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Jake Quickenden reveals he hid his receding hairline in I’m A Celeb jungle

He underwent a hair transplant a few weeks ago in the hope it will boost his confidence.

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Jake Quickenden reveals he hid his receding hairline in I’m A Celeb jungle (Ian West/PA)

Reality TV star Jake Quickenden has told of his years-long battle with insecurity about his hair loss, while joking that he goes topless to distract from his receding hairline.

The former X Factor contestant and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star recently underwent a hair transplant, and he said he hopes the procedure will help to boost his confidence.

Quickenden, 28, also said that he constantly wore a bandana to disguise his hairline while in the I’m A Celebrity jungle back in 2014.

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Jake Quickenden and girlfriend Danielle Fogarty (ITV/Loose Women grab)

He said: “I’ve done something for myself to sort my insecurity out.

“Honestly it’s been with me for about five years. My dad was bald, but he looked great bald, and I shaved my head for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

“I remember looking in the mirror thinking ‘wow, you need hair, you are ugly’. So I thought, if my hair ever goes, I’m struggling.”

Quickenden said: “For five years I was counting hairs on my pillows thinking, has it fallen out? I was just really paranoid about it.”

“If you notice, I did not take my bandana off once,” he said.

“Apart from my shower, I didn’t take it off.”

Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams joked that she was not looking at his hair, as a picture of Quickenden flashed up on the screen from the jungle, showing him topless with the bandana on his head.

He appeared on the daytime programme along with his girlfriend Danielle Fogarty, the daughter of his I’m A Celebrity co-star Carl Fogarty, and he said he had the hair transplant to help boost his confidence for their future wedding.

Although the pair are not engaged, he said he “obviously” wants to marry her and that it will happen.

“I didn’t want to walk down the aisle and feel less confident,” he said.

“I wanted to be my confident, bubbly self. It’s one of the main reasons, so I could feel as confident as Danielle.”

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