Heartbreaking reason why I’m A Celeb’s Dean McCullough won’t be drinking at Jungle Arms as he reveals ‘really dark’ days
I’M A Celebrity’s Dean McCullough went sober after alcohol took him to a “really really dark place”.
At his worst, the Radio One star, 34, was drinking two bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka at weekends.
It’s the heartbreaking reason he won’t be drinking at the famous Jungle Arms when he joins the ITV show.
Opening up about his struggles, Dean previously told the i newspaper: “It wasn’t until it got really bad that I realised.
“What was like a glass of wine of an evening after work turned into a bottle which turned into two bottles and then, some weekends, I was drinking like a bottle of vodka too.
“It was the pandemic, and I just got myself into a bad way and I was sort of thinking some really, really dark thoughts to myself.
“Anybody who’s kind of struggled with mental health will know what it’s like.
“I just saw the path in front of me and it wasn’t nice. It was really dark and it was very destructive and I thought, if I want to get to Radio 1, which was always my dream, if I want to do that, I need to make some changes.”
Dean presents the afternoon slot alongside co-host Vicky Hawkesworth.