Tulisa revealed she urged ITV to “take her off camera” after her I’m a Celebrity exit.
The 36-year-old sparked concern earlier this month when she quickly fled Australia after becoming the third celeb to be voted out of the jungle.
The N-Dubz singer missed the show’s final, and also raised eyebrows by deleting all traces of her time on the show from her Instagram feed.
Now, Tulisa has revealed she was having a “breakdown” after she left the show.
Speaking in part two of Paul C Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast, the singer confessed: “When I came out, I began to cry when I had the first moment to myself”
“And the first thing I did when I spoke to my team, they said ‘What’s wrong?'”
“And I said ‘Please don’t put me back on camera. I need to be off now, too much. I’m really proud of myself, but I pushed myself too far, too soon, I need to go home’.”
She continued: “You want me to be there out of principle? When I’m having a breakdown right now?”
“No, I need to go home and process this.”
“I guess in a way I’m blessed to be that person to say if my mind isn’t feeling healthy, I’m going to take care of myself.”
“I’m not going to push myself over any edges. I need to take care of myself, I need to protect me.”
Opening up about why she made the decision to remove all her posts from her time on I’m a Celeb, Tulisa revealed: “I did delete everything.”
“I came out and the same night I was having a cry I was like I’m not going back on camera.”
‘I was looking through my socials and it was just all me and I was in flip out mode. I just wanted it all gone and to go home and process things.”
“I wouldn’t say I’ve processed it all. I’m at like 70 percent right now. For me to be in the public eye I need to do things that are a bit more hard hitting, things like this [the podcast]. Just keeping it 100% real.”
Last week, Tulisa broke her silence in her first press interview since her exit from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
During a new interview with The Guardian, Tulisa explained what happened when she left the show.
“I came out, still followed by cameras, all t**s and teeth, and it wasn’t until I was on my own that I felt this introvert-overload,” she confessed.
“I was hyperventilating, crying. It was too much.”
Tulisa said she wasn’t sure if the “fear” came from being in the spotlight, or whether she no longer wanted fame.
Tulisa has largely remained out of the spotlight since her time as a judge on The X Factor over ten years ago.
While she’s since made a comeback, the 36-year-old has admitted her past traumas made her hesitant to return to the limelight.
