Lani Daniels ‘lost 10 years of her life to grief’ before Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins
Lani Daniels is one of 15 famous faces taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins this September. The world champion boxer is putting herself to the test during series 6 alongside Pete Wicks, Marnie Simpson, John Barrowman, and more of the recruits. Not only are the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins recruits tested physically […]
Lani Daniels is one of 15 famous faces taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins this September. The world champion boxer is putting herself to the test during series 6 alongside Pete Wicks, Marnie Simpson, John Barrowman, and more of the recruits.
Not only are the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins recruits tested physically from episode 1, but the DS put them all through their paces mentally, too. Lani Daniels is one of the Channel 4 show’s stars who has previously spoken out about dealing with mental health and overcoming grief in her life.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ Lani Daniels
Billy Billingham and his DS team waste no time in kicking off the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins stars’ training this Autumn.
Lani Daniels is 36 years old. She broke into the world of boxing in 2017 and became a two-time IBF World Champion.
Despite her achievements, she has had to overcome a lot in her life.
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Per an interview with D & L Boxing posted to TikTok last year, she explains how she suffered the loss of her brother, Tukaha, when she was 14 years old.
Lani lost her brother to cancer
Lani explains how difficult the time was for her when her brother passed away.
“I lost my brother at the age of 14… so, for me, I suffered with grief for 10 years. I didn’t care about life,” she says.
The SAS star continues: “As a 14-year-old you don’t understand the severity of cancer or death and it’s all about me, myself, and I.”
Lani adds how she has a totally different perspective of the time now that she’s older: “…the attention my parents gave to my brother at the time because they needed to was huge and I kind of wished I was the one with cancer because I wanted all that attention…”
She explains how she feels she “wasted 10 years of her life trying to self-medicate and numb the pain”
Sharing her story, the boxer says she has a mentality now of “not giving up,” adding: “I feel it’s made me a stronger person for it.”
She wanted to show the kids at home how “anything is possible regardless of the challenges that we face in life,” ahead of fighting for a boxing belt.
Per Lani’s Instagram page, she appears to be close with her family as she hangs out with her nieces and dad.
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