Yahoo News I'm A Celebrity's Jamie Lynn Spears tearfully recalls moment her daughter almost died
I'm A Celebrity's Jamie Lynn Spears comforted by her campmates
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Jamie Lynn Spears broke down in tears as she confided in her I'm A Celebrity campmates about the time she nearly lost her eldest daughter Maddie, saying at one point: "She was not alive."
The family tragedy shook her world in 2017 when her daughter got trapped in their pond and almost lost her life.
Mother-of-two Spears shared the emotional turmoil she went through as the terrible accident unfolded before her eyes but she was relieved to share the miracle.
What, how and why?
Wearing her heart on her sleeve, the I'm A Celebrity star opened up about the experience that completely changed her life.
She told her campmates: "I had a certain experience where I almost lost my eldest daughter. And she drowned and we couldn't save her.
"We tried really hard. She was trapped under like a little side-by-side that we ride around our pond. This is in 2017, so she's like eight or nine."
Reliving the moment, she added: "My father-in-law, my mother-in-law, me and my husband we run to jump in to save her. And you kind of think in this moment, 'This isn't real. She's gonna pop up.' This isn't real.
"I could feel her arm and I'm jerking it but I couldn't get her up as it's a pretty heavy machine... You know logically she can't be underwater that long."
The singer praised her mother-in-law for calling 911 straight away and she recalled the moment they could hear the sirens coming towards them.
As help was on the way, Spears revealed her daughter "was not alive".
She said: "She was caught in a safety netting. And when they got there, she was not alive. They took her from me, incubated her, immediately.
"This is the hard part, I heard my mother in law - I'd thrown up on myself and everything because of the adrenaline. And then I heard her call my mom and say, 'Lynne we've lost Maddie.'"
But three seconds later, the firefighter revealed her daughter Maddie had a pulse and immediately she was airlifted to hospital.
Looking back, Spears remembered: "She's hooked up on life support. And so they come in, one of the priests read her the last rites, her body physically sat up."
She added: "Little by little, she got better and better. And walked out of the hospital."
Spears hailed her daughter surviving the accident as the "biggest gift" in her life.
She said: "How can I ever complain about anything ever again? I was given the biggest gift. My biggest fear was that she was gunna die thinking her mumma wasn't going to save her."
Her campmates consoled her for
Marvin Humes sympathised saying: "Jamie Lynn Spears really opened up... The worst situation any parent could ever go through."
What else happened on I'm A Celebrity?
Grace Dent left I'm A Celebrity on medical grounds.
She said she was "heartbroken" and it was "one of the saddest" moments to leave the campmates at this point in the jungle show.
Her heartfelt letter left the stars in tears, especially EastEnders actor Danielle Harold who said: "I never cry but I will cry for Grace."
