I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star Shona McGarty opened up about her engagement ending.
Meghna Amin Screen Time Reporter
22:34, 27 Nov 2025
Shona McGarty opened up about her personal heartbreak (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Star Shona McGarty was forced to walk away from a conversation as she opened up about her personal heartbreak.
The ex-EastEnders actress has joined the likes of Emmerdale ’s Lisa Riley, Martin Kemp, Eddie Kadi, Alex Scott and Angry Ginge in the jungle as they take on Ant and Dec’s brutal bushtucker trials.
Shona has already opened up about her anxiety and mental health struggles in a candid chat, and has now disclosed more about her private life as she addressed her past relationship.
As the discussion in camp turned towards engagements and proposals, Shona was forced to walk away.
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With many viewers thinking a romance could be blooming between the actress and Aitch, the rapper revealed he’d “100%” like to get married.
Kelly and Martin also spoke about their partners, recalling how Kelly’s husband Jeremy Parisi “never really proposed” after feeling “petrified” over her previous five engagements, while Martin shared that Shirlie had “grabbed my collar and dragged me” into a ring shop.
As Shona and Tom Read Wilson left to do the washing up, she confided that she had struggled to be a part of the conversation as she’d just gone through a break up before coming into the jungle.
Shona previously shared her mental health struggles in an emotional conversation(Image: ITV)
“I just couldn’t be part of that conversation,” she admitted. “It got too much. When I came in, I’d just broken up with my fiancé, so I just walked away.”
Sharing that she walked away from the conversation because she wouldn’t have known what to say, Tom replied: “I think you’ve done a really sensible thing.”
He added: “Sometimes, you have to tread water where you are, and think, that will happen, because I do think things right themselves.”
Shona replied: “I really want a family, I’d love to be a mummy and a wife.”
Viewers think they’ve spotted a romance blossoming between Shona and Aitch(Image: Instagram/ ITV)
Shona was pictured without a ring when she flew out to Australia, after her split from Irish musician David Bracken, who she got engaged to last year.
Shona has not openly spoken about the split, but did post a coy message on Instagram recently about a new chapter in line with her new single, Unapologetically Me, saying: “I’m finally learning to just be me, no filters, no apologies, no shrinking to make others comfortable.
“It’s a new beginning, and this time I’m stepping into life with open arms and an open heart. I’ve spent too long second-guessing, dimming my light, trying to fit into spaces that were never meant for me.
“But now, it’s about freedom, being comfortable in my own skin, owning my story, singing LOUD, with all my flaws, and my fire. This is the start of really living, fully and authentically. From here on out, …I’m … unapologetically me.”
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
