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Jasmine Allday

I'm A Celeb's David Ginola doesn't fear death after heart attack as he vows to get therapy

I'm A Celebrity's David Ginola says he doesn't fear death anymore after he died for 12 minutes.

The footballer passed away for 12 minutes after suffering a heart attack before he regained consciousness in what has been described as a "miracle" - and David admits that he now no longer fears death following his health battle.

He has also vowed to fellow I'm A Celebrity campmate Frankie Bridge that he will go for therapy when he's out the castle, so he can talk about what happened to him back in 2016 as he thinks it's "very important" to speak about it.

David opened up about his heart attack, which saw him effectively die for 12 minutes (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Frankie asked David if he's had therapy after his close brush with death, as he replied: "I should have. When I was out of the hospital, it was the first thing they asked me to do.

"They said, 'You will not have all the answers to your questions, at least go and talk.' I will get some."

As Frankie replied: "It would make me happy if you did."

The footballer says he no longer fears death after what happened (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

He feels it is "important" for him to have therapy, as he added: "I will, I think it’s necessary, it’s very important. Just to clarify things and say, 'Wow, OK.' and when asked if he doesn't fear death anymore, he added: "I guess not anymore."

Frankie was glad to see David open up about how he was feeling.

"He’s a man of few words, he has his pride," she said in The Telegraph, "For him to open up and say, 'Actually, you know, I’ve kind of learnt while I've been in here, that that maybe is something I should do, I thought was amazing."

David was playing in a charity match in 2016 when the medical emergency happened (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

David was playing in a charity match back in 2016 when he suffered the medical emergency.

"It has been complicated to handle psychologically," he told French newspaper L’Equipe in June 2016, "The fact that I am still here . The clinic told me that nine out of ten people who return after that happens are in the state of a vegetable.

"I must have a lucky star - that must be my mother up there watching over me. Maybe people gave me a kick in the ass and said, ‘This is not your time. I have hundreds of questions, but not necessarily for other people, rather for myself."

He added: "Compared to life, the little things seem insignificant. It was a relatively major procedure. But the only question for the medical team was the state of the brain. Generally, when someone goes through something like this, you end up in a rest home."

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