A.J. Odudu admitted she "wasn't fine" after she collapsed during 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins'.
A.J. Odudu admitted she 'wasn't fine' after she collapsed during 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins'
The 36-year-old TV star, who hosts 'Celebrity Big Brother' alongside Will Best, 39, was pushed to the brink during her stint on the Channel 4 reality show in 2019, and crumbled after she carried 45kg of equipment up a steep hill, with a team rushing to her aid.
She was quoted in the Daily Star newspaper saying: "There's a whole team of people who are like, 'Just stop, you're allowed to stop', and I'm like, 'No, I'm fine'.
"I've got a really high pain threshold. I can endure some things and then go, 'Actually, maybe I wasn't fine. Gosh, that was touch and go.'"
A.J. also reflected on her "distressing" dramatic exit from the 'Strictly Come Dancing' final in 2021 after the presenter tore a ligament in her ankle.
She recalled: "It was so distressing. I had this acute pain that literally made me projectile-vomit on the stop - that's how sharp the pain was.
"I was having fluid drained out of my foot, I was having ultra-sounds, then I'm in a moon boot speaking to the team at 'Strictly' saying, 'Do you think an iconic dance where I am in a moon boot?'"
A.J. about 'Celebrity SAS': "The most exciting thing about the celebrity version is everyone goes in thinking they are going to keep up this squeaky clean persona and it's all going to be filtered and edited to how they like titbit actually the control is taken out of their hands.
"I think their luxuries being stripped away from them means they will be disarmed from the get go and we'll get to see the real them."