I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025 contestant Matt Johnson (Matty J) has opened up about his wife Laura Byrne‘s difficult pregnancy.
While talking about the charities they’d picked to compete for on I’m a Celebrity Australia, Matty shared that Laura faced severe complications while carrying their second child, Lola.
“When Laura was pregnant with our second baby, maybe at the six-month mark, we started having some complications,” he explained.
“She was having seizures. We were really lucky with Lola because she’s doing really well now, but during that process, I became aware of the Starlight Foundation and the work they were doing with sick kids,” he added.
Matty said that the challenging experience motivated him to volunteer for the organization.
“After that, I started volunteering at the children’s hospital in Sydney, and the starlights do such amazing work, just to make that environment in a hospital — which isn’t where a child should be — but making it a little more enjoyable, giving them a bit more fun,” he said.
What are the other I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025 contestant’s charities?
Each contestant on I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025 picked a charity prior to heading into the South African jungle. Whoever is crowned king or queen of the jungle will receive $100,000 for their chosen charity.
The celebrities have chosen a range of well-deserving organisations, including Dementia Australia, Minus 18, The Butterfly Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia.
I’m a Celebrity Australia 2024 winner Skye Wheatley chose Bully Zero and won $100,000 for them.
During a post-win interview with Chattr, Skye said that even when she had to undertake gruelling challenges like the Viper Room, knowing she could win money for her charity helped her stay strong..
“I went through absolute trauma,” she said. “Everything triggered me, but I just had to be strong for my boys, myself, and my charity, so that was all playing on my mind.
“Every time I went through something traumatic, I was just like ‘My boys. Myself. My charity.’ I was like, I have to be strong for all of these three reasons, and that was enough to keep me going.”
You can find out more about the I’m a Celebrity Australia 2025 contestant’s charities here.
I’m a Celebrity Australia… Get Me Out Of Here Australia 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Thursdays at 7:30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.
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