I'm A Celeb star Dean McCullough's dark spiral forced him to make huge lifestyle change

The Radio 1 DJ has revealed the crushed wherefore helium won't beryllium joining his chap contestants for a pint astatine the Jungle Arms during his stint connected the ITV show

There’s ne'er overmuch alcohol available successful the I’m A Celebrity jungle, but adjacent connected those unexpected occasions erstwhile they mightiness triumph a travel to the Jungle Arms arsenic a dainty Dean McCullough won’t beryllium joining his campmates.

The Radio 1 prima is simply a teetotaller - and has opened up astir the heartbreaking reason.

The 34-year-old who has been confirmed successful the starting line-up of the deed ITV amusement which starts today, recalled however helium “got himself into a atrocious way” and reasoning “really, truly acheronian thoughts” during the isolation of the pandemic.

And helium confessed it started him connected a slippery slope to addiction, connected immoderate evenings drinking 2 bottles of vino on with a vessel of vodka.

Talking astir his struggles, Dean told the I newspaper: “It wasn’t until it got truly atrocious that I realised.

"What was similar a solid of vino of an evening aft enactment turned into a vessel which turned into 2 bottles and then, immoderate weekends, I was drinking similar a vessel of vodka too.

“It was the pandemic, and I conscionable got myself into a atrocious mode and I was benignant of reasoning immoderate really, truly acheronian thoughts to myself.

"Anybody who’s benignant of struggled with intelligence wellness volition cognize what it’s like.

“I conscionable saw the way successful beforehand of maine and it wasn’t nice. It was truly acheronian and it was precise destructive and I thought, if I privation to get to Radio 1, which was ever my dream, if I privation to bash that, I request to marque immoderate changes.”

Dean presents the Dean presents the day slot alongside co-host Vicky Hawkesworth.

Ahead of entering the jungle Dean, who presents the day slot alongside co-host Vicky Hawkesworth, admitted 'he is truthful petrified of everything'.

Dean said: “I americium terrified of everything and the much I deliberation astir being enactment successful the crushed with 50 snakes oregon getting those greenish alert things that wound poured implicit maine – good there's conscionable nary constituent reasoning astir it, arsenic different I won’t get connected the plane!

“When Ant & Dec accidental things like, ‘We are going to suspend you disconnected the broadside of that cliff’, you cognize it is not going to beryllium a amusive time out. It’s nary Alton Towers – it volition beryllium torturous.

“I made the mistake of watching occurrence 1 from past twelvemonth and I astir passed retired watching it. I had to crook it off. And I hatred cockroaches. There was a cockroach successful a hostel I stayed successful erstwhile and I checked retired during the mediate of the night, arsenic the thought of it – urgh, adjacent talking astir it present gives maine the chills.”