Grant Denyer has addressed his problematic relationship with alcohol.
The TV presenter, 43, spoke about using booze as a crutch on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, in scenes set to air on Tuesday night.
‘I don’t like my relationship with alcohol,’ he said during a candid conversation with his co-stars.
‘Do I have a problem?’ Grant Denyer will admit on tonight’s episode of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! he was often drunk while hosting Channel Seven’s Sunrise back in the day
Grant admitted he was often drunk on TV while working as the Sunrise weather presenter from 2004 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2013.
‘When I was doing Sunrise weather for years, the amount of times I was probably still drunk on air in the morning was too many,’ he confessed.
He said he only realised the extent of his issues with alcohol when he prepared to enter the wilderness on I’m a Celebrity.
Inebriated: Grant admitted he was often drunk on TV while working as the Sunrise weather presenter from 2004 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2013
Acting strangely: Footage of the former weatherman’s final day on Sunrise in 2013 showed Grant looking gaunt, twitchy and distracted as he resigned live on air
‘I think I have only just realised that from coming in here, I drink to lessen anxiety,’ he explained.
‘I didn’t really realise I had until I saw the pattern I had from the fear of coming into here and the anticipation of a new gig.’
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Grant said his concerns about fitting in with the cast prompted him to drink.
Wake-up call: ‘When I was doing Sunrise weather for years, the amount of times I was probably still drunk on air in the morning was too many,’ he said
‘I have been asking myself this question for, far out, five years, “Do I have a problem?” And I think the answer is, “I do!”‘ he said.
Grant went on to say he plans to give up alcohol entirely, adding: ‘I think I need it gone from my life to be able to navigate life better than I have been.’
His comments come just four months after Grant spoke about his former addiction to painkillers, which he developed after suffering a back injury.
Reality check: He said he only realised the extent of his issues with alcohol when he prepared to enter the wilderness on I’m a Celebrity
Speaking on the It’s All True? podcast in September, Grant recounted being convinced his wife of 10 years, Chezzi Denyer, was being raped by an intruder.
‘Mad s**t that went on… when I closed my eyes and couldn’t tell the difference between reality and my dream,’ he said.
‘As soon as you close your eyes, you go into your worst nightmares.’
Insecurities: Grant said his concerns about fitting in with the cast prompted him to drink
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