I'm A Celeb viewers left 'in tears' after Barry McGuigan opens up on his daughter's heartbreaking death at 33
Former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan broke down in tears on I'm A Celeb as he opened up about the loss of his daughter.
The 63-year-old ex-WBA and lineal featherweight champion is one of 10 celebrities who have entered the Australian jungle for this year's I'm A Celeb.
McGuigan has a record of 35 fights, 32 wins and three losses and also won the gold medal during the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
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After getting through the first challenge, the celebrities were seen chatting about their personal life during Monday night's episode.
Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough then asked McGuigan if he still goes to church.
He replied: "I used to go to church a lot but after my daughter… you know, not so much."
McGuigan went on to explain the impact the death of his daughter has had on his life.
The Irishman continued: "She had leukaemia when I was making the boxing with Daniel Day Lewis, three weeks from the end I had to leave because she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia.
"They thought she wasn’t going to get better but she fought back and she won it. She had two years of chemo.”
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McGuigan's daughter, Danika, passed away in July 2019 at the age of 33 after a short battle with bowel cancer.
The former boxing champion then broke down in tears as his fellow campmates rushed to console him.
McGuigan then said: "Thank you, you’re all so lovely, I really appreciate it. I’ve tried to talk about but no matter what I do, it just all comes back."
After McGuigan spoke about his daughter's death, Coleen Rooney then touched on her sister's passing, at the age of just 14.
She said: "Even when Rosie died, I kept it together for me mum and dad.
"She was 14 when she died, she’d be 26 now. It’s hard to lose a child, I’ve always said that… so we’re lucky to have what we’ve got."
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