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I’M A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is back and that means only one thing – the time has come for a new group of famous faces to head Down Under and face their deepest fears.
The celebrity campers are leaving their plush pads and luxuries far behind to spend three weeks taking on the harsh surroundings of the Australian jungle.
There is also a whole host of nasty surprises created just for them lying in wait, but who will have what it takes to win the jungle crown?
IAN WRIGHT MBE, 54,
Claim to fame: England and Arsenal football star.
Biggest fear: “Snakes, rats and creepy crawlies are not the kind of thing I would have in my bedroom.
“Some of those things will make me squirm, but I will deal with them when I am in there.
“And, to be honest, I am trying not to think about it too much because if you do you could tie yourself in knots.”
KATE GARRAWAY, 52
Claim to fame: Breakfast TV presenter.
Biggest fear: “Spiders, heights, being in a box covered with snakes.
“I am terrified of all of the things in the jungle, especially heights.
“It is the crazy heights on thin bits suspended on bits of metal or wood. Or if you are in a little box with creepy crawlies or snakes in it.
“But I am excited about doing the show because as you get older you realise you don’t get many chances for pure adventure in life.
“I am going to give it a good shot and everyone can have a laugh and I hope it takes their mind off Brexit!”
NADINE COYLE, 34
Claim to fame: Girls Aloud singer. Biggest fear: “Heights, rats, snakes
– everything.
“This is so outside my comfort zone. Some of my friends and family were really shocked.
“They asked me what I was doing and pointed out I was afraid of my own shadow, but I’m just hoping my jungle lady will come out.
“My sister’s husband is an ex-marine. He did offer to do some marine training with me in the run up to this, but I thought that was a bit too extreme.”
CAITLYN JENNER, 70
Claim to fame: Reality TV star and former Olympic athlete.
Biggest fear: “None but like everyone insects do gross me out.
“Dealing with other people is by far the hardest thing.
“It’s much more difficult than dealing with the most poisonous snakes in the world. That’s easy – just stay away from them.”
JACQUELINE JOSSA, 27
Claim to fame: Playing Lauren Branning in EastEnders.
Biggest fear: “Insects, creatures, spiders. I am scared of everything, especially spiders. They are the worst. There will be tears.
“My old colleagues on EastEnders are going to be shocked. I don’t think they can image me in there. I don’t like creatures. It is not my thing.
“I have also never done rock climbing, jumped out of a plane or camped in my life.
“I am not that kind of girl.”
ROMAN KEMP, 26
Claim to fame: Radio DJ and son of Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp.
Biggest fear: “I am not scared of the eating trials because I grew up with dad’s cooking!
“I think the eating ones I will hate, but I will do them.
“Some of the fears I have got are odd. I have got a strange fear of cotton wool. Why am I scared? It’s the texture and sound of it.
“I can’t even talk about it without getting scared and I definitely can’t touch it. I don’t know when this fear started but the only way I can describe it is like a nail going down a chalkboard – it has that effect on me.
“I hate it so much that if I am in a coffin filled with cotton wool then that is going to be the worst thing ever for me.
“I am fine though with things like insects and spiders.”
JAMES HASKELL, 34
Claim to fame: Former England rugby union player.
Biggest fear: “I’m not going to tell you, but my poker face isn’t very good so you will work out pretty quickly what I am terrified of.
“I have already tried fasting for a day. It was pretty horrific. I managed to go 24 hours without killing anyone and so that was OK, but you just do not know how your body is going to react.
“You don’t want to make a fool of yourself either.
ANDREW MAXWELL,
45
Claim to fame: Stand-up comedian.
Biggest fear: “I don’t like the look of any of those guys – the insects and creepy crawlies! And with I’m A Celebrity you are going to have creepy crawlies on your face.”
MYLES STEPHENSON, 28
Claim to fame: Rak-Su singer from
The X Factor.
Biggest fear: “Bugs and spiders. I have to get my family members to get rid of them for me. I know my family are going to be wetting themselves watching me do Bushtucker Trials.
“Anything involving small confined spaces or bugs is going to be hard.”
ADELE ROBERTS, 40
Claim to fame: Radio 1 DI and former Big Brother housemate.
Biggest fear: “Spiders – I am so petrified. I’ve only camped once and that was the worst night of my life.
“I hate spiders. If I see one I can’t speak. I freeze and I do this weird thing where I wring my hands together.
“I don’t know where it has come from, but as I have got older I have hated them more and it has now come to the point where I have to have cedar blocks in my house.
“I am not too fussed about anything else, but I have never even met a snake and so I don’t know how I am going to react.
“It’s the same with rats. On paper, they are cute, but in real life they might be massive!”
I am not scared of the eating trials because I grew up with dad’s cooking!
DJ Roman Kemp, son of Spandau Ballet singer Martin