ITV The Masked Singer's Gregory Porter reveals hidden struggles on show

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Grammy-winning sensation Gregory Porter has spilled the beans on his challenging journey during The Masked Singer. After a thrilling finale on ITV, the 53-year-old was revealed as the man behind Dressed Crab, just moments before Samantha Barks clinched the title as Pufferfish.

Despite his impressive run, Gregory opened up about the not-so-glamorous side of his stint on the show, confessing to host Joel Dommett that the costume brought on bouts of claustrophobia. "I'm not going to lie," he confessed. "I had to get over a little bit of claustrophobia, you know.

Who needs oxygen? Who needs oxygen?" But it wasn't all tough going for the jazz icon; he found joy in the experience too. "This is extraordinary, this is a real moment for me," he beamed. "It's fun, sometimes I'm singing all those serious songs but this was fun, this was just real fun!" Week after week, Gregory wowed the celebrity judges with his renditions of classics like Bill Withers' Lean on Me, Earth, Wind & Fire's Let's Groove, Lenny Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way, and California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas.

Gregory wowed the audience in the final of The Masked Singer with his performances of Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers and a duet of Ain't No Mountain High Enough with series five star Keala Settle.