Angry Ginge's mum reveals truth behind I'm A Celeb star's nickname
Angry Ginge's mum has lifted the lid on the massive misconception about his nickname.
The Twitch streamer, 24, has shown a new side to him on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, which sort of goes against his online persona.
He's opened up about missing home and feeling really overwhelmed by the challenges of jungle life.
Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, he broke into tears saying: "It's a bit of a s**t day really, I just feel as though I'm missing home, missing speaking to my family, food and drink as well is a massive part but they say you have up days and down days.
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"I'm holding it in. I suppose it's just one of my down days."
Well, it seems the way he's acting in camp is pretty much who he is in real life, his mum Michelle has claimed.
In a recent chat with Lorraine, the host said: "He's doing very, very well.
"We're calling him Ginge now, because he's not Angry Ginge... that's what was he called first of all.
"He's not at all, he's not at all... You must be very proud of him."
Michelle agreed that her son - whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle - isn't angry at all and revealed where he got his nickname from.
"So, so proud of him. And he isn't angry, that's the name he came up with quite a few years back when he used to sulk when he lost a football match on FIFA," she said.
"But now, he's not angry. He's the most caring, kind person you could meet!"
Ginge has made it clear that he sides with his mum over his dad - who he previously called 'a massive racist' and a 'd**k'.
The YouTuber revealed on the ITV show that he grew up in a council estate in Salford and that his mum 'worked three jobs' growing up, while his dad was never home.
He told former campmate Alex Scott that 'she's the reason he keeps going'.
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard," Ginge said.
"We've got no problems getting our hands stuck in, because that's what we've had to do from being little to where we are now.
"If she can do it then I can do this in the jungle, so that’s what keeps me going really."
Michelle said her 'heart absolutely sank' when Ginge broke down in front of the cameras.
"It was so hard to see, because I know Morgan is such a strong person, so he must have been struggling a lot," she told the Daily Mail.
"I just can't wait to give him the biggest hug on that bridge."
Topics: Celebrity, Im A Celebrity, Parenting, ITV, UK News, Twitch
Anish Vij