I’m A Celebrity viewers emotional as Sam Thompson opens up about diagnosis

Sam Thompson got super candid about having ADHD on tonight’s episode of I’m A Celebrity (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! viewers were in bits tonight over Sam Thompson opening up about his disorder.

The Made In Chelsea star, 31, got candid while chatting with Marvin Humes and Josie Gibson on tonight’s episode of the reality TV show.

He’s publicly chatted about having ADHD before, but the Celebs Go Dating star really got candid about it in the jungle tonight – and fans were loving the conversation, dubbing it one of the best moments of this year’s show so far.

‘You sort of feel like you’re a bit of a knob sometimes,’ Sam admitted, while explaining how sometimes he just zones out of listening to girlfriend Zara McDermott talking about her day due to the behavioural disorder, which can lead to trouble focusing.

Sam explained how he wants to be a dad one day, and indicated that he is worried his sporadic approach to tasks – he skims lists and launches into things – might his affect his ability to raise kids.

But Marvin had Sam’s back, and the whole conversation ended on an emotional note, as the JLS singer, 38, assured Sam he’d be the most brilliant father – adding in the private room to the cameras that he’s never met anyone like Sam, who fascinates him.

He admitted he struggled in school without a diagnosis (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

He also confessed that he wanted to be a dad and worried about how having ADHD might impact his ability to do so (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, Josie made a really beautiful point as she said: ‘We all carry a little bit of magic.’

Sitting at the creek, Marvin asked Sam about his ADHD diagnosis saying: ‘How old were you when you were diagnosed with it?’

‘Last year, mate,’ replied the reality star. ‘There’s loads of people who are actually like of a certain age who get diagnosed way later. When the low bits happen it goes low. But then the highs are really high. My girlfriend Zara is so steady and it’s so good for me. When she’s going steady I’m going like that [mimes wavy line].

He continued: ‘My time keeping is terrible. I get quite selfish, not just with her [my girlfriend], with everyone, my mates or whatever. My listening to Zara… I’m just finding myself staring off at something completely different. You sort of feel like you’re a bit of a k*** sometimes.’

Josie chimed in, and said, ‘But you would not be Sam without it,’ before Marvin added: ‘I would just always say you’ve got loads of energy. Your energy is crazy bro and it’s what makes you great.’

‘Weird no one spotted it beforehand at school, but if you look at all of my report cards, every single one says the same, it says: “Likeable enough guy, but lacks focus”‘ admitted Sam.

Sam has been a bit of a trooper on this year’s jungle (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

He and JLS’s Marvin Humes have formed quite the bromance (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

‘It’s staring at you in the face. If I’d known as a kid, not much would have changed, but how you feel about yourself probably changes. I remember crying into my textbook because I couldn’t understand the words going into my head. You want to do good. You don’t want to be mischievous or anything like that.’

Sam went on to confess: ‘I want to be a dad at some point. That’s another thing, we’ve got to get a handle on it. You’ve got to look after a child.’

‘You would be the most incredible dad,’ replied Marvin.

Later in the Bush Telegraph, Sam said: ‘I’m not ashamed of having ADHD in any way. But I know that I would have felt better about myself at school if I’d been diagnosed with it at a younger age. I really was just like, “I just suck at everything.”‘

Fans were loving the interaction, and praised Sam for opening up – alongside many teary memes flooding X, formerly Twitter.

One posted a picture of Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office tearing up, and wrote: ‘Sam bringing ADHD awareness to the show #ImACeleb.’

‘It’s so nice to see these important conversations happening in camp and educating the public about how ADHD can affect an individual in their day to day lives,’ commented one, while another said: ‘THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION is by far my absolute favourite part of the series, in fact the whole entire show ever.’

‘Hearing Sam saying he has to get a handle on his ADHD cos he wants kids is sad. Love that Marvin told him you are fine how you are,’ said another viewer.

Others with ADHD really related to Sam, as one viewer said: ‘For someone that also has ADHD, I love how he’s so open about it, I 100% agree with him, I sucked at school, it wasn’t until I left school I was diagnosed with ADHD, the teachers never understood and I always feel I would have done better if diagnosed earlier too.’

Elsewhere on the show, Sam got suncreamed on his back by none other than Tony Bellew – who didn’t look best pleased at the enounter.

This comes after Britney Spears’ little sister Jamie Lynn Spears left the jungle on ‘medical grounds’ yesterday.

A spokesperson for the show said: ‘Jamie Lynn Spears has left I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on medical grounds.

‘She’s been a fantastic campmate who has triumphed at trials and bonded well with her fellow celebrities.’

Jamie Lynn’s exit from the show comes shortly after restaurant critic and MasterChef star Grace Dent also withdraw on medical grounds.

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Marvin and Josie were there to support him.