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Sophie Anderton gets James Gooding banned from the show because she didn't want to be in the Jungle with an ex boyfriend.

Nell McAndrew says it is now too CRUEL “I couldn’t do what they do now.”


Sheila Ferguson has been having therapy — because she hates snakes. “I’m seriously considering doing a runner.”


Antonio Fargas says he hasn’t got a clue who his jungle companions are. “I’m sure everyone will be cool.”



Street-Porter claims she would “rather sleep with cockroaches” than her fellow contestants.
Janet, on Sophie Anderton: “Has she read any books?”
On Paul Burrell she said: “I’ll get him to help with my washing.”

Nancy Sorrell has told pals she is dreading going without sex for two weeks on the show, says she will fly hubby Vic Reeves, 45, out to Oz so she can get nookie as soon as she gets out.
Nancy told a friend: “Two weeks is a long time to go without a bit of how’s your father.”


Fran Cosgrove 5/1 favourite to be the first to have sex.



Brian Harveyadmitted he is going on the show because he is broke. The ex-East 17 singer said: “There are two reasons why I’m doing it. I’m skint and I think it would be nice for people to see me for me.”



NATALIE Appleton revealed yesterday that her family do not want her to take part in I’m A Celeb — because she has psychiatric problems.
The ex All Saints singer, 31, said: “It will be good for me because I’ve got a lot of problems with phobias about germs and things like that. I hate having to share public toilets. It controls my life and I need to deal with it now.”

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Joe Pasquale, 43, heading Down Under from his home in Kent.

He said: "I am not scared of anything that I know of. I have been on the road for 20 years and had some dodgy kebabs in my time. That gets you ready to eat just about anything.

"I'm not bothered by spiders in the house but once you have got one the size of your fist in front of you, I might be. The people scare me more because I won't know a lot of them."

Despite his fears Joe added: "I'm very enthusiastic about it. It's a true ad- venture. It's better than working for a living."
Mirror

Club owner and DJ Fran Cosgrove from Dublin is among the 10 celebrities going into the jungle for the next instalment of ‘I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!’.

The line-up also includes Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch), former East 17 bad boy Brian Harvey and underwear model Nancy Sorrell.

Journalist Janet Street-Porter, former royal butler Paul Burrell and ex-All Saint Natalie Appleton are all on board.

Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson, model and reformed drug addict Sophie Anderton and comedian Joe Pasquale are also going Down Under.

Bookmakers make former Gossard model Anderton, comic Vic Reeves’s wife Sorrell and Appleton 5/1 joint favourites to win.

William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: “It looks a far more open contest this time, you just cannot be sure how the celebs are going to react to the rigours of the jungle.

“But as soon as it was rumoured that Paul Burrell was one of the contestants, we started to get inquiries – love him or hate him he is bound to be one of the most controversial figures.”

The odds are: Harvey and Burrell 7/1, Street-Porter 8/1, Cosgrove, Pasquale, Fargas 10/1 and Ferguson 12/1.

Series four of “I’m A Celebrity ...” begins on Monday on ITV.

Fran Cosgrove profile:

Celebrity supporters: Kelli from Liberty X, Natasha from Atomic Kitten, Callum Best, Brian McFadden, Westlife

Fears and phobias: None

Special skills: Strength, protecting the others and surviving without food

Fran, from Dublin, is a club owner and DJ whose ex-partners include Natasha from Atomic Kitten and glamour model Jodie Marsh.

He said: “I decided to do it because I have shied away from stuff like this, TV and interviews, before.

“And there is an idea that is out there about who I am and it’s really wrong. It’s really misleading and it’s not who I am.”

He said: “I am very, very single and I haven’t had sex for three months,” but added that he was not looking for love in the jungle.

Fran said: “People slagging me and slating me has actually made me stronger in a way.

“The way I’m looking at this is I’m going to have a good time, I’m going to enjoy myself. I haven’t got any plans or an agenda, I haven’t got any strategies and I’m not even going to bother to look into that side of things.”

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Star supporters
As part of the exhaustive (and exhausting) press bumph for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, ITV helpfully provides a list of each contestant's celebrity supporters. We can just about buy that fans of squeaky-voiced Joe Pasquale include Bradley Walsh and Darren Day - well, they would be, wouldn't they? - and it's no surprise that Emma B will be supporting boyfriend Brian Harvey. But will Tom Hanks really be rooting for former royal butler Paul Burrell? It's quite a leap of the imagination to imagine the Oscar-winning star waiting for tapes of the show to be FedExed to his Stateside home. "Tom, what do you think of the new script?" "Not now, Steven, Nancy Sorrell's about to eat a kangaroo's testicle!" Other least likely fans include Bryan Adams, another Burrell fan, while Kevin Spacey will presumably be sporting a "Sheila Ferguson (she used to be in the Three Degrees) for Queen of the Jungle!" rosette around the Old Vic for the next few weeks. Poor old Antonio Fargas, an 11th-hour addition to the show, can count his celebrity fans on one finger - former Starsky and Hutch co-star David Soul. It's never too soon to get texting, Detective Hutchinson!
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'I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE !' TV PROGRAMME PHOTOCALL,

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Anorak gussing what is in Sophie's suitcases.



SOPHIE Anderton carries loads of baggage.
Sophie realised she'd forgotten to leave out anything to wear
You can see a lot of it in the Star, where the model who put the swimsuit in Special K is pictured posing for the cameras beside no fewer than four large suitcases as she jets off to a jungle clearing in Australia.

If the intention was to make an impact, to look like the princess who needs lashings of luxuries to survive the rigours of life, the stunt somewhat backfired.

For these are no Louis Vuitton travelling chests, nor are they butter-soft leather and silk Gucci bags, but rather blue canvas cases with brown trim of the type found atop a newly released prisoner's free-standing wormwood wardrobe.

When her fellow jungle wannabe Brian Harvey tells the Sun that the main reason he is on the show is because "I'm skint", we fear for Anderton.

And it makes us wonder what could be inside her bags. Aside from a few bundles of newspapers and some empty breakfast cereal boxes to give them shape, could they be empty?

However, after reading the Star's story, we begin to reappraise the luggage. We take out our ruler, check the measurements and realise that a man of the aforementioned Harvey's dimensions could fit inside.

You see, in this TV version of Desert Island Discs meets the Gang Show, Anderton has apparently "begged" the producers of I'm a Celebrity... to allow the luxury item she can take into the camp to be her therapist.

But they said "no".

Which leaves us to scratch our heads and wonder what exactly is inside Anderton's bags?

And then we hear a clue in the Sun, where fellow jungle girl Janet Street-Porter expresses her doubts over it being a book.

Making her own preparations for life in the spotlight, the celebrity rambler asks of Anderton: "Has she read any books?"

She then says of camp toad Paul Burrell: "I'll get him to do my washing."

It seems Street-Porter has set out to win friends and influence people.

But before her fellow contestants turn on her as one, she would like it be known that she'd "rather sleep with cockroaches than her fellow contestants".

Which should make for some sensational X-rated telly as the toothsome harridan tries to spot the difference...
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I'M A CELEBRITY: EXCITED SIX ARRIVE IN OZ

SIX of the 10 celebrities arrived in Brisbane yesterday - all on different flights and some coping better with the long haul than others.

Nightclub owner Fran Cosgrove, bounced out and smiled: "It's hot, the sun's shining, it's wicked."

Starsky and Hutch' star Antonio Fargas emerged looking dapper in crisp white shirt. He said: "Whatever the jungle holds, bring it on."

But comic Joe Pasquale grumbled: "I'm knackered" before he was whisked off to his five-star hotel.

Model Sophie Anderton moaned about cockroaches. And when asked whether she was looking forward to the jungle Sheila Ferguson replied: "Like going to hell.".

Ex-butler Paul Burrell beamed: "I just hope they aren't expecting me to wait on them. Those days are over."

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I'M A CELEBRITY: I'LL BE QUEEN

Royal Family's backing me to reign in the jungle

Exclusive By Nicola Methven


SINGER Sheila Ferguson reckons she will reign on the show - with even the Queen and Prince of Wales voting for her.

She said that Charles, a personal friend, is a keen fan of the programme, as is Camilla Parker Bowles.

The former Three Degrees star, 57, said: "Apparently he and Camilla vote and he also gets the Queen to vote.

"I think he's going to be rooting for me. I think the Royal Family in general will be hoping I pull it off.

"It would be really cool if the Queen voted for me,too.

"Charles will want me to go the distance because we've never lost our friendship and fondness for each other.

"He's going to be chuckling a lot because he knows how loud I am."

And Sheila - who recently starred in hit West End musical Thoroughly Modern Millie - plans to look majestic by taking along a diamante bathing suit. The American mum-of-two said: "Even in the jungle there's a level below which one should never stoop."

She has never camped before and had hypnotherapy to help. She said: "I've been handling snakes like they were bananas, so it's obviously working."

Charles became a huge fan of hers in her 70s heyday with the Three Degrees.

He even made a pass during his 30th birthday party. She said no, but they stayed friends.

Sheila once said: "He wasn't my type. I wonder what would have happened to the Royal Family had I said yes. The Queen would have hated me and I wouldn't have stood a chance with the Queen Mother."



SHEILA'S VERDICT ON THE REST

THE FADED POP STAR:

I love his voice and he's a singer, so all musos stick together

THE CLUB OWNER:

Who's that? Is he the one who cheated on Kylie? No idea, sorry.

THE MOUTH:

I like her attitude - what you see is what you get. If you don't like it, the heck with you.

THE FORMER LAP DANCER:

I have no idea who she is. What does she do?

THE SQUEAK:

I've known him for 15 years, he's already called. I'm looking forward to being with him.

THE HUGSTER:

Huggy Bear? Oh, you're joking! I LOVE Huggy Bear.

THE OTHER FADED POPSTAR:

Is she the All Saints girl? Can she sing? We're going to find out.

THE EX-ADDICT:

I've heard about her addiction problems. We'll meet and take it from there.

THE BUTLER:

He should be lots of fun.
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Photo of Burrell in this link looking like he is ready to Rumble.

WHAT THE BUTLER WORE




THE trappings of the royal servant are long gone as former butler Paul Burrell shows off his beefcake look.

Burrell stripped off on an Australian beach as he limbered up for a new series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
The man who once claimed to be Princess Diana's "rock" looked more like a movie muscleman than an ex-palace flunkey.

Burrell said he was toned and ready to take on anything the programme could throw at him in the jungle camp.

His ordeal with nine other celebrities begins this morning, when he is dropped into the rainforest by helicopter to face the stomach-churning Bushtucker Trials, which are certain to include eating live bugs.

He said: "I've survived all that people can throw at me so far, so I don't think there's anything in the jungle that will deter me."

Last night another celebrity, former East 17 singer Brian Harvey, was considering quitting the show after the death of his grandmother Betty Nabb.

She raised him from the age of 10 after his parents split.

WHAT THEY CAN'T DO WITHOUT

WITH the terrors of the Bushtucker Trials and an army of insects lying in wait, the celebrities have been allowed one luxury item to help them through their ordeal in the jungle.

Here's what they chose.

Ex-royal butler Paul Burrell: Huge rubber ring

Mouthy Janet Street-Porter: Her notebook

The Squeak Joe Pasquale: Fold-up chair

Lap dancer Nancy Sorrell: Moisturiser

The Nobody Fran Cosgrove: Exercise ball

Fading star Nat Appleton: Ear plugs

The ex-addict Sophie Anderton: Boyfriend's photo

The Hugster Antonio Fargas: His sunglasses

Fading star 2 Brian Harvey: Baseball cap

One Degree Sheila Ferguson: Her hairbrush
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The front page of this Sundays Star Newspaper say the girls in this years I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here have been told they are not to go topless. It appears some of the previous female jungle bunnies have flashed their boobs nearer the time of eviction in the hope they would be kept on the show.

Nell mcandrew didn't i'd of voted for her if she did

I don't suppose you would have wanted TPT to flash her pimples at you then?