Jermaine Pennant has finally put his troubled childhood behind him thanks to Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
The former footballer, 40, grew up surrounded by guns, drugs and crime after he was abandoned by his parents. For decades, he struggled to open up about what he went through. He told the Daily Star Sunday: “I’ve always kept everything bottled up inside about my back story, my childhood and what happened to me and the trauma.
“I was embarrassed to talk about it and share that story. I had armour up protecting me. I wasn’t letting people in. But then I filmed Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and it’s a show that strips you back. The instructors stripped me back. It was difficult and I was scared because I had never opened up before. But it’s what I wanted. I wanted to be pushed mentally and emotionally and that’s what they did.”
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Opening up about his past has been a game-changer for Jermaine. It has helped him finally deal with his trauma. He said: “A weight was lifted off my shoulders – a lot of baggage. I got rid of those demons that was buried deep and came away from that show like a free man. I can feel the difference. I’m not embarrassed of who I am now. I’m not embarrassed of where I came from or what happened to me.
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“I’m upfront about it now, I’m happy to speak about it. I’ve forgiven what’s happened and I don’t use that as an excuse anymore and I need to move on in a positive way.” Jermaine hopes footage of the no-holds barred interview will help viewers.
He said: “I know I’m not the only person who’s been through difficult times. I want to show that if you do find the right person to talk to about it, it does heal you.”
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It comes after Jemaine admitted he loved punching Matt Hancock while filming the gruelling reality show. The pair were pitted against each other in a brutal fighting challenge by the show’s instructors. Jermaine was determined not to lose to one of the most hated people in Britain.
He said: “I’ve never had a fight and I’m glad I wasn’t up against a woman. So I’m glad it was Matt Hancock. My first thought was, ‘Yes!’ After that it was, ‘Do not lose… if it’s rubbish it doesn’t matter, but just do not lose’. If I lost, I would not be allowed to walk the streets again. I was just very grateful that I won.
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Jermaine knew the British public would be rooting for him to thrash Matt, 44, when the footage aired on TV. He said: “In the back of my mind I knew the nation was behind me so I had to make them proud and made sure I won. I’m sure the nation will wish they could jump in the TV and swap gloves with me. But you’ve also got to understand that once you’re in there and getting pasted every single day, you kind of forget about people’s back stories and who they are.”
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns on Tuesday, September 26 at 9.30pm on Channel 4
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