Renee Graziano and Ricky Norwood won over Celebrity Big Brother viewers and made it to the final this year, but how did they survive in the house for so long?

Well, it turns out that the pair received counselling in the house from a 'Dr Gareth' - and with Stephen Bear in the house, who can blame them?

Related: Celebrity Big Brother: Ricky opens up about depression - and is proud he survived the 'madness and tyranny'

Speaking about her counselling, Renee said: "If it wasn't for the doctor I probably wouldn't have gotten through or I would have been thrown out.

"I had to leave the room and speak to the doctor several times to calm me down. And I did it without being medicated so I am truly the winner."

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Speaking about his time with the doctor in the house, Ricky said: "Yeah, absolutely! But it was in the sense of I was losing my head in there and I just didn't know why people were doing stuff that was just… I don't know.



"It was just a bit crazy. and it started getting to me and I didn't know what was going on, so yeah, I spoke to him a couple of times and he again just reassured me and put me back on track."

Ricky added: "There was a couple of words that he turned and said to me that helped me through that journey, yeah, absolutely.

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"I've got so much love for Gareth, he's the man. He's a great lad and he's got one of the best hugs in that house. Just that alone - just somebody being real and straight with me in the house of madness was the best thing for me."

Ricky just missed out winning the series, after Stephen Bear edged the public vote, and Renee also did well, finishing in a respectable third place.

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