered from facial paralysis connected the close broadside of his face. The 71-year-old aboriginal claimed to person been shooting a shirtless country successful a stream and could lone beryllium filmed from the near broadside portion helium was treated for steroids.

The erstwhile Dawson's Creek histrion Katie Holmes is said to besides person suffered from facial paralysis, and is the crushed down the 45-year-old’s signature facial smirk.

And aft initially keeping her information private, Janet Jackson is said to person admitted she besides experienced Bell’s Palsy successful 2018. The 58-year-old vocalist was reported to person go much unfastened astir her diagnosis, emphasising self-acceptance, which whitethorn successful portion explicate wherefore it has taken Tulisa truthful agelong to travel to presumption with her Bell’s Palsy.