Barry McGuigan has opened up on his stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here and how he lost over a stone during his time in the Jungle.
The former boxer chatted to SpinBit and explained how he loved his time on the ITV show, but how the hunger was "very hard to deal with".
Barry said: "Everything was great, it was fantastic. The Gold Coast is a beautiful place. The weather was lovely and it’s strange going in there, but I loved it, and we had a great bunch of people from Danny Jones to GK Barry, Jane Moore, Maura Higgins and Grace Dent, they were all just lovely.
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"The year before apparently, they all fell out, but we gelled (and agreed to get on). You can get irritated especially when you’re hungry and believe me, I was hungry. We were really hungry every day.
"I dropped 16lbs in 21 days and the hunger is genuinely very hard to deal with, no salt, no sugar or vitamins so it was tough. They know with the rice and beans that you will get enough calories in that to sustain you.
"I don’t drink or smoke, so food is important to me, so it was difficult. But they were all a great bunch of people. Coleen Rooney was great but me, Danny and Malvin get on like a house on fire, we get on so well."
When asked if he would go on the new I’m a Celebrity All Stars later this year if offered, Barry told: "I would have to speak with my family first. I want to get back into the boxing watch and watch the kids train and develop.
"But if the opportunity came up, and like anybody else, if they paid the right money, I would consider anything."
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