I’ve cut dad off for good after he abandoned me says I’m a Celeb’s Danny Jones… as he reveals heartbreaking final straw
I’ve cut dad off for good after he abandoned me says I’m a Celeb’s Danny Jones… as he reveals heartbreaking final straw
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DANNY Jones has revealed he's chosen to "block out" his father completely after winning I'm a Celebrity helped him finally overcome the scars of feeling abandoned as a child. The McFly star says his jungle victory over Coleen Rooney and Reverend Richard Coles last year held a deeper meaning, enabling him to finally “feel enough” and put to bed the demons that have troubled him for decades.
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Viewers were moved to tears during the series when the Bolton-born musician, 38, said he had "found a dad" in co-star Barry McGuigan, hinting at his long-running rift with his own father, Alan. Following his parents' divorce, Danny - who has starred on The Voice and The Masked Singer - admits he has failed to reconnect with his dad, who in a tragic final straw bailed at the last minute when they arranged to reconcile after two decades last year.
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The pop icon says he has felt "constantly guilty" for having a happy marriage to former Miss England Georgia Horsley - with whom he shares six-year-old son Cooper - because it’s something his mum Kathy hasn’t had since the split. In an upcoming chat with The High Performance Podcast, he says he hasn’t had a relationship with Alan since his teen years and when asked if picking up the phone would help, he flatly says: “No.”.
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Danny, who has now cut off all contact with his dad, continues: “No, because I don't know him any more. He doesn't know me and I don't recognise his voice. "I didn't choose to be born, he chose to have me. I could never leave my son and I'd be fighting to speak to him, and yet my dad isn't. Why should I bother?.
