Mario Falcone urges I’m A Celeb viewers to vote for his sister Giovanna Fletcher

Mario Falcone has urged fans to vote for his sister Giovanna Fletcher as her time in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here castle draws to a close. 

The former TOWIE star, 32, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a trio of snaps of his son Parker, two, lobbying to keep his beloved auntie in the jungle. 

He added a caption alongside reading: ‘Parker Jax would ask kindly that you vote to save his amazing Aunty @mrsgifletcher’.

After Mo Farah and AJ Pritchard were voted out on Wednesday, Giovanna, 35, is now joining Jordan North, 30, Vernon Kay, 46, and Shane Richie, 56, in battling it out for a place in Friday’s finale. 

And ensuring his allegiance was clear, Mario shared the snaps of little Parker in his ‘Team Aunty Gi’ tee to ensure that viewers keep voting. 

His latest post comes after Mario spoke about his determination to teach his son about mental health and being open with his feelings. 

Mario, who has been candid in the past about his own struggles with mental health and recently revealed that he tried to take his own life at the height of his fame on the ITVBe show, and he has now discussed his hopes for the future. 

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, he said: ‘I would never want Parker to go through the same emotions that I went through, a lot of the problems back when I went through them was that I didn’t feel like I could talk and it all felt a bit alien’. 

Mario recently revealed he tried to take his own life in a hotel room seven years ago, when he was faced with a barrage of hate and going through a split. 

After making the attempt, he said: ‘People might not know but Giovanna quite literally saved my life when I was at my lowest ebb. I was going through a break up and getting hate on social media and felt this was the only way out.’

As he moves on from his heartbreaking battle, he has detailed how important it is for him to emphasise to Parker that he must discuss his mental health without stigma. 

Mario spoke to MailOnline after Parker was named ambassador for Mood Bears – a collection of colourful teddies built to help young people deal with their feelings and emotions, with each teddy representing different emotions.   

The star shares Parker with his fiancée Becky Miesner, a make-up artist and salon owner from Essex, and they welcomed their son in November 2018. 

Following his own struggles, Mario is naturally keen to show his son that he is not alone, and help ‘change the stigma’ around mental health. 

He said: ‘I never want Parker to feel [the way I did]. I want him to always know he can talk to myself and Becky and want him to know that it’s perfectly normal to always have these emotions and that they are best solved when they are shared.’

After speaking about his battle with trolls in the past, Mario insisted that something had to give with keyboard warriors and Internet bullies. 

On being concerned about Parker growing up in the social media world, he said: ‘Of course, every parent at the moment is worried about social media with their kids…

‘I think it is something that is getting worse, but hopefully these big tech companies, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, along with our government will hopefully put in a system where trolling will be stopped.’

Speaking about how Mood Bears help with educating Parker, he said: ‘It is a very fun and interactive way to teach Parker about emotions, he loves the bears…

‘If you teach kids anything, counting, the alphabet, it has to be done in a way that has their attention and it’s fun, and I think kids look to things like teddy bears and toys for a sense of security, so it’s a way they feel safe and it’s fun…

‘So if you do it in that way where it’s not pressured and it is fun and interactive and friendly, it will make it a much easier process.’