I'M A Celeb's Danny Jones' estranged dad has revealed what caused the huge family rift. The McFly singer, 38 - who is one of the famous faces taking part in the ITV series this year - hasn't seen his father Alan Jones, 72, for 18 years. Radio DJ Alan left his ex-wife Kathy in 2005, shortly Danny and his sister left home in the early 2000s, and a year after he met his current wife Sharon.
Alan and Sharon used to hang out together in a group of friends, but it soon turned into an "intimate" relationship after a "very bad two years" with Kathy. Speaking to MailOnline about how their relationship started, Alan said: "This sounds strange, but I used to hang out with a gang of girls who were worse than the blokes, and Sharon was part of that group. "We used to go out and get drunk in the town, it was good fun, and me and Sharon got closer and closer.
" Alan and Sharon tied the knot in 2007 and moved to Benidorm in 2016. Speaking about the split with Kathy, Alan said: "It was quite a bitter divorce that dragged on far too long. "It could have been resolved a good few thousand pounds earlier.
" He added to the publication: "I feel as though he's [Danny] painted himself into a corner and he doesn't know how to get out. "I think because he loves his mum so much he's protected her, and I think any reunion with me, and this is only my opinion , would upset his mum, and I don't think he wants to do that, and I understand that." Alan was not invited to Danny's wedding to Georgia Horsley in 2.
