Shona McGarty’s ex fiance has spoken out on social media after the former EastEnders star entered the I’m A Celeb jungle
I’m A Celebrity star Shona McGarty’s ex fiance David Bracken has broken his silence on social media silence as the soap star joined her fellow campmates in the IAC jungle. The Irish musician, 38, and Shona, 34, who rose to fame at 16 playing Whitney Dean on Albert Square, got engaged last year – but split a few weeks ago, just before the actress jetted off to Australia to take part in the jungle.
Despite their short engagement, it’s thought the pair parted on good terms – and David 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.”
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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 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.”
Before meeting David, Shona – who wowed critics and audiences alike last year playing Jenny in 2:22 A Ghost Story – had dated EastEnders co-stars Max Bowden, 30, who played Ben Mitchell, and Matt Lapinskas, 36.
Now, as the show begins in earnest she’s facing one of her biggest fears alongside fellow celebs such as Ruby Wax, Kelly Brook and Martin Kemp.
Shona told the Mirror from Australia before entering camp, “My mental health, my anxiety and my depression has been pretty bad over the last at least four or five years, and that has stopped me from doing a lot of things I have always wanted to,.I have kind of come to a point in my life where I do not want to let the anxiety win.”
She added, ““I mean, even talking to you now, I am very nervous, but it is just something I want to do to challenge myself and to kind of prove to myself that I am bigger than this anxiety.”
Source: Mirror
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