I’m A Celebrity viewers heartbroken after star breaks down in tears over tragic death of daughter

I’m A Celebrity viewers person been near heartbroken aft Barry McGuigan broke down implicit a household tragedy.

The 63-year-old boxer opened up to his chap campmates including Strictly Come Dancing’s Oti Mabuse, McFly’s Danny Jones, Tulisa Contostavlos, and Alan Halsall during their 2nd time successful the jungle.

Jane Moore, Melvin Odoom, Dean McCullough and GK Barry are besides portion of this year’s cast, with Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly returning with their grim bushtucker trials.

During tonight’s episode, aft Grace’s horrific situation wherever she managed to people 9 stars and Coleen discussing the infamous Wagatha Christie trial, the campmates got to cognize each different a small amended astir the firepit.

At 1 point, Dean asked Barry astir whether helium goes to church, to which the sporting icon replied: ‘I utilized to spell to religion a batch but aft my daughter… you know, not arsenic much.’

‘I utilized to spell incessantly, but erstwhile you suffer a child…’ helium broke off.

His girl Danika, who was an actress, died successful 2019 astatine the property of 33.

She had archetypal been diagnosed with leukaemia when she was 11 years old, and was diagnosed a 2nd clip aft suffering from pains successful her stomach.

Recalling the horrific clip for his household erstwhile Danika was a child, Barry shared: ‘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 better, but she fought backmost and she won it. She had 2 years of chemo but she was good.’

Breaking down into tears, helium struggled to speech astir Danika’s 2nd diagnosis, arsenic his campmates supported him.

‘It inactive hurts,’ Dean said, arsenic Tulisa told him: ‘You’re a antheral going done pain, and you’re susceptible astir it, and that takes strength. There’s nary rules to grieving, Barry.’

She added: ‘It’s an hold of your emotion that you’re holding connected to these memories, that doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means, “This is however overmuch I emotion my daughter, and I’m grieving.”‘

As Barry sobbed, Oti and Coleen besides wiped backmost tears, with the pro dancer increasing affectional and saying: ‘I don’t deliberation you ever get implicit things similar that, I don’t deliberation you ever get implicit losing someone.’

‘For a large beardown guy, I besides respect that he’s brave capable to conscionable fto it go,’ she added.

‘No substance what I do, it each comes back,’ Barry went on, recalling the ‘horrible weeks’ erstwhile Danika was successful hospital.

‘It was shocking.’

He went connected to explain: ‘She had pains successful her tummy but she was making the movie, she enactment it disconnected and went to the doctor, called america each in. Stage 4 bowel cancer, 5 weeks, 5 weeks she died.’

Viewers were near heartbroken, with @ScottTHFC23 penning connected X: ‘To unfastened up to a radical of radical helium don’t know, particularly conscionable connected time 2 is precise hard, consciousness truthful heartbroken for him, it’s heartbreaking however overmuch helium has had to spell through.’

‘I could conscionable consciousness the symptom watching him,’ @ElaineDoherty12 said.

‘I perfectly consciousness for Barry, nary genitor should person to spell done that His symptom is existent and it’s heartbreaking,’ @MrsKatShort said.

‘What a brave antheral opening up similar that to radical he’s lone met. And crying is brave. Stay strong, Barry,’ @TwellyWatcher added.

‘Barry you broke the full of the uk contiguous support this antheral astatine each costs,’ @jake4864 said.

@emsth0ughts wrote: ‘Protect Barry astatine each costs, older men being susceptible connected nationalist TV is truthful important.’

@MikeRobinKavs echoed: ‘Barry McGuigan is an inspiration to truthful galore men, young and old, who whitethorn beryllium struggling with their intelligence wellness and consciousness lost. If a hardened boxer tin explicit his feelings, truthful tin you.’

Barry besides shares 3 sons, Shane, Jake and Blane, with his woman Sandra.

I’m A Celebrity continues time nighttime astatine 9pm connected ITV1.

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