Kadeena Cox opens up about eating disorder after Naughty Boy cooking rows: ‘Challenging’

I'm A Celeb: Kadeena Cox addresses cooking rows

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Chatting with the presenters for her exit interview on the hit ITV show, the parasport athlete revealed she suffers from an eating disorder as she explained her clashes with fellow campmate Naughty Boy, which tended to occur while the pair cooked together. As the second person to be eliminated from this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Kadeena was able to speak candidly about her experience in the castle and interactions with the other celebrities.

As the appointed camp cook, the 30-year-old frequently had disagreements with musician Naughty Boy, 40, who also dabbled in the chef duties.

Addressing the difficulties of cooking for the hungry celebrities, Kadeena told Ant and Dec: “I mean guys, a cod head.

“We got quite a lot of stars that day, that was so rude, just putting it out there.”

Dec remarked: “Now, we saw a little bit there, we saw you and Naughty Boy, things getting a bit tetchy over the cooking a few times.”

He asked: “It’s fair to say you didn’t see eye to eye, you two, did you?”

The athlete bluntly stated: “Never have two chefs in one kitchen.”

She continued: “It was a challenging situation, I love him and I think we’ll be really good friends – out of this situation.

“And had we not both been in the kitchen it would have been fine, but we just butted heads over the cooking.

“He’s very chilled, laid back, and does things his way.

“I’m an athlete, I’m very regimented. I’ve also got an eating disorder so I’m always trying to portion and control, so yeah it was just constant head butting.

“But when we did it right, it was banging.”

Ant added: “I have to say, some of the stuff you had – you had pigeon, cod’s head, ox tongue, but you made it look quite tasty!

“There’s a few times we were watching going, ‘oh they’ve done well there’.”

“Oh thanks, guys, I’ll take that,” Kadeena replied.

The four-time Paralympic gold medalist has spoken candidly in the past about her experiences with body dysmorphia.

Ahead of her stint in I’m A Celebrity, she told The Mirror: “It’s something that I’ve spoken about with my psychiatrist and I’ve kind of put things in place.

“I’m in a really good place and I spent the last two or three years working really hard to get to where I am right now.”

She added: “The Paralympics is a point at which I realised I was more in control of my eating disorder than it was in control of me. But I’m hoping I’m just in a good place.”

Kadeena said goodbye to her campmates at Gwrych Castle on Monday as the second to leave. A third celebrity will be eliminated in tonight’s show.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs daily at 9pm on ITV.

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