CELEBRITY Traitors star King Kenny has revealed he was forced to have his mum sectioned when he was 18 – having been left ‘feeling helpless’.
YouTuber Kenny, 29, on the star-studded series as a Faithful turned Traitor.
He since joined co-star, journalist , for an interview on his podcast The Amol Rajan Connection.
During the conversation, Kenny opened up about being a carer for his mum, Vicki.
He began by explaining that Vicki went to mental health hospital around 2016.
Kenny asked Amol: “Have you heard of when you go through something so traumatic, that your brain blocks out some of it?
“So you kind of forget that period of time in your life.”
He continued: “Let’s say around early 2016, my mum’s behaviours were changing.
“I was very helpless at the time, I felt like I needed to do something about it.”
Kenny revealed how, at that time, he did not have anyone to turn to for help.
He added: “It was a thing where I kind of had to go behind her back to get help.
“Growing up with your mum, you kind of feel like you owe her some sort of loyalty, rather than doing stuff behind her back.”
Kenny said it was “very hard” for him to express his concerns to her face, as Vicki “couldn’t see” that she wasn’t well.
He further explained how professionals visited to assess his mum, who initially appeared fine during these instances.
Kenny said: “But then one day, she used to have these episodes, right?
“She just exploded in front of them, they saw the full behaviour.
“Then she got sectioned straight away to the mental health hospital.”
It meant Kenny had to look after his three younger siblings – one close in age to him, while the others were around 11 and nine respectively.
Taking to the comments section, one person penned: “God the part about his mum breaks my heart considering how young he was as well 🙁 it’s always the happiest people who have a sad backstory.”
Another added: “Kenny is so pure hearted, absolutely love him.”
A third chimed in: “What an amazing young man … such a great role model too.”
Kenny is a member of collective Beta Squad, with Chunkz, Aj Shabeel, fellow Celeb Traitors star Niko Omilana and .
On Celebrity Traitors, he began the game as a Faithful before by and .
Kenny was ultimately the final Traitor remaining – but was caught out by Faithfuls , Bash Croft and .
