Kim Woodburn, years on from tackling the I’m A Celebrity jungle herself, is Metro.co.uk’s exclusive columnist for the new series.
She’ll be having her say on all the jungle antics, the celebrities, who she loves and who she absolutely loathes, while sharing her predictions for the series ahead. In her first column for Metro.co.uk, she has some choice words for a few of the campmates…
A lot of people in showbiz are horrors.
I’d say about 35% to 40% of them are very nice. The others, oh please! They’re full of themselves, they’re absolutely horrible. So the hardest part of being on I’m A Celebrity is living together.
The first one to arrive in the jungle was Chris Moyles – he looked a bit nervous. He also announced, ‘I’m the greatest broadcaster of my generation.’ I beg your pardon?
To declare that is vain to say the least. He’s also added that he’s not doing any cooking whatsoever because he’ll poison people; he’s a rotten cook. So what he thinks he can bring to the show, I don’t know. He also went on to say, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing here.’ You’re in there for the money.
He hasn’t made a good first impression on me, but let’s wait and see.
Kim appeared on the show in 2009 (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
When I hear celebs in the jungle say that they’re not there for the money, I could slap them. It’s utter nonsense, we’re all in there for the money.
Then in strolled Boy George in an outrageous outfit, which you would expect from Boy George. In he came, in a very confident way. When asked what he was going to do in the jungle, he said he was going to sit in the corner and be iconic – modesty would not be his strongest point.
I thought, ‘you cheeky bugger’. Being that cocky is one way to end up getting all the trials. I wish he was in there with me.
Charlene White – what a lovely woman. I always watch her, she’s a good newsreader. She wants people to see she’s just a regular girl from South London and, looking at her performance, she was super. You just know she’s genuine, even though it’s the first night. And Jill Scott, a former England football player – tough as nuts and lovely.
Boy George is likely to be voted for all of the trials (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Matt Hancock’s appearance is very sad for his children (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
Babatunde Aleshe – I don’t know this man at all, but I think he’s a nervous wreck. I predict that he’s going to have a tough time, honestly. If you’re a panicker, never show it because you’ll get all the trials.
I’ll tell you who I thought was very brave – Sue Cleaver. Paul Burrell could learn a lesson. Paul if you’re reading this, you should hang your head in shame you big sissy!
Sue had to hunt for fish’s eyeballs – I’ve eaten one, they’re big. She rolled her sleeves up, she put her hand in there, it didn’t faze her. She’s going to be alright, she really is.
Mike Tindall is all man. He will not get many trials because the one he did, god it was horrible. He jumped in, in all that swamp, with spiders four inches across – but it didn’t seem to bother him at all.
Now I hope the contestants all use common sense in there because we know, over the years, after Mike Tindall married the Queen’s granddaughter, he’s never put a foot wrong and I don’t think he will.
I hope none of them are stupid enough to mention the Royal Family. He is not going to discuss anything; he’s going to be totally respectful as he has been throughout his marriage, and I don’t think that would go down well if anyone’s stupid enough to ask – Chris Moyles might be.
Olivia Attwood handled her trial like a piece of cake. I watch her programmes. She’s so down to earth. I’m shocked she’s left. When I was in there, Camilla Dallerup, the dancer, had to leave.
Bless her, she was used to a diet of fresh food and all sorts of special vitamins, and they said, ‘We don’t do that here.’ Dr Bob came down and said, ‘You’ll have to go, lovey.’ So she went out and then arrived the boxer, Joe Bugner – he was a stand-in. It’s early days so I imagine they will replace Olivia.
Of course, we haven’t yet seen Matt Hancock or Seann Walsh. Matt Hancock is being paid as an MP. Is he having his weekly meetings? No, he’s going in the jungle. I think he should honour his commitment to being an MP. It vexes me.
He has three children, he was married 15 years – his youngest is eight. They’re going to see their father in the jungle when he’s left their mother. Apparently his girlfriend’s going to fly out as soon as she can.
When he walks out, he’s going to come across that little bridge and give her a kiss and cuddle. I think for his children, it’s very sad. You know what I’m like about adulterers. Seeing their dad hugging her – does he not care? I don’t like the sound of him at all. I’m not keen on the man, I don’t think he should go out there. He’s got a job to do. Give your notice in as MP, don’t get paid a penny more, and do what the hell you like.
Owen Warner – he did have a hard time with the trial, but he did it, he didn’t back out.
As for the contestants on the whole, I wish them all good luck. And let’s wait and see what happens!
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