COMIC’S AGONY IN JUNGLE
AXED I’m A Celeb comedian Shappi Khorsandi has revealed life in the jungle is definitely no joke and admits she came close to quitting the show.
The 44- year- old, the first contestant to be voted off, said she missed her kids so much she ended up sobbing like a baby.
Shappi, who declared herself vegan just before the competition kicked off, said she got so sick from eating meat, the bosses had to sneak her special food.
And the stand-up star admitted that being out of her comedy comfort zone made her feel like a shy schoolgirl.
Shappi said: “It feels like I have been on another planet.
“I am grateful for the experience but really and truly for me it was agony in some parts.
Boisterous
“All my clothes were really wet and damp. All the towels were soaking, nothing dried. The trials were getting weirder.
“What was hard was even down to clothing – not being given the stuff that makes you, you.
“The stuff that makes me, me is my family and my job.
“Without stand-up comedy I don’t feel myself. I turn into that shy girl at school who is overshadowed by the boisterous boys.”
Shappi l ost three-and-a-half kilos during her two weeks in the Aussie outback. She said: “The worst thing that happened was I had meat. I was really, really physically sick – five times in one hour.
“It was horrible but then after that I asked for vegan food and they were very accommodating. It was fine.”
But Shappi had another crisis and admits: “I came close to walking. We all miss our kids and I was talking to Becky about how, when you miss your kids, you have to ride the wave and be strong and get over it.
“Two nights before I left I sank under the wave.
“I lay in my hammock and sobbed like a baby and then I got out of my bed and cried and cried and cried.
“That was the point where I thought I won’t be upset if I am voted out first.”
Shappi thinks Iain Lee may also be thinking about quitting the ITV reality show.
“I’d say he would quite like to step out now and get back to the real world.”
She revealed politics played a part in camp conversations – including one about immigration between Boris’ dad Stanley Johnson a and Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale. D But they never made m it to air.
Sh Shappi said: “Stan “Stanley did start talking a about high population la and immigration im at one point and Kez was talking to him about it.
“But apart from Stanley, Kezia, Toff and myself, everybody verybody steered well clear of any ny controversy.
“They wanted to keep their political views private.”
Shappi has mixed feelings about boxer er Amir Khan, who has also split plit viewers with his cheeky/stupid upid personality. ty.
Shappi said: “Toff and I nearly early died laughing when Amir ran over about out four days i nto t he j ungl ungle e saying, aying, ‘ Guys, guys, you know in the Bush Telegraph? They’re recording what we’re saying’.
“When he’s boxing or talking about boxing, he’s sharp – as a tack. Everywhere else he’s a little boy.”
Favourites avourites
Shappi’s s favourites to win this year are Jamie and Becky. “Jamie amie doesn’t mess around. You see in the trials how w tenacious he is.
“With Becky, she is an iron fist in n a velvet glove. She is very strong ng and focused and she doesn’t ’t do things by halves.
Shappi plans to write a new routine for or a January tour, which will ill include gags about her r experiences in the I’m A Celeb camp.
But for now she’s enjoying time with her little boy and girl. She he said: “It was amazing to be with them again. in.
“I felt like ike I could breathe again.” gain.”