I'm A Celeb star Sam Thompson opened up on his struggles with ADHD and revealed he feels it makes him "selfish" in his relationship with girlfriend, Strictly star Zara McDermott.

Sam opened up to his campmates and said he was diagnosed with the condition last year. He spoke about how he feels like it makes him 'selfish' in his relationship and how he wants to be a dad one day.

Sam said: "There’s loads of people who are actually of a certain age who get diagnosed way later. When the low bits happen it goes low. But then the highs are really high."

Talking about his relationship with Zara, he said: "My girlfriend Zara is so steady and it’s so good for me. When she’s going steady I’m going like that [mimes wavy line]. My time keeping is terrible. I get quite selfish, not just with her, with everyone, my mates or whatever. My listening to Zara… I’m just finding myself staring off at something completely different. You sort of feel like you’re a bit of a k*** sometimes.”

Josie jumped in and said: “But you would not be Sam without it.”

Sam added: “Weird no one spotted it beforehand at school, but if you look at all of my report cards, every single one says the same, it says: ‘Likeable enough guy, but lacks focus’. It’s staring at you in the face. If I’d known as a kid, not much would have changed, but how you feel about yourself probably changes. I remember crying into my textbook because I couldn’t understand the words going into my head. You want to do good. You don’t want to be mischievous or anything like that.”

Sam then confessed to Marvin and Josie that he wants to "be a dad at some point", before Marvin sweetly said: “You would be the most incredible dad.”

Marvin then told Sam: “Trust me, all my kids care about is giving them attention, being with them in the moment, loving them, cuddling them, they just want to have all of you and to be as fun as possible and feel loved.”

Sam's partner Zara McDermott has also spoke about Sam and his ADHD this week when she was answering questions on her instagram.

She said: "He's definitely more hyperactive and energetic around groups of people/new people, whereas I'm more reserved. But when he's comfortable around you he mellows out a lot more and he is more calm.

"Anyone who has or knows anyone who has ADHD will know that it's impossible to maintain such a high all the time. When he's at home he's often recharging his batteries because he does get quite exhausted by himself. Bless him. So when it's just us, I'm usually the one wanting to go out and do a million things. I'm the one that wants to be on the go doing things all the time and he does like his downtime at home."

She added: "Sam knows he's got a lot of energy and can be full on to people sometimes. But I think that's why so many people warm to him. It seems to me that everyone has warmed to him in camp. I think it would be a very different camp without him there. He has created more fun and excitement for everyone."

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