Footy great Sam Thaiday reveals why he considered taking his own life as a teenager in shattering TV confession
Footy great Sam Thaiday reveals why he considered taking his own life as a teenager in shattering TV confession
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Former Brisbane Broncos star Sam Thaiday has opened up about the reasons he considered suicide aged just 13 in an emotional confession on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! on Tuesday night. The 39-year-old was telling his co-stars that he signed up for the show to help raise money for a charity that helps Australian men and boys deal with trauma when the discussion took a very personal turn.
![[The Brisbane Broncos great (pictured with wife Rachel) said he felt so lost that he considered taking his own life when he was just 13 years old]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/00/94613421-14335357-image-a-2_1738111094906.jpg)
'My charity is called Find Ya Feet. It's run by a guy named Tommy Herschell,' Thaiday began, explaining that the charity goes into schools to help give young boys a way of talking about their problems. 'As a 13-year-old boy I wanted to take my own life, and I wish I had someone like Tommy around to let me know that it was okay to talk about my feelings,' Thaiday revealed.
![[Thaiday (pictured scoring a try for Queensland in 2011) was also diagnosed with dyslexia aged 12, in another blow to his mental health - but one that he has overcome]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/00/94613425-14335357-image-a-3_1738111165259.jpg)
'As a young kid, I really struggled to find my place. 'I found myself too white to be black and too black to be white, and I didn't know where I fit in. Sam Thaiday (pictured with wife Rachel) had his I'm A Celebrity co-stars in tears with a stunning revelation about the struggles he endured in his youth.
![[The veteran of more than 300 NRL games (pictured with his fellow I'm A Celebrity contestant Dave Hughes) is appearing on the show to help raise funds for a charity that's close to his heart]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/29/00/94613413-14335357-image-m-5_1738111305521.jpg)
The Brisbane Broncos great (pictured with wife Rachel) said he felt so lost that he considered taking his own life when he was just 13 years old. 'And if I had someone like Tommy Herschell in my life as a young kid, maybe I would have shared a lot of these stories a lot earlier in my life.'.
