I’m a Celebrity live: Maura Higgins prepares to enter jungle as two new contestants announced
It was revealed on Wednesday’s show that two more celebs are joining camp
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Your support makes all the difference.The I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! cast are fully settled into jungle life after their fourth day at camp.
On Wednesday night’s show, it was revealed that Love Island favourite Maura Higgins and writer and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles will be entering the jungle.
Also on last night’s episode, Tulisa Contostavlos said her “life fell apart” after the “Fake Sheikh” setup, and shared her experience of facing prison for an alleged drug deal after the elaborate, expensive, and months-long ruse by an undercover journalist.
Among this year’s other contestants are Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse. Others include McFly singer Danny Jones, McGuigan and Coleen Rooney, who is the show’s highest-paid star in its history.
New episodes of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! air on ITV1 and ITVX every night at 9pm.
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With the episode’s final throes, it announces the impending arrival of two new contestants into the jungle!
We got a brief glimpse of them too – enough to make out that it’s going to be Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles.
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Really moving moment too as Oti tearfully talks about her brother, who died by suicide when he was 16.
“I don’t think young boys tend to talk that much and the suicide rate is so high in young men especially, so I think it’s important that you keep telling people to talk about it,” the TV star said.
Opening up about her own experience, she shared: “I had a brother who committed suicide when he was 16 and I think if he had spoken to someone about what he was feeling, it would’ve been a different turnout.”
Hailing from South Africa, Mabuse said that the situation was made more complicated by cultural expectations.
“Especially in our culture, we don’t really open up,” she said. “Every year we celebrate his birthday, but it’s the people that are still left with the aftermath that feel it every single day and you have to go out in the world and be strong and happy and bubbly and positive, but it’s tough.”
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I’m a Celeb star Oti Mabuse opens up about brother who died by suicide
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge said her brother died when he was 16
Danny speaking about his struggles with anxiety, admitting he has been in therapy since he was 19.
He explained, “It’s because I’m always constantly worrying, but that’s what I’m working on.”
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More chilling around the campfire, as chat turns again to Carol Vorderman
Tulisa getting real about her arrest, and facing years in prison after being set up by a journalist.
“2013 was the year I was set up by a British newspaper, for concern in the selling of class A drugs,” she said.
“The guy’s name was Mahmood and basically, I was approached by a big movie company and they sent me a tweet or a DM from their official account to audition me for a movie role.”
The singer, who has previously said she had never taken any drugs other than weed, provided the number of a friend who was an aspiring movie producer, hoping to “make a hook up as well for that person”.
She said, “The long story short is they ended up ordering £800’s worth of cocaine from the number that I had given them. Then before I knew it, I was being arrested in the concern of the selling of Class A drugs and I was facing four years in prison.”
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I’m a Celeb: Tulisa Contostavlos says her ‘life fell apart’ after ‘Fake Sheikh’ setup
Singer was arrested and faced years in prison during the ordeal
And time’s up! “That was awful,” says Dean, as the two campmates return with nothing
She is straight-up not having a good time...
“I can’t do this”
Dec going full Alan Partridge with his pronunciation of “Austral-ya” there
Here’s a little reminder of how his first Bushtucker effort went.
Ant and Dec ‘disappointed’ Dean McCullough quit the ‘easiest’ I’m a Celeb trial
“There’s a lot of time gone into the trials so when it’s called early your like, ‘oh,’” said Donnelly
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