Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed the secret health battle that forced her to deal with the aftermath of her stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The N-Dubz singer, 36, quickly put an end to it Australia within days of being voted out of the Jungle, after removing all traces of its appearance on the Jungle ITV show from her Instagram.
She later took to her Instagram to address the speculation surrounding her sudden departure, saying she had become “overwhelmed” by the whole thing.
And in a new interview, Tulisa opened up about the struggles she faced with her mental health both in the jungle and after leaving, with the star admitting she struggled to happily mingle with the ‘happy campers’ as she ‘was crying in tears’. her hotel room’.
Tulisa also opened up about the moment she almost quit the show, leaving the singer in tears and struggling to breathe during a harrowing anxiety attack that wasn’t seen on screen, reports The mirror.
Tulisa explained the battles she faced that viewers were unaware of, and told Paul C. Brunson about his We need to talk podcast: ‘Some things you didn’t see: I had night terrors for the first four days. I woke up from my sleep and had anxiety attacks.
Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed the secret health battle that forced her to flee the aftermath of her stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The N-Dubz singer, 36, left Australia within days of being voted out of the Jungle, having deleted all traces of her appearance on the ITV show from her Instagram.
‘Not everyone knows those parts, so it didn’t go smoothly for me at all, but I have a great poker face.
‘I can really turn it on, especially when I face adversity. The last thing I wanted was to go in there and be the hot mess. So if anything, I’ll be the greatest soldier there is.
“So as soon as I have a task and I get on a plane and jump out, I look like a warrior because that’s what I do. I might sit under the sleeping bag and cry, that’s part of who I am.’
Tulisa opened up about one particular attack that almost forced her to leave the show early, continuing, “I mean, I did cry on VT at one point, but I definitely had an anxiety attack off camera because I went on VT . smoking room to do it and even then I didn’t want them to know I was having an anxiety attack so I tried to lower my heart rate, literally through my nose.
“I was like, ‘Okay, get your heart rate down. Get your heart rate down.’ I wanted to leave that day. I thought, ‘I can’t do this, but that’s not what I came for. I came here to stick it out and do what I have to do. And there were a lot of great moments, really joyful moments, thanks to the people. The people created those moments.”
Since becoming the third to be evicted from the jungle and then returned to Britain, Tulisa had opened up about how she felt “introvert overload” when she returned to reality, admitting to hyperventilating and crying.
Tulisa is understandably wary of being in the public eye as she has been involved in several scandals, including a drug sting by The Sun’s infamous Fake Sheikh.
During her conversation with Paul, she elaborated on how her introversion affected her in camp, and how it affected her time after leaving during the period when expelled campmates spend time with and join the loved ones of other campmates. greets the recently evicted stars at their luxurious Gold Coast hotel.
Tulisa opened up about the struggles she faced with her mental health both in the jungle and after her departure, with the star admitting she struggled to happily mingle with the “happy campers” as she “cryed in her hotel room fed up’
Tulisa also opened up about the moment she almost quit the show, leaving the singer in tears and struggling to breathe during a harrowing anxiety attack that wasn’t seen on screen.
“Some things you didn’t see: I had night terrors for the first four days. I woke up from my sleep and had anxiety attacks
The N-Dubz star, 36, opened up about her devastating ordeal in a candid interview on Paul C Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast, with the incident taking place when she was just 16 during a night out with friends
Tulisa explained: ‘I’m a huge introvert. I really got a little overwhelmed there, so I was probably the least in the camp. I would remove myself and go for a walk or hide in the dunny. I spent 90% of my time alone.
‘The agoraphobia and being alone for so long made me feel overwhelmed by so many people. They could see that, and they really understood it. They joked like, “She went to the Airbnb. She’s coming back.”
“When I came out, I think the biggest thing that put me over the edge was the introvert overload. I had pushed myself to do this and I was ready to overcome all fears and be in the spotlight, but constantly being watched, for so many hours a day, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run, and I felt so exposed. Everyone can see me, and also the underlying fear – probably irrational – of being watched.”
She further said that the feeling of being constantly watched reminded her that she was “under the surveillance” of Mazher Mahmood, also known as the Fake Sheik, a then-journalist for the Sun on Sunday and had misled her by him to provide a contact from whom he purchased £800 worth of cocaine.
She noted that although everyone else at the hotel was “happy campers,” her past experiences weighed heavily on her and she found it difficult to interact with others and pretend that she was doing well.
She said: ‘I did what I signed up for, but I came out, I processed it, I felt the way I felt. There are 11 other very happy campers there who are very happy to be there, happy to have the holiday and doing it all with energy and with a smile, and you have someone who is crying in his hotel room.
“In the current times we live in, it’s like, ‘Do you want me to be there on principle? What if I have a breakdown now? I need to go home and process this. same experience as me, they haven’t had the same experiences in the past and they are all current people who do radio or are on television. This is the norm for them. This was a psychological experiment for me, for myself.’
“When I came out, I think the biggest thing that put me over the edge was introvert overload… being consistently watched, so many hours a day, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run , feeling so exposed
She noted that although everyone else at the hotel was “happy campers,” her past experiences weighed heavily on her and she found it difficult to interact with others and pretend that she was doing well. [her fellow campmates pictured]
The young hitmaker also gave an insight into what she did when she finally arrived home to Britain, revealing how she spent the first day in bed and detoxing from social media and her phone.
Explaining that ITV was very understanding of her predicament, she continued: ‘ITV were brilliant and supported me because I knew what I had to do for myself.’
The young hitmaker also gave an insight into what she did when she finally arrived home to Britain, revealing how she spent the first day in bed and detoxing from social media and her phone.
She said: ‘I think I spent the first 24 hours in the covers staring at the wall, just thinking, processing, phone off. And then I put on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, because I’m a nerd and escapism is my thing when I’m feeling overwhelmed.
‘I just sat in bed for four days, detoxing my phone, detoxing my social media, and the people who know me really well know what I’m like, and they said, “It’s okay, just leave her” and they had to to talk to other people, because everyone says, “We can’t get her. She’s off the radar. Is she okay?”
“My friends closest to me, my inner circle, said, ‘She’s good, she’s recharging. She’s recharging.’