'Blew my mind' Matty Lee says he and I'm A Celeb co-stars were 'treated like crap' on show

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Express.co.uk about what you can get up to in your free time while on the show, the star seemed disappointed.Matty explained that his diving routine, which is the same daily, keeps him in check.He added that his mental rhythm was thrown off for the show.He said: “For diving I literally live the same day every day and I need that routine.“In the castle you could end up not leaving for three whole days which I did.“That means you’re just doing nothing but sat in the castle doing chores.“You feel like you’re losing your mind.”He explained that there was a lot of “waiting around” and most of the time was spent thinking and dreaming about eating nice food.The star then went on to say that he was surprised that a lot of the “big names” who went on the show were able to put up with being “treated like crap.”He said: “All you can think about is nice food but when they take you to do challenges there’s a lot of waiting around.“I’m not used to TV and there’s lots of waiting around in TV.“Before a trial, which is annoying, you’d be separated from your group of four or five so that you can’t build rapport off camera.“That blew my mind.

I didn’t expect that at all.“There’s some big names in there and you get treated a bit like crap so I’m surprised they dealt with it.“You’ve not signed up for glamour you’ve signed up to be starved, tired and pushed to the limits.”Matty, added, however, that he did feel mentally stronger after the show.He said that the show forced him to do uncomfortable things he didn’t want to do all the time.The athlete said: “Not physically but mentally, yeah.“If I said no one in the castle didn’t want to leave I’d be lying.