I'm A Celebrity star Seann Walsh, who was eliminated from the jungle tonight, says his campmates accepted him and his scandalous Strictly past.
Comedian Seann had told his campmates that his kiss with Strictly partner Katya Jones in 2018 left his career in tatters after they were both exposed for cheating on their partners at the time.
While speaking to Seann after his elimination from the jungle, I'm A Celeb host Dec, alluding to the kiss with Katya and the fallout, said: "Did you find it a safe space down there to share that and to process that experience?"
Seann replied: "Definitely. I think we all listened to each other in there.
"We all listened and everyone kind of got their story out and there was so much support and I feel like everyone in there, not just me, but I think we all accepted one another for who we are today in that jungle I think everyone get a fair go in there."
He went on: "And to get this far feels great, disappointed to be that close to the final but very happy."
Ant then added: "But I think for you, you can put that whole part of your life to bed because you have had a great experience from this."
Seann interjected, adding: "The best experience."
Speaking on Wednesdays' episode to fellow comic Babatunde Aleshe, Seann revealed how his actions during Strictly hugely impacted his comedy career, with few people showing up to his gigs.
He said: "15 nights/ 16 nights at the Apollo. So funny, it’s the classic you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. It’s that cliché. It’s like, ‘Oh, I was doing well. I didn’t realise'."
He added: "Easily the most depressing month of my entire life, Edinburgh after Strictly.
"We get to Edinburgh, right, I think it’s a 200-seater, I’ve never not in Edinburgh sold out the first night.
"It doesn’t even occur to me that it’s not sold out. Just before I’m about to go on, my agent comes in and goes, ‘Just so you know, there’s like 30 people.’
"To get told that when you’re just about to go on… horrific. It was at that point I was like, ‘Oh, oh..’. My career was dead, I was over."
"I can’t sit on trains, with people looking at me going, ‘Is that the guy that used to…?’ I’ve got to learn to drive now as I’ve got to hide. Genuinely. I mean that, I swear on my life. It was like I can’t be on trains."
Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, Seann said: "There are the highs in comedy but there are the lows. It’s not been an easy ride for either of us."
In tonight's episode, as he watched his highlights reel with Ant & Dec, Seann said: "Oh my God, so many memories. So many amazing memories."
