‘Housemates of mine were using drugs and alcohol, and I got caught up in that world as well,’ admits the star. I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here contestant Dean McCullough has revealed he turned to “drink and drugs” after feeling “very lonely” while he was homeless.
The Northern Irish star became a divisive figure during his time on I’m a Celebrity, taking part in seven tasks and clashing with host Ant McPartlin and disagreeing with campmates over chores. The 32-year-old has now opened up about his brief stint in his life when he was homeless and fell into a cycle of using drink and drugs.
Calling the experience “hidden homelessness” the radio presenter admitted to “being a bit wild, a bit free” when speaking to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday (18 Decemeber). “Later on in life when I started working with Centrepoint (homelessness charity), they didn’t know about my homeless story, to be honest with you, I didn’t really understand the experience that I’d had until we started working together,” he said.
“And then I shared with them as well that whenever I was living in London, between performing contracts and other bits and bobs, I didn’t have a fixed address. “And for quite a lot of my time living in London, I was moving from house to house, and some of those houses that I lived in were quite volatile.
“Housemates of mine were using drugs and alcohol, and I got caught up in that world as well. “And sometimes I’d go out on a Thursday and stay out all weekend, going from party to party, friend’s house to friend’s house, just so that I wouldn’t be living in that volatile environment, and that kept happening, and I didn’t realise.
