Barry McGuigan broke down in tears during last night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity (November 18) as he struggled to discuss his daughter’s death. However, some viewers took issue with Loose Women panellist Jane Moore, asking him more questions, with some suggesting she interrupted the retired promoter.
During the candid discussion with his fellow campmates, the former professional boxer broke down in tears as he struggled to express his emotions.
“When you lose a child…,” he stopped, unable to finish his sentence.
Jane commented: “Danika was poorly as a child as well. She had a double…”
Barry interjected: “She had leukaemia. When I was making the film with Daniel Day-Lewis, I had to leave because she had been diagnosed with leukaemia. They thought she wasn’t going to get better, but she fought back.”
The heartbreaking moment had his campmates flock to comfort Barry, and Jane also offered support to the boxer.
One viewer commented: “The journalist in Jane asking more upsetting questions even though Barry was getting sadder and sadder #ImACelebrity.”
Another fumed: “STOP BADGERING POOR BARRY MAN.”(sic)
A third remarked: “Jane Moore not painting herself in good light this episode… first the Coleen story taking now setting Barry off poor from Moore #ImACeleb.”
The retired promoter and former professional boxer married his wife Sandra in 1981, and the couple had four children.
His family were left devastated when his daughter Nika died five weeks after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019.
Before the emotional moment, Jane was at the creek with GK Barry, Dean McCullough, and Coleen Rooney.
Talk turned to Wayne Rooney’s wife and her high-profile Wagatha Christie trial with Rebekah Vardy, but viewers noted Jane “telling the story” for Coleen.
One wrote: “Why does Jane Moore insist on explaining the story when Coleen Rooney is right there??!!”
Another penned: “Starting to really like Coleen and wanted to hear her tell the story and not Jane Moore!”
A third wrote: “Jane Moore telling Coleen’s story like she was there #ImACeleb.”
Jane has worked in journalism for more than 40 years and has written for several publications.
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX followed by I’m A Celebrity: Unpacked on ITV2 after the main show.