Jamie Laing released 30 years of bottled-up emotions during Comic Relief run
The former Made in Chelsea star raised more than £2 million for Comic Relief by completing five ultra-marathons in five consecutive days in March.
Reflecting on the challenge, which saw him break down in tears on several occasions, Jamie admitted on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday that he isn't usually such an emotional person, but the endurance challenge broke him down to his "raw self".
"The run made me become my raw self. I'd never really cried that much, I'd never really done any of that. Suddenly, it was all coming out. It was like 30 years of just holding everything in that suddenly was coming out," he shared.
The 36-year-old appeared on the daytime show to encourage men to talk about their mental health to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.
The TV star, who has spoken openly about his experiences with anxiety and panic attacks, told hosts Susanna Reid and Martin Lewis that he felt "quite anxious" during the challenge but tried to focus on simply putting one foot in front of the other.
"With mental health, especially with anxiety, one of the hardest things is to accept (it), and for me, I've learned to accept it. That's my make-up, that's who I am. So I think on the run, I learned to accept it," he said.
Linking it to their mental health conversation, Jamie continued, "It was also the metaphor of (putting) one foot in front of the other. If you're going through a tricky time, you've just got to keep going... don't stop, don't give up, just keep going."
Jamie ran an ultra-marathon every day for five days to travel more than 150 miles from London to Salford for Red Nose Day.
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