Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins: Ulrika Jonsson says she felt 'physically sick' ...

Ulrika Jonsson says she went through emotional turmoil before taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and weighed just 7.5st.

The TV personality, 54, revealed she joined the indurance show as a way of pressing the 'reset' button on her life, after feeling dejection, sadness and despondency.

Before joining the programme, Ulrika revealed she would feel 'physically sick', watching episodes of the show which she admitted 'frightened' her. 

Explaining her decision to join the show, Ulrika said: 'Dejection, sadness, despondency and bleakness was enveloping my heart and mind, triggered by a childhood trauma and an affair of the heart.'

Ulrika revealed she was met by scoffs from her loved ones when she revealed she was taking part in the show, but was determined to find a way to begin a fresh start. 

Ulrika confessed that she didn't think she would pass the rigorous physical and emotional tests required to take part on the show.

She continued: 'At the time I only weighed about seven-and-a-half stone, only three times the weight of my Bergen rucksack, which meant I struggled to stand up when carrying it.

'My weight was not a deliberate feat but perhaps brought on by stress and unhappiness.'

However she did pass them and admitted that the duty of care team on the show were 'second to none'.

She explained that there were many conversations ahead of time about how the experience could trigger past experiences, such as being shouted at my men, being barked at by dogs and feeling claustrophobic. 

Ulrika said that someone who has previously experienced domestic abuse she didn't know how she would fare.  

However determined to press on,

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