I'm A Celeb star, 34, says 'I'm living my best wheelchair baddie life' after MS diagnosis

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star Kadeena Cox gave fans a health update as she revealed she is "living my best wheelchair baddie life".

The Paralympic athlete, 34, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014 after previously suffering a stroke. Kadeena, who appeared on the ITV jungle show in 2021, posted a clip of her in a wheelchair.

In the footage, Kadeena pretended to sob and wipe away tears, as she told followers: "Getting told you have multiple sclerosis and you have to use a wheelchair at 23."

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She wrote alongside it: " When life gives you lemons. Living my best wheelchair baddie life." Despite the clip being intended as light-hearted, numerous fans rallied around Kadeena with messages of support.

"I don't have MS but I've finally had to think about a power chair something I never thought I would.. you actually have helped me with your posts so thank you," one told the star.

Another added: "It was bad enough for me in my early 50's becoming a Wheelie, I couldn't imagine it happening at your age. You look like you're handling it so well, I know we all behave differently behind closed doors, keep going girl, you're slaying it."

In 2022, the Paralympic gold medallist revealed that some people had accused her of "faking" her disability and "taking money" from the government.

Kadeena made history as the first British Paralympian to claim medals in two different sports when she secured gold in both athletics and cycling at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, before bagging two additional gold medals in cycling at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

The 34-year-old received a multiple sclerosis diagnosis, a condition affecting the brain and nervous system, following a stroke in 2014. "As someone living with MS, I get people saying I shouldn't be parking in a blue badge spot," she told the Mirror in 2022.

"I get people who don't want to give up the priority seat on the train or the bus for me. I get people on social media saying 'that Kadeena Cox can't be disabled, I don't believe it' or people saying you are faking it and taking money from the pensions>DWP (Department for Work and Pensions). It's people and their ignorant or uneducated selves making comments and passing judgement."

She went on to share that she often feels like she's "fighting a losing battle". "On social media I'm always dancing around, I'll be getting in and out of my wheelchair, doing wheelchair dances just to showcase not all illnesses are what you think," Kadeena admitted.

"I'll do videos where I post all the things that I deal with that you can't see: the brain fog, the bladder issues, the pain, the sensory issues, the lack of sensation in my feet. I struggle with an eating disorder that I've openly spoke about so that's one challenge.

"It really makes you question your life sometimes. Now I've got this disability, my mental health is struggling because people are commenting on my disability and you just feel like you're fighting a losing battle.

"There are some days when I'm just like 'What am I fighting for?' But the reality is I'm fighting for all those people that are in this position and feel like there's nothing to fight for."

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