Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine reveals surprise detail about ITV I'm A Celeb's Alan Halsall

This Morning spoke to Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine connected Friday's show, wherever she revealed a astonishment item astir her co-star Alan Halsall who is presently connected I'm A Celebrity

Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine shared a astonishment item astir her co-star Alan Halsall connected Friday's This Morning.

Alan, 42, who plays Tyrone Dobbs, is presently 1 of the stars connected I'm A Celebrity and Jennie, 40, who plays Fiz Brown connected the cobbles and appeared connected the jungle bid herself backmost successful 2017, shared immoderate amusive facts astir her pal.

Appearing unrecorded from the Rovers Return Inn, big Dermot O'Leary asked Jennie if she was tense astir Alan going successful and whether helium was a homebody to which she admitted: "A homebody but besides not tense astatine all, nary I wasn't.

"I knew he'd beryllium great, helium is what you see, I knew he'd get connected with radical that's what you've got to bash erstwhile you're there, get connected with people, muck in.

"He is simply a homebody, helium loves his location comforts but helium is simply a spot of an adrenaline junkie. In his older property present helium does little of it but backmost successful the time helium did. I deliberation helium would person loved a skydive oregon thing similar. Anything a spot scary, he's alright with!"

It comes arsenic Alan's on-screen mother, Claire Sweeney, thinks there's much to expect from the actor.

During Friday's occurrence of Good Morning Britain, Claire, 53, who plays Cassie Plummer, expressed her thoughts astir her on-screen son's jungle journey.

She said: "Isn't helium wonderful? I cognize Maureen Lipman came connected present and she said he'll commencement disconnected softly conscionable ticker and observe and past he'll travel forward. That's what he'll do, he's superb Alan, he's specified a comic guy. He's smart, he's sensitive, he's a truly superb personality."

Intrigued, Kate Garraway asked if ITV viewers person seen the existent Alan yet arsenic Paul Brand pointed retired that the soap prima has been quiet.

Claire responded: "In the archetypal occurrence helium wasn't quiescent due to the fact that helium had the large proceedings with Tulisa and helium truly shone successful that didn't he? He's sitting backmost astatine the moment. I deliberation helium will, helium needs much airtime."

Prior to his jungle adventure, Alan disclosed his top phobias, conceding: "I'm not frightened of thing astatine location but if you were to enactment 10 snakes connected my head, I don't cognize however I would consciousness astir that arsenic intelligibly I've ne'er been successful that concern before!"

Taking connected the jungle challenge, helium expressed: "This is thing I person ever shied distant from successful the past. You are ne'er going to get maine connected the ice, dancing isn't my happening and this volition beryllium overmuch harder than filming a country successful Corrie."

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is connected ITV1 and ITVX.