You're Joe King
SQUEAKY-voiced comedy star Joe Pasquale was last night crowned King of the Jungle - the hottest favourite ever to win.
Joe, 43, who was 3/1 on, beat slimy royal butler Paul Burrell and ladies' man Fran Cosgrave to take ITV's I'm A Celebrity title.
And now he is set to make millions.
His career had run into trouble, but nice-guy Joe will now be offered a string of deals.
A TV insider said: "The sky's the limit. He has been given the chance to do pretty much whatever he wants.
"Everyone from advertisers to telly executives will be banging on his door offering him work.
"Joe could make a million within minutes by signing just a fraction of the lucrative deals that will be offered to him."
Joe shot to fame on New Faces in 1987 but has fallen out of favour with TV bosses in recent years.
Ironically, last night's triumph came after he originally vowed he would NEVER do the star-studded reality show.
He told Ant and Dec that when he was first asked to do I'm A Celeb he called his agent and said: "Tell them to stick it up their arse, I'm not doing that in a month of Sundays."
But as he savoured his victory over shamed ex-Royal butler Paul Burrell and hunky club owner Fran Cosgrave, the squeaky-voiced funnyman grinned and said: "It's been an experience."
He admitted he would miss his pet emus the most.
Dad-of-five Joe said: "It's not normal, is it" after being shown footage of him playing with the baby birds.
He added: "They got me through the past couple of weeks. They just wanted a cuddle like everybody else."
Joe kept disappearing for long walks with the emus - nicknamed Ant and Dec - but he insisted: "I genuinely like being with them."
Talking about his horror Bushtucker trial on his last day - when he was buried alive in a box full of water and crawling rats - Joe joked: "I feel like I might have the bubonic plague.
"It was physically hard to be in there, to feel their tails wafting under my hooter. One did a jobbie in my hair."
Joe added: "When I got out, I looked in there and the rats were minging."
The comic - due to be reunited with wife Deborah after 16 nights in the jungle - also told how he suffered from leeches, a nasty paralysis tick and mosquito bites.
Joe was famously constipated in the jungle and when he sat on the winner's throne, he added: "I've been trying to get a throne for the last two weeks, I want a bit of porcelain under my bum."
He said he kept on repeating his catchphrase "Jacob's cream crackers" for his private parts because it was a force of habit.
After Joe was given a jungle sceptre and crowned with a wreath of jungle leaves Ant joked: "We've really pushed the boat out for this series."
Later, Dec said: "Joe's a thoroughly nice bloke, he didn't have any confrontations and he kept the camp happy. Nice guys always win."
Runner-up Burrell fought back tears after losing to Joe.
The smarmy flunkey looked on the verge of blubbing as Joe was crowned.
The former butler came second in what Ant and Dec said was the closest finale in the show's history.
Burrell hugged Joe as the result was announced.
He then sipped champagne as he emerged from the jungle for an interview with Ant and Dec.
Burrell said emotionally: "What a journey. What a fantastic journey, what an amazing journey. I can't stop shaking.
"A nicer guy couldn't have won. Joe is the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet and he's my friend, too. I'm proud to be his friend."
He finally burst into tears, saying: "It was beyond my wildest dreams. I never thought ... thank you the public ... thank you, everyone, for voting ... it has restored my faith in the British public and human nature, thank you."
Joe earned the sympathy vote from viewers after being rushed to see doctors with bad mosquito bites.
He nearly collapsed last week after the stings became infected.
Docs gave him a B12 shot and antihistamine and he was also treated for dehydration.
Joe was then attacked by a dangerous paralysis tick to add to his misery.
After going to see the show's medic, he said: "I asked why I've got bloody leeches, ticks and mosquitoes but he just said it's the luck of the draw."
Later, in the Bush Telegraph, Joe groaned: "I don't know why all those things happen to me.
"I've had a leech, I've had every single bloody mosquito in Australia having a meal on me and now I've had a paralysis tick. What's that all about? I've had the bloody lot."
But he overcame his discomfort to win EIGHT meals after becoming first celeb to be taken out to do a Bushtucker trial.
Joe's was the most dramatic of all - he had to unravel banners on a ladder dangling from a helicopter off the Aussie Gold Coast.
But Joe's win wasn't popular with one group - the bookies.
William Hills spokeswoman Jennie Prest said: "It's been a one-horse race all the way as far as Joe is concerned."
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