I’m A Celebrity star Jack Vidgen, 23, lose 20kg in his teens in dangerous pursuit of fame

Jack Vidgen was prepared to do something to change into a profitable singer after successful Australia’s Received Expertise in 2011 on the age of 14.

However a reckless remark from an ‘business insider’ noticed him lose 20kg in a dangerously quick time frame in his pursuit of fame and fortune.

‘Somebody after I was 15 gave a message to my supervisor that I used to be “too fats”,’ Jack mentioned, in scenes set to air on Wednesday’s episode of I am a Superstar.

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‘I had big physique points’: Jack Vidgen will focus on his struggles with disordered consuming on Wednesday’s episode of I am a Superstar

Troubles: A reckless remark from an ‘business insider’ noticed him lose 20kg in a dangerously quick time frame in his pursuit of fame and fortune. Pictured on July 13, 2011

On the time, Jack felt his profession as a pop star ‘was driving on’ shedding pounds shortly.

‘I had big physique points, particularly round 16, 17 years previous… I misplaced 20kg after I moved to the States,’ he revealed.

After successful AGT, Jack relocated to Los Angeles alone on the age of 16. 

Sadly, his $250,000 prize cash quickly ran dry and he returned to Australia two years later and labored in an aged-care residence.

‘I ended consuming. It was horrible. I attempted to masks it with a wholesome means and say, “I am in LA and I am doing the inexperienced juices and I am going vegan”, however actually I used to be simply ravenous myself and having a juice for dinner,’ Jack mentioned of his troubled years in America. 

Critic: ‘Somebody after I was 15 gave a message to my supervisor that I used to be “too fats”,’ mentioned Jack, who ended up ravenous himself whereas struggling to make it in Los Angeles 

Since rising to fame as a baby-faced teenager on Australia’s Received Expertise virtually a decade in the past, Jack has fully remodeled his look. 

Actually, his seems to be have modified so drastically previously 10 years that AGT’s former host Grant Denyer failed to instantly recognise Jack within the jungle. 

Jack has beforehand spoken about his beauty procedures, and even addressed them on I am A Superstar together with his camp mates in current episodes.  

My, how you may have modified! Jack debuted a really glamorous new look over Christmas. Pictured left in 2011; proper in December 2020

Sincere: In Might final yr, Jack admitted to getting lip fillers and mentioned he had lastly discovered happiness in himself

Jack made a triumphant comeback on The Voice in 2019, after a five-year hiatus from the music business.

Forward of his debut on the singing contest, Jack additionally selected to publicly got here out as a homosexual man.

Free of charge and confidential help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Butterfly Basis for consuming dysfunction issues on 1800 ED HOPE 

Tune in: I am A Superstar continues on Wednesday from 7:30pm on Channel 10. Pictured: hosts Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris