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Tulisa Contostavlos<\/a> has spoken out about her experience on I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!<\/a> after mysteriously vanishing from Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The N-Dubz<\/a> star, who was the third contestant eliminated<\/a>, opened up about the huge amounts of anxiety she was suffering while on the show. <\/p>\n

The former X Factor<\/a> judge, 36, then suddenly deleted all posts<\/a> from her Instagram<\/a> page, confusing fans and leading many to speculate that she’d left on bad terms.<\/p>\n

After Tulisa also failed to appear on spin-off show, I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Unpacked, the following day, it emerged that she had actually flown home.<\/p>\n

Now, in a new interview with The Mirror, she’s revealed that she was ‘forced to flee’ the show after suffering huge amounts of anxiety. <\/p>\n

She said: ‘Some of the things you didn’t see, I had night terrors for the first four days. I was waking up out of my sleep, and I was having anxiety<\/a> attacks.’<\/p>\n

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She said that while she may have looked tough, she was also crying herself to sleep many nights.<\/p>\n<p>The star continued, explaining that while she did cry on camera at one point, she had a panic attack off camera in the smoking area during which she was attempting to maintain her composure.<\/p>\n<p>She said: ‘I was like, “Okay, get the heart rate down. Get the heart rate down.” I wanted to leave that day. I was like, \u2018I can’t do this but it’s not what I came here for.”‘<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SEI_231788340-d6c1.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22117648\" alt=\"Uncleared grabs: Tulisa talking about her I'm a Celeb camp mates\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Fans were shocked when Tulisa was eliminated (Picture: ITV\/Lorraine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While she clarified that there were plenty of great moments on the show and that she loved being there with the people, it’s clear that her decision to fly home was one motivated by selfcare. <\/p>\n<p>Tulisa previously spoke about he moments after her exit, before she left Australia, and the fear she had of facing public scrutiny. <\/p>\n<p>She told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2024\/dec\/19\/tulisa-on-comebacks-im-a-celebrity-and-celibacy-theres-a-game-to-be-played-in-show-business-and-but-i-wont-play-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>: \u2018I came out, still followed by cameras, all tits and teeth, and it wasn\u2019t until I was on my own that I felt this introvert-overload.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was hyperventilating, crying. It was too much.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SEI_231728670-e441.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22108707\" alt=\"Editorial Use Only Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock (14962017g) Tulisa Contostavlos is evicted from camp 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 24, Australia - 02 Dec 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Tulisa flew home shortly after her elimination (Picture: James Gourley\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She went on: \u2018Is this about a fear I have of being in the spotlight? Or is the person I\u2019ve become just not the kind of person that wants fame any more?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of choosing to go in the jungle, she told the publication: \u2018I had a lot of fear surrounding exposure, and I got to the point where I thought: \u201cAm I holding on to this fear because of what people have done to me in the past? Am I letting other people change my perception of what my career is and could be?\u201d I didn\u2019t want to feel that way any more.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Tulisa reassured fans over her absence from I\u2019m A Celebrity, after she deleted traces of the show from her social media.<\/p>\n<p>She told her followers: \u2018I\u2019m just doing a video to clear a couple of things up, just so you know, when I came out of the jungle, I felt fine first of all and then that evening, my friends went to bed, I was on my Instagram, just trying to have a nice little casual scroll at some funny stuff or the stuff that I like to watch, and I was getting a lot of attention, a lot of bombarding, in all the most positive ways.<\/p>\n<p>But because it\u2019s been a bit of a while for me, I can get overwhelmed quite easily, and I just started to feel a little bit overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media metro-instagram\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDT7iMsIawu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDT7iMsIawu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDT7iMsIawu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I thought, do you know what, I really need to take a bit of time for me and just chill, and this is all feeling a little bit much at the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She explained that she wanted to \u2018archive\u2019 the posts that were published onher feed while she was in the jungle, and would make her own reels of her favourite memories \u2018when the time is right\u2019, stating: \u2018I haven\u2019t been doing my Instagram, the way that everything is posted and all the random stuff is not the way I do my Insta.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She went on: \u2018I just wanted to clear up the reasons why I did that and just be honest, it\u2019s okay to feel a bit overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve been out of the spotlight for a long time and I\u2019m still trying to overcome those things.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulisa has opened up about her struggle with her anxietyITV\/Shutterstock) Tulisa Contostavlos has spoken out about her experience on I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! after mysteriously vanishing from Australia. 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