Louise Mensch became the first to leave Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (Picture: Channel 4)

Louise Mensch became the first person to leave Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, after suffering with a torn muscle injury.

The first episode of the reality series in aid of Stand Up To Cancer saw the celebrity recruits chucked into the deep end from the off, falling out helicopters, engaging in fist fights and receiving exercise punishments due to Sam Thompson’s mistakes.

It all became too much for former MP and author Louise Mensch, who became the first celebrity to hand over their number to chief instructor Ant Middleton. Her departure, however, was an easy decision considering the pain she was suffering from an injury sustained on the show.



Speaking to Metro.co.uk. about the reason she signed up, Louise said: ‘I think for most of us it was about the honour honestly, people don’t say this enough.


The celebrity cast on the Stand Up To Cancer specials (Picture: Channel 4)

‘After I quit, which I had to, I was completely injured, I wasn’t going to let the team take punishment for me. Every step was painful and they had me checked out at hospital and I had a three and a half centimetre rip in the back of my muscle, so literally every step was painful.

‘I just think we wanted to be in front of these guys [the instructors]. I had looked up the biographies of every single one of them and if I’d gone further I’d have worked up a psychological profile for every single DS on the course.

‘It was the honour of just being in front of guys who have risked so much for this country, nobody wants to say that, but when DS Middleton came in after I was out I thanked him for his service. People haven’t actually seen enough of that really. You just got the chance to do your best in front of men that are just heroes.

‘I realised I wasted my youth idolising pop stars and movie stars, they aren’t heroes, these guys are heroes,’ she added.

Louise also stated she picked Loose Women’s Andrea McLean to fight against in an earlier challenge, so the presenter wouldn’t leave the show herself.

‘It didn’t show you on the show, but I actually volunteered first and I took Heather because she looked like the hardest woman and I took dear friend Andrea because she’s a lovely, sweet, kind person and she didn’t want to hit anybody,’ Louise said.

The celebrities were challenged with beating each other up (Picture: Channel 4)

‘She was saying if she had to beat any of her friends, she might give her number in. And I didn’t want her to give her number in because she’s this lovely girl, so I picked Heather because she’s the hardest girl and then I picked Andrea so she wouldn’t have to give her number in.

‘What happened was I wasn’t on my feet for very long like you saw. But afterwards DS Middleton gave me a look as I stood in the corner of the room of approval, even though I was the worst person ever at this task because I picked these two.



‘And I was honestly thrilled to the marrow of my bones, I was so happy to have won his approval. You don’t have to be brilliant, you just have to try your best.’

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins continues on Channel 4 Sundays at 9pm.

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