Celebrity SAS star Jack Joseph reveals parents had to check if he was dead during health ordeal - who is he?
A social media star has opened up about a health ordeal he went through as a teenager which meant his parents had to check hourly to see if he was still alive.
Content creator Jack Joseph spoke to his fellow recruits on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins about a major health issue he had at the age of 19 which could have been fatal.
During last night’s debut episode of the new season of the show ( on Sunday January 4), Jack said that the issue had inspired him to join the cast.
The star, now aged 25, explained how he took a legal steroid six years ago which this ended up having a terrible impact on his wellbeing.
"I went to a bodybuilding gym and I hear a lot of talk of this supplement which is like a legal steroid so I bought this supplement from a website and after six weeks I had liver failure,” he said. “I went all yellow, pupils all yellow, my brain completely went south. It's a hard thing to describe.”
He went on to say how the issue had a long-lasting consequence and he had to seek frequent medical treatment to recover. "I had to go into hospital every day for about nine or 10 months to give blood everyday and I had to be under supervision. So the way you pass away with liver failure is, I was told, that you just go to bed at night and you don't wake up."
Reflecting on the ordeal and how it changed his life and also his parents lives, he said: "It was hard because every night, every single hour, my parents came in my room to check if I was dead, basically. That broke my heart. It's hard to see your parents with that kind of emotional weight when you know you've caused it. Since then I'm quite an anxious person and that's why I came on this course. I hide my emotions a lot."
Jack Joseph is known for the comedic skits, challenges and pranks he posts on his social media pages. He first rose to prominence on Youtube six years ago, where he now has 126,000 subscribers. He also posts content on Instagram and TikTok. Some of his most popular uploads include "Girls with nice guys vs bad boys" and "Dads on a relaxing family holiday."
The influencer is one of 14 celebrities taking part in the programme this year, where famous faces sign themselves up for SAS-style training from Billy Billingham MBE, Jason Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver.
* You can watch the first episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins now on catch-up services. The second episode is on Channel 4 tonight (Monday January 5) at 9pm.