Actress Danika McGuigan died five weeks after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019.

Barry McGuigan is calling the Australian jungle home in the latest series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! — and has already made a strong impression on his fellow campmates. This year’s I’m A Celeb stars have been getting to know each other since arriving in the jungle at the weekend.

Get Me Out of Here! fans have paid tribute to show contestant Barry McGuigan on social media after he opened up about his daughter’s death.ITV’s annual celebrity reality show kicked off on Sunday, with celebs entering the Australian jungle where they will try to earn public votes to make it to the end.

Former boxing champion Barry McGuigan has laid bare the grief he experienced after losing his daughter, in a touching exchange with his fellow campmates on I’m A Celebrity. Source: I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, ITV

I'm a Celebrity star Barry McGuigan has broken down in tears on the show while recalling his daughter Danika's death.

The Irish boxing legend has already won the hearts of viewers days after arriving in the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! jungle

Barry McGuigan may be taking it easy in the I'm A Celebrity jungle, but as Daily Star reveals, the former boxing champ has lived a particularly tough life behind the scenes

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant and Dec appeared on the ITV2 spin-off show I'm A Celebrity ...Unpacked just moments on from some emotional scenes airing on the main show

Barry McGuigan's son Shane has sent a message to his dad's campmates after his dad's heartbreaking scenes on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!