Celebrity Big Brother star convinced he was being ‘watched’ in post-show spiral

Ian ‘H’ Watkins said after Celebrity Big Brother he feared he was being watched through mirrors (Picture: Shutterstock)

A Celebrity Big Brother star has revealed he descended into an intense paranoid spiral after being a housemate.

Steps singer Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 48, finished in fourth place in 2007 when the reality TV show aired on Channel 4.

He appeared on the show alongside stars including the late Jade Goody and Jo O’Meara. Shilpa Shetty was declared the winner.

A decade after he competed on Celebrity Big Brother, H has revealed his mental health was impacted as he feared he was being ‘watched’ through mirrors.

He said: ‘It does affect your mental health because when you’re in there, in the nighttime, people are watching you. And back then, you could watch people sleeping 24 hours.

‘I came out of there – and it was ridiculous because I know it wasn’t sane – but I would think people were watching me through mirrors for weeks afterwards.’

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H was on Celebrity Big Brother with the likes of Goody and O’Meara (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

H said there was ‘no aftercare provided after the show’ in an interview with The Sun.

He continued: ‘Whereas these days, I would imagine there are doctors and psychologists and a team to help afterwards.

‘But we had none of that back then. You did it, and you were left to fend for yourself.’

Metro has contacted Channel 4 for comment.

As he prepared to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, H famously came out as gay publicly.

H finished in fourth place on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 (Picture: Shutterstock)