Big Narstie was forced to pull out of Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer after he collapsed and was taken to hospital.
The 33-year-old rapper – who impressed the judges with his dog biscuits – has revealed the reason he had to be replaced by the Channel 4 show’s co-host Sandi Toksvig on the charity special last month was because his body was exhausted due to lack of sleep.
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Speaking at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival, he said: “Truth be told, between TV and my music career, they’ve been working me like a prostitute.
“So [bleep] nine days with only 24 hours sleep … I [bleep] collapsed, you get me? I went to hospital. That was a wake up that I really needed to slow down. I’m only a human being. I’m not a robot.”
The Big Narstie Show star recalled how he felt “a bit [bleep] up” at nighttime and everything “went downhill” from there.
He said: “I realised that opportunities don’t mean [bleep] if you’re not healthy.
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“If I haven’t rested or I haven’t slept or had food or done the normal basic things as a human being, how could I stand in front of a camera and do stuff, you know what I mean? It’s mad!
“When my body just gave up it was crazy! At night I just felt a bit [bleep] up and then it all went downhill.”
Announcing Narstie’s absence at the start of the episode, Sandi’s co-host Noel Fielding quipped that it was a “seamless swap” and branded his colleague “Little Narstie”.
Speaking at the start of the programme, he said: “There has been a development overnight.
“Unfortunately, Big Narstie can’t be with us today as he’s a little bit unwell, but he will be replaced by another baker. It’s a seamless swap, don’t worry.”
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Sandi then admitted she hadn’t baked a cake since school.
She joked: “I haven’t cooked a sponge since domestic science O-level.”
The comedienne ended up smashing fellow contestant Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s cake to pieces and blamed it on the BDL Anthem rapper.
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