Former I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here star Iain Lee has slammed the show’s inadequate aftercare.
The broadcaster who appeared on the show in 2017 said that not only is aftercare and issue, but so is general wellbeing during filming.
Comments from the 46-year-old come ahead of the shows return on Sunday, and after reality show Love Island amped up their duty of care following the suicides of two contestants.
Speaking to Press Association he said: “The mental health care that you get before you go in is probably inadequate [and] when you come out it is definitely inadequate.”
“Sleep there was a nightmare. I’m a 6ft 4in man and for the most of it they put me in a hammock.”
He further slammed the show’s treatment of camp mates when it came to sleep.
“You’d get to bed late at night if you were doing a midnight challenge, and then they’d wake you up ridiculously early to do the live show with Ant and Dec. You’d always have to look busy.”
“I get that that’s part of the show… but not having sleep is dangerous. It’s a form of torture,” he explained.
“I’m not complaining about the jungle. I had a great time. It turned my career around, I loved it but let Kate Garraway and Ian Wright [2019 contestants] have a decent night’s sleep.”
Commenting on his aftercare from the show, Iain said he could have had more help.
“There certainly could have been more help. I think they paid for a couple of sessions to see my psychiatrist which I would have seen anyway and I had a phone call asking if I’d like to come in and I said I didn’t want to go in and that was that”
“Meanwhile I’m going off the rails and going nuts. Not as a direct result of the jungle but immediately after the jungle I went a little bit nuts.”
During his time on I’m A Celeb, Ofcom received over 300 complaints as viewers believed Iain was being bullied by his fellow campmates.
A spokesperson for the ITV show said: “The safety and wellbeing of all of our campmates is our number one priority.”
“All campmates have 24-hour access to both medical and psychological support during their stay in camp.”
