‘It’s overwhelming to be away from your family’: I’m A Celeb’s Joe Swash bursts into tears as he talks about marriage to Stacey Solomon, saying he’s ‘stressed about the kids’
Joe Swash burst into tears on I’m A Celebrity South Africa in scenes to air Tuesday night.
The EastEnders star. 41, revealed that he got hungry and tired and that he missed his wife Stacey Solomon and kids.
Joe wiped away tears and said, “It’s just overwhelming, isn’t it. The hunger, the fatigue. Being away from your family.
“I’m obviously worried about the kids. I don’t see them, I miss them, so yes. I think they’re putting me to sleep a bit now.
“It just brings it all to the surface.”
‘It’s overwhelming to be away from your family’: I’m A Celeb’s Joe Swash stops talking about marriage to Stacey Solomon, saying he’s ‘stressed out about the kids’ on Tuesday’s show
Missing his family: At the time of filming, Stacey was still pregnant with their youngest daughter Belle, now three months old
At the time of filming, Stacey was still pregnant with their youngest daughter Belle, now three months old.
The couple also shares Rose, 16 months, and Rex, two.
Joe is stepfather to Stacey’s sons Zach, 15, and Leighton, nine, from previous relationships and he has son Harry, 15, with his ex, Emma Sophocleous.
Earlier, Joe tearfully said, “I really miss my kids… I don’t know how to get rid of that feeling.”
Myleene Klass and Jordan Banjo were the first to stand up to hug their friend as he discussed how he was feeling.
He said, ‘I was a different person the first time [I did I’m A Celeb in 2008]. This time there is so much waiting for me at home.
On Monday’s show, Joe said he owes the ITV show for ‘giving him everything’.
The former soap star who won the competition in 2008 met his wife-to-be Stacey Solomon two years later when he hosted the series’ spin-off and she was crowned Queen of the Jungle.
And in emotional scenes, he told his campmate that he was the “biggest winner ever” in the series’ history after walking away with a crown and a beautiful family.
Joe said he would be known simply as “that guy from EastEnders” before joking that he’s much more proud to be “Stacey Solomon’s husband” now.
Lovebirds: Joe met Stacey while hosting I’m A Celeb Get Me Out Of Here Now in 2010 and finally tied the knot in a lavish ceremony last year
Winning streak: Joe won the show in 2008 (left) with Stacey crowned Queen of the jungle in 2010
Bread: The former soap star, 40, is dad to daughters Belle, three months, Rose, 16 months, and Rex, two, with the Loose Women star. As well as son Harry, 15 from a previous relationship with ex Emma Sophocleous and stepfather to Stacey’s sons Zach, 15, and Leighton, nine