I’m A Celebrity star Shona McGarty admits she’s struggling amid split from fiancé

She shared that Jeremy, 40, “never really proposed” as she explained: “I think he was petrified in the past, that because of all the engagements I’d had that it was the beginning of the end.” She told her fellow campmates that she was the one to suggest marriage in the end, with Martin Kemp revealing that his wife Shirlie Holliman did the same thing with him.

READ MORE: Shona McGarty’s ex fiancé breaks silence as she joins I’m A Celebrity after dumping himShona and her fiancé David Bracken broke up shortly before she joined I’m A Celeb(Image: davidirishband/Instagram)

“I never proposed to her in a way, I was kind of putting it off and putting it off,” he said. Martin then revealed that once, while they were in Dublin, Shirlie spotted an old jeweller. Martin said that his wife “grabbed my collar and dragged me in and said ‘I’ve had my eye on that one!'”

However, the talk of engagement left Shona upset and while doing the washing-up with Tom Read Wilson, the actress confided in him that she struggled to be part of the conversation due to her recent break-up. She said she walked away from the talk of engagement as she wouldn’t have known what to say.

Showing his support, Tom told Shona: “I think you’ve done a really sensible thing.” He then told her to stay positive, saying the right thing would come along at the right time.

Shona said she wouldn’t have known what to say during the conversation(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)

Despite their short engagement, it is thought Shona and David broke up on good terms – and the musician was keen to show his support for Shona, as she made her show debut parachuting into camp. Taking to his Instagram Stories, the guitarist shared a sweet picture of the former couple together, with the words: “Let’s go girl! You got this.”

It emerged just a few weeks ago that Shona and David had called it a day on their whirlwind romance – but there were no hard feelings. A source at the time claimed: “They are on amicable terms, but have ended their romantic relationship. There are no hard feelings, they realised they wanted different things and are better off as friends. Shona is now focusing on her music and career.”

Shona McGarty split from her fiancé before entering the jungle(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)

Shona and David, who lives in Ireland, met two years ago on TikTok two years ago and the former Blessed band member proposed during a romantic picnic in Kensington, West London. Gushing about the romantic moment at the time during an exclusive interview with OK!, Shona said: “David took me to this beautiful Japanese garden because I love Japanese culture and the spirituality of it. He brought a picnic, which was really sweet. It was lovely, I was in my element but I didn’t think he was going to propose.”

She also discussed their future wedding, saying: “We want to get married in Ireland because I have so much family there, as does David. We’re thinking West Cork, it’s so beautiful and picturesque. We’re both Catholic, so we’d want to get married in a Catholic church and a lot of the churches there are amazing.”