I’m A Celeb star shares ‘fake’ part of show after being gutted it was ‘an act’

2022-11-23

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!'s Nicola McLean has revealed a "fake" element of the show.

Nicola starred in the 2008 series of the show and exclusively told the Daily Star some show secrets – including one element that isn't all as it seems.

She said: "I found the whole thing completely real and exactly how it is – I know other people have come out and said otherwise but I love the show and found it all to be a true experience.

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"The only thing that disappointed me was the Bushtucker Challenge and now it's Dingo Dollar or whatever but I actually thought you had a map and had to find this place but you get escorted there.

"So, I thought because they show you holding a compass, but it's all an act, and I was an army cadet and I wanted to do it properly, I thought you had to look for this task until you found it but they just escort you there."

She also revealed that she and her campmates felt so weak in the jungle that they struggled to walk.

The reality star was put in the ITV jungle alongside the likes of David Van Day, Timmy Mallett, Joe Swash, Simon Webbe, and Carly Zucker.

During the campmates' jungle duration, the stars are given a 700-calorie diet that consists of mainly rice and beans.

Nicola added: "After a week of no food you don't want to walk, your legs are that tired the hammock was a mission. They had to give us electrolytes because we were all flagging so badly.

"As soon as you leave. you go and do Ant and Dec's interview and then you go to Medic Bob to be weighed and then straight for food because you are starving.

"A lot of people lose weight in there, especially people who have got weight to lose, they would lose it really quickly.

"People like Olivia Attwood wouldn't have lost much weight because she hasn't got much to lose, the same as Chris Moyles but people who have you will see it."

Daily Star contacted ITV who have declined to comment.

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