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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Holly Bishop

I’m A Celeb’s Craig Charles talks about heart attack and reveals he has same condition which killed his brother

I’m A Celebrity’s Craig Charles has opened up on his health struggles, revealing he had a heart attack and suffers from the same condition that killed his brother.

On Wednesday’s (8 April) episode of the ITV reality show, the former Coronation Street actor told campmates he had a headache before sharing he is “on so much medication right now”.

He explained that the medicine was to manage his heart condition. “It's the same thing that killed my brother when I was here last time,” said Charles, who left the show in 2014 upon learning of his brother’s death.

Charles said that he had to have a life-saving procedure when it was discovered that the arteries in his heart were too narrow.

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