N-Dubz star Tulisa’s health battle that left her 'hiding in her house'

Before appearing in Australia for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Tulisa opened up about her health battle.

We were used to seeing N-Dubz star regularly on our TV screens back in the early 2010s as a judge on X-Factor as well as releasing popular music as a group and then solo.

But in recent years, Tulisa Contostavlos, 36, has been much less in the public eye. And now the singer has opened up about why she has been “hiding”.

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Shortly before entering the jungle, Tulisa joined former Love Islander Olivia Attwood for an episode of her ‘So Wrong It’s Right’ podcast, where she spoke openly about her struggles with Bell's Palsy, a condition Justin Bieber also experienced.

From having Bell’s Palsy, Tulisa experienced swelling and difficulties moving her face.

She said: “When I was about 24, I had my first Bell's Palsy attack. So I sat at home, and I had a massive burst of inflammation, and it went down, but my whole face dropped – eye, everything.

“I couldn't move it. My face remained like that for seven months. I didn't go out, I just hid in the house.”

Since returning to our TV screens on ITV's I'm a Celeb, many people have commented on her appearance, and how different she looks now.

Tulisa explained: “As I was coming to the end of the seven months, my face was still not right… I would go and get fillers to try and balance out the symmetry.

“So I’d be like right, if you put some in that cheek to match the swelling on that cheek and then if you put some here to lift this up so my lip isn’t down there. You can imagine the vicious cycle."

Then to her relief, Tulisa went two full