Legendary I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! alum Nicola McLean has answered a burning question from a fan.
Nicola, 43, who went on the show back in 2008, spilled some secrets about what goes on behind the scenes in the jungle, and revealed what happened when contestants cross the bridge and leave the show to get back to the real world.
The former Page 3 personality revealed that after the closing interviews with hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly, the campmates have a very specific routine before jetting off. Nicola revealed the backstage secret during this evening’s chat with the Mirror’s Will Foxx.
“Obviously, you do your interview with Ant and Dec, and then you go straight down the red carpety bit – red bridge. Get your pictures taken, see whoever’s turned up for you, and then you get taken straight to the medic. You get weighed, and they ask you some questions,” Nicola told the Mirror.
“And then you’re put in the car back to the hotel to – I was working straight away, I’d got a new deal with a newspaper, so yeah, straight back to work for me. But you go and see the medics straight away.” Despite the set routine, Nicola divulged that she added in some special stops on her way back to the UK.
“And me, straight for a McDonald’s!” she said, adding, “And then I went… my agent met me, she was one of my best friends as well at the time, she said to me, ‘Right, you’ve got a photoshoot straight away,” and I was like, ‘Absolutely not, have you seen the state of these nails?’ So we snuck off around the back of the hotel and went to a nail salon first as well before I started working.”
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Nicola’s revelation of what happens after crossing the bridge came after two campmates were evicted from the jungle for good. Loose Women star Jane Moore was eliminated first, followed by Radio 1’s Dean McCullough just days later. Shortly after Nicola’s chat, Tulisa Contostavlos became the third star to be eliminated from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! after 17 days in the Australian jungle.
The N-Dubz singer told Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly after exiting the camp that it was a “tough” experience. “I just think you’re going to be more grateful for everything…just makes you very appreciative for life, you don’t realise how good you’ve got it,” the 36-year-old said. She described the experience as a “whirlwind”, adding: “I can’t believe what I just did.”
Tonight’s episode also saw Coleen Rooney and Alan Halsall win 10 meals in The Farmyard Of Fear bushtucker trial, though the camp failed to succeed in the Deals On Wheels challenge to win an extra treat. Later, Rooney told her campmates that she goes on a caravan holiday in Wales with her ex-footballer husband Wayne and their four children “a couple of times a year”, after their oldest son Kai described their trip to Butlins in Skegness as “the best holiday I’ve ever been on”.
