Yahoo News Andrea McLean talks "darkest moment" filming Celebrity SAS
Loose Women star Andrea McLean has revealed that undergoing military training for Channel 4's celebrity edition of SAS: Who Dares Wins took a huge physical and mental toll on her.
The presenter has joined Made in Chelsea's Sam Thompson, Love Island's Camilla Thurlow, I'm a Celebrity's Wayne Bridge and Mamma Mia!'s Jeremy Irvine to endure Ant Middleton's bootcamp in order to raise money for Stand Up to Cancer.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other media at the launch of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins for Stand Up to Cancer, McLean revealed that her "darkest moment" came when being shouted out under interrogation.
"I’m so glad that I did it. I mean, it was awful," she admitted. "You’ll see. It’s a ridiculous programme. But I’m really glad that I did it."
She elaborated that "baggage" from her past came into play during that moment of high stress, which occurs during Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins' first episode.
McLean went on: "We all have experiences that we’ve been through that we’ve dealt with in our own ways, whether it’s – what I’ve done is put them in a box, in another box, in another box, buried them in the garden, put another heap of stuff on top of it, and just think: 'That was then. I don’t want to look at that anymore'.
"What I didn’t expect was that the second – literally the second – I got there, and all the shouting started, that box blew out of… every box that had ever been shut in. And Ant was right. You know, you don’t know how you’re going to react to certain things. I did not expect that to happen.
"What it made me do is look things in the face, and realise, 'Actually, maybe putting things in boxes is not the best way to deal with things' – if that makes sense.”
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins for Stand up to Cancer will be airing on Channel 4 soon. To make a donation to Stand Up to Cancer, please click here.
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