Although she may appear fearless, Dame Kelly Holmes, who has won gold at the Olympics, spoke on Loose Women about her near-death experience while appearing on Bear Grylls: Mission Survive in 2015. Kelly explained she was scared of cold water and how she nearly drowned while on the Bear Grylls show.
Kelly described how a cameraman and another member of the crew had to jump in after her when she found herself struggling in the water. The 52-year-old explained she was instructed to swim across a lake, after abseiling down a waterfall, and in her fear tried to swim as quickly as possible.
She said: "So I just went, tried, went on my side, went on my back, legs went under, I was underneath the water, I managed to get my head up going 'I'm drowning!' The cameraman jumped in, they had to rescue me!"
