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I’m A Celeb's Tulisa has revealed heartbreaking reason behind getting cosmetic facial surgery

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Updated 20:54 18 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 09:24 18 Nov 2024 GMT

I’m A Celeb's Tulisa has revealed heartbreaking reason behind getting cosmetic facial surgery

Her time Down Under marks a TV comeback

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Not only was last night (17 November) the return of celebs roughing it in the jungle, but it was also the return of one star to TV.

Yep, in the mix of the line-up for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! is N-Dubz singer Tulisa.

Over the years, the star has taken a break from working in television, and a big reason for that was because of a secret health battle she has been dealing with for 12 years.

And as this marks the first time many viewers have seen her for a while, she previously revealed the heartbreaking reason behind any cosmetic facial surgery.

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I'm A Celeb marks her TV comeback. (ITV)
I'm A Celeb marks her TV comeback. (ITV)

While appearing on Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast, Tulisa explained she hadn’t gone under the knife until recently – despite any speculation.

The 36-year-old said: “I hadn't had any surgery until, confession time, recently.

"All the time before there was no surgery, it was only fillers."

And when it came to explaining the reasoning behind the injectables, the former X Factor judge revealed a health diagnosis which had left her face both swollen and inflamed.

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Tulisa explained that at the age of 24 (she was just 22 when she first started judging the singing contest), she had her first Bell’s palsy attack before getting diagnosed in 2020.

The NHS describe Bell’s palsy as a 'temporary weakness or lack of movement that usually affects one side of the face'.

"I had a massive burst of inflammation and it went down but my whole face dropped," she said. "I couldn't move it, my face remained like that for seven months, I didn't go out, I just hid in the house."

Tulisa withdrew from the spotlight. (Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images)
Tulisa withdrew from the spotlight. (Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images)

The singer added: “That was very stressful and my face still wasn't right so I started getting fillers to balance out the symmetry.”

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In the years after her diagnosis, things seemed to calm down, but a flare up in 2022 led to her having her facial filled dissolved and re-injected in other areas to balance out the swelling.

Tulisa said this was a ‘vicious cycle’ of trying to fix her face.

"I had good days and bad days and I'd sometimes take steroids to bring it down," the star reflected.

"In some interviews I looked fine, in others you'd ask, 'What the hell is going on with her face?'"

During last night’s episode, Tulisa’s pal Rylan released a statement supporting her: “Also before people start going for appearance, Tulisa has been through a lot health wise the last few years so let’s not make sh*t jokes about her on twitter yeah x."

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Featured Image Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage/ITV

Topics: Celebrity, Health, Im A Celebrity, Tulisa

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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