I’m a Celebrity star Tulisa opens up about ‘anxiety attack off camera’
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Tulisa Contostavlos has spoken out about her experience on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! after mysteriously vanishing from Australia. The N-Dubz star, who was the third contestant eliminated, opened up about the huge amounts of anxiety she was suffering while on the show.
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The former X Factor judge, 36, then suddenly deleted all posts from her Instagram page, confusing fans and leading many to speculate that she’d left on bad terms. After Tulisa also failed to appear on spin-off show, I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked, the following day, it emerged that she had actually flown home.
![[Editorial Use Only Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock (14962017g) Tulisa Contostavlos is evicted from camp 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 24, Australia - 02 Dec 2024]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_231728670-e441.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Now, in a new interview with The Mirror, she’s revealed that she was ‘forced to flee’ the show after suffering huge amounts of anxiety. She said: ‘Some of the things you didn’t see, I had night terrors for the first four days. I was waking up out of my sleep, and I was having anxiety attacks.’.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. She went on to say that viewers may have been unaware of how much she was going through because of her ability to keep a cool exterior when struggling. She said that while she may have looked tough, she was also crying herself to sleep many nights.
The star continued, explaining that while she did cry on camera at one point, she had a panic attack off camera in the smoking area during which she was attempting to maintain her composure. She said: ‘I was like, “Okay, get the heart rate down. Get the heart rate down.” I wanted to leave that day. I was like, ‘I can’t do this but it’s not what I came here for.”‘.
