Tulisa reveals the secret health battle that ‘forced her to flee the aftermath of I’m A Celebrity’ as she details the moment she almost quit the show

Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed the secret health battle that forced her to flee after her stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The N-Dubz singer, 36, quickly left Australia a few days after being excluded from the jungle, having erased all traces of its appearance at the ITV show from his Instagram.

She later took to her Instagram to respond to speculation about her sudden departure and said she had been “overwhelmed” by it all.

And in a new interview, Tulisa opened up about the struggles she faced regarding her mental health, both in the jungle and after her release, with the star admitting she struggled to mix happily with the “campers happy” while she was “sitting crying.” his hotel room.

Tulisa also opened up about the time she almost quit the show, with the singer leaving in tears and struggling to breathe during a heartbreaking anxiety attack that wasn’t shown on screen, reports The Mirror.

Explaining the battles she faced that viewers weren’t aware of, Tulisa told Paul C Brunson on his We Need To Talk podcast: “Some of the things you didn’t see, I had night terrors for the first four days. I would wake up from my sleep and have anxiety attacks.

“These games, not everyone knows them, so it hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing for me, but I have a great poker face.

“I can really turn it on, especially when I’m faced with adversity. The last thing I wanted was to go there and be a mess. So, on the contrary, I will be the biggest soldier there is.

“So as soon as I’m given a task and I go up and jump out of a plane, I’m going to look like a warrior, because that’s what I do. I could sit and cry under the sleeping bag, that’s part of who I am too.

Opening up about a particular attack that almost forced her to leave the show early, Tulisa continued: “I mean, I cried on VT at one point, but I definitely had a meltdown. anxiety off camera, because I went to the to do it, I didn’t want them to know I was having an anxiety attack, so I was trying to get my heart rate down, literally through my nose.

“I was like, ‘Okay, lower the heart rate. Reduce heart rate.” I wanted to leave that day. I said to myself, “I can’t do this, but that’s not what I came here for. I came here to hold on and do whatever I have to do.” And there were a lot of incredible moments, really joyful moments, thanks to the people. These are the people who created these moments. “

Since being the third to be kicked out of the jungle before returning to the UK, Tulisa had spoken of how she felt “overloaded and introverted” upon returning to reality, admitting she hyperventilated and cried.

Tulisa is understandably wary of being in the public eye, having been embroiled in several scandals – including a drugs bust led by The Sun’s notorious Fake Sheikh.

During her conversation with Paul, she explained in more detail how her introversion affected her at the camp, as well as the impact it had on her time after her release, during the period when the expelled comrades were spending time with relatives of other campmates and joined them to welcome the newly evicted stars to their lavish Gold Coast hotel.

Tulisa explained: “I’m a big introvert. I was definitely a little overwhelmed in that, so I was probably the least present at camp. I was going to retreat and take a walk or I was going to hide in the dunny. I spent 90% of my time alone.

“The agoraphobia and being alone for so long made me really upset being around so many people. They could see it and they really understood it. They had jokes like, ‘She went on Airbnb. She will come back.

“When I came out, I think actually the biggest thing that tipped me over was introvert overload. I had pushed myself to do it and was ready to overcome all the fears and be in the spotlight, but constantly watched, so many hours a day, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run, feeling so exposed. Everyone can see me, and also this underlying, probably irrational, fear of being watched.

She went on to say that the feeling of being constantly watched reminded her that she was “under surveillance” by Mazher Mahmood, also known as the Fake Sheik, then a journalist at The Sun on Sunday. he bought £800 worth of cocaine.

She noted that although everyone at the hotel was “happy campers”, her past experience weighed heavily on her and she had difficulty interacting with others and pretending that she was okay.

She shared, “I did what I signed up for, but I went out, I processed, I felt what I felt. There are 11 other really happy campers there, happy to be there, happy to have a vacation and do everything with energy, with a smile, and there is someone crying in their hotel room.

“In the current times we live in, we say, ‘You want me to be here on principle?’ When am I depressed right now? I need to go home and process this. If other people don’t have the opportunity It’s the same experience as me, they haven’t had the same experiences in the past and they are all current people who are in radio or on television . This is completely the norm for them.” For me, it was a psychological experience.

Detailing how ITV was very understanding of her plight, she continued: “ITV were brilliant and supported me in knowing what I needed to do for myself.”

The young singer also gave an insight into what she did when she finally arrived home in the UK, revealing how she spent the first day in bed and detoxing from social media and her phone .

She shared: “I was staring at the wall, I think, for the first 24 hours in the bedspreads, just thinking, processing, turning off my phone. And then I started the Lord of the Rings trilogy because I’m a nerd and escapism is my thing when I’m feeling overwhelmed.

“I sat in bed for four days, phone detox, social media detox, and people who know me really well know what I’m like, and they were like, ‘It’s okay , leave her” and they had to talk to other people, because everyone said: “We can’t reach her. She’s gone off the radar. Is she okay?

“My closest friends, those around me, told me: ‘She’s doing well, she’s recovering. It’s recharging.”