Barry McGuigan says it is ‘important’ to talk about grief after daughter’s death
The former boxing champion became emotional as he told his fellow campmates about how his daughter Danika ‘Nika’ McGuigan died aged 33 in 2019
During his time in the Australian jungle, Irish star McGuigan became emotional as he told his fellow campmates about how his daughter Danika “Nika” McGuigan died aged 33 five weeks after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019.
The Dublin-based actress, who played Danielle in BBC Three comedy Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, originally overcame leukaemia after two years of treatment when she was diagnosed at the age of 11.
Following his exit from the ITV reality show, McGuigan told Good Morning Britain (GMB) on Friday that his daughter’s death was “the single most devastating thing that’s ever happened to me”.
A tearful McGuigan, 63, added: “Losing my daughter five years ago was dreadful, and I never recovered from it, me and my wife, but I’m getting better as time goes on.
“I used not to be able to talk about it at all, but I…
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