Celebrity SAS’s Fatima Whitbread reveals severe secret injury before being forced out of show
FATIMA Whitbread fought through “unbearable” pain after breaking three ribs during a Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins task.
The former athlete injured herself when she jumped out of a helicopter into the sea.
Fatima Whitbread had cracked ribs on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins[/caption] The 61-year-old said the Channel 4 show was ‘brutal’[/caption]The challenge also saw Towie star Pete Wicks leave the show after he too cracked his ribs and knocked himself unconscious.
Sportswoman Fatima, who is the oldest contestant to ever appear on the show, told the Mirror: “I can’t tell you the unbearable pain I was going through.
“Even picking up my backpack was really hard. I knew I was being a pain to some of them asking them to help me on with my backpack where normally I’d just yank it up with one arm.
“But I couldn’t even do that thanks to three cracked ribs. As the days went by, the pain got worse. I couldn’t lay down properly or sit up properly.
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“And it was just… moving about trying to get dressed, awful. Absolutely awful.”
The 61-year-old said quitting the show never crossed her mind as she was determined to see the process through.
She said the pain was “gripping” her after the accident, leaving her unable to lie down properly at night.
At the time, she was unaware she had injured her ribs and decided not to see a doctor about the pain because she didn’t want to be told to leave the series.
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Last month, Pete said he was “truly gutted” to be medically withdrawn from Celebrity SAS after he knocked himself unconscious during the helicopter challenge.
Pete was seen floating face down in the sea in the shocking scene after jumping from the aircraft with fellow reality star Ashley Cain.
When he reached the shore, Pete told a medic: “I winded myself and passed out, all my ribs are quite painful and my head is banging.”
He later said: “I had no worries about that challenge, which is the weirdest thing. My strongest thing is probably swimming.”
Fatima was a champion javelin thrower[/caption]