I’m a Celebrity dwell: Maura Higgins prepares to enter jungle as two new contestants introduced
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The I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! cast are settled into jungle life on their fourth day at camp.
Your vote means that Dean McCullough and GK Barry will face tonight’s Bushtucker Trial, “Drown in the Dumps”.
On Tuesday night’s episode (19 November), the DJ was left in tears after he secured only two stars in the challenge, and left Ant and Dec “disappointed.” Meanwhile, Tulisa Contostavlos opened up about identifying as “demisexual”.
McCullough’s challenge, which saw him trapped in a box with mealworms and crickets, came after an emotional start to the 2024 series, which saw boxer Barry McGuigan broke down in tears on Monday night (18 November) as he opened up about the loss of his daughter, Danika.
Among this year’s contestants are N-Dubz singer Contostavlos, Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse. Others include McFly singer Danny Jones, McGuigan and 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.
“It is quite scary going in later,” Higgins said, ahead of her entry into the jungle. “They have all met and got to know each other. It’s never easy being the newbie, but I am not a shy person, so I feel like I will be fine. It will be nice to bring some energy to the camp.”
“My family are very, very excited,” she added. “They have told me to come back with a crown. How would I feel to win? It would be absolutely incredible and who doesn’t want to be the Queen of the Jungle?! But I’m definitely not going to go in with that expectation with my fears. My fears might get in the way!”
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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The votes are in, and the next trial contestant has been named… it’s Dean again!
Safe to say he doesn’t look thrilled…
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.”
If you are experiencing feelings of distress, or are struggling to cope, you can speak to the Samaritans, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch.
If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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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
“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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