We’re used to Iain messing and Becky giving plenty of side-eye but we got to see another side to both of them on tonight’s I’m A Celebrity.
While chatting with fellow celebrities in camp, both spoke very candidly about their mental health struggles. Iain admitted to having had some very low moments in the past.
“I’ve had suicidal thoughts,” he told his campmates after Stanley asked him about getting people to open up as a radio show host.
“It’s awful, it’s the biggest killer of men,” he continued.
Becky was also frank in sharing her experience. She told the others that she had felt suicidal at the age of 14.
She never sought treatment as mental health problems were “swept under the carpet” at the time, she said.
She began to struggle again after becoming a mum and said she reached breaking point after having her second child.
“You can’t run from it forever,” she said.
She decided to try a number of things, she told her campmates, including cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling and antidepressants.
Their openness was welcomed by viewers.
becky and iain openly talking about their struggles with mental health and suicidal thoughts is so so important, im glad that deeper topics are being discussed in camp this year #ImACeleb
— cait // dingus (@reignsgay) November 28, 2017
Very impressed with @iainlee and Becky Vardy’s candour speaking about depression and suicide #ImACeleb
— Paul McCallum (@PJMc1990) November 28, 2017
Well done Iain and Becky… the more people that talk about their #mentalhealth the better… also glad that the other camp mates supporting them #MentalHealthAwareness #ImACeleb #LoveWins
— Tina Bobinson (@tinabob85) November 28, 2017
Say what you want about Iain, but I have nothing but respect for him for addressing mental health issues. #ImACeleb
— Brittany (@BrittanyD1996) November 28, 2017
Brave of Becky to admit she contemplated suicide once. She went on to happier days and that’s a good message. #ImACelebrity #ImACeleb
— Mike Sivier (@MidWalesMike) November 28, 2017
Fair play to the pair of them for their honesty.
