Scarlett Moffatt is battling with facial paralysis.
The ‘Gogglebox’ star is currently taking part on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ but she’s already been ruled out of a bushtucker trial, which sees stars race against the clock to rack up meals for camp while sharing the area with a series of creepy crawlies, on medical grounds following an on-going issue with her face drooping.
She said: "I can’t close my left eye properly. I have to sleep with a little eye mask and my mouth still goes to the side when I talk, although people don’t really notice. If I’m tired, my left eye feels a little bit twitchy, but I don’t get pain or slur my words. I don’t feel sorry for myself, as there are so many worse afflictions people can get."
The 26-year-old beauty has been dealing with an intermittent numb face since the age of 11 after she was struck down with Bell’s Palsy – a condition that causes partial paralysis on one side of the face – following a brutal car accident on her push bike.
According to the MailOnline, she said: "I was doing a performance for my mum and dad – I used to put on little shows for them – when all of a sudden, my mouth just drooped and I remember standing in front of the mirror and just screaming. My eye dropped, I couldn’t speak properly, I got all slurred, and my mum and dad thought I was putting it on. I was screaming so loud to try to get my mouth to go straight. I burst into tears and then they realised. It was awful."
Despite her medical condition, Scarlett – who has been in the jungle for five days – has already settled into camp life and has has proved a huge hit with viewers.
Scarlett Moffatt suffers with facial paralysis
