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Barry McGuigan says his late daughter Danika is the reason why he got so far on I'm A Celebrity: 'I knew she was there with me, I've made her proud'


The retired boxer, 63, has revealed the reason why he got so far on I'm A Celebrity was because of his late daughter, Danika.

Speaking about the bond he formed with McFly’s Danny Jones, Barry revealed they first met, the boxer thought ‘you belong with me’ and the frontman ‘cried his eyes out’ when he told him about Danika. Earlier this year it was announced Dean would be taking over the BBC Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show, after previously fronting the afternoon slot. FAMOUS FOR: Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall was forced to withdraw from I'm A Celeb last year, after undergoing ACL Reconstruction surgery.

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