Yoshitaka Kono/PATulisa Contostavlos says she has felt “compelled” since leaving I’m A Celeb and is taking a break to focus on her mental health.
The N-Dubz star and former X-Factor judge was the third contestant to be voted off the ITV show.
Speculation ran rampant after she removed all her Instagram posts about the series and failed to appear on spin-off show I am a Celebrity… Unpacked.
But in an Instagram video, Talisa says she’s “getting a lot of attention” that’s hard to deal with.
“A lot of bombast, mostly in a positive way but because it’s been a while for me, I can get overwhelmed very easily,” says The Sight Of You singer.
“I just need to take a little time for myself and just chill and it’s all just feeling a little off at the moment.”
Tulisa also says she’s decided to archive all the posts she shared while she was on the show, calling them “random” and “not the way I do my Insta.” will”.
“When the time is right and I have a little time to process, I’ll make my own reels of the best bits that I really like,” she says.
‘I don’t think any of my campmates are fake’
Speaking in an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine, Talisa also explained comments that suggested some of her camp mates were “fakes”.
“I don’t think any of my campmates are fake,” she says.
She says she was “thinking out loud” and only meant to suggest that some friendships will be stronger than others.
“I love my jungle friends, I love my jungle family.
“But the friendships that people have really, really nurture and become something like, ‘Wow this is a friend for life.’
“That’s all I was trying to say.”
Being in the woods with people she had just met, she says, was difficult for her as “an introvert.”
“And then I come out and I see a lot of attention and I’m like, wow that’s a lot.”
Yoshitaka Kono/PAThe 36-year-old from London made her name as part of N-Dubz in the 2000s before launching her solo career and later appearing as a judge on X-Factor in 2011.
She largely withdrew from the public eye when, in 2014, allegations were made against her after an undercover reporter for The Sun claimed she had a deal to supply Class A drugs.
gave The drug trial is over. When the reporter lied in his evidence. Tulisa told Newsbeat at the time It was a real low point in his life.
She also spoke about being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy – a type of paralysis that temporarily affects the ability to control facial muscles – and when the condition made her face “drop”. So getting surgery and fillers.
In her video, she says she was still trying to overcome the challenges in her life after being “out of the spotlight for so long”.
“I still have my little demons.
“It doesn’t mean I’m going to hide under a rock for another 10 years, it just means I just need a little time to process and get my thoughts right.”
Early in the series, Talisa shares this with her campmates. He has identified as asexual. and need to “have a really close emotional connection with someone” before they find them sexually attractive.
She says people have been talking about her “in a positive way” since leaving the jungle, but she still finds it difficult.
“Mental health is important and I am so grateful for all the love and support I have received.
“I’m just going to have a week to be one with my thoughts. I’ll be back,” she says.
