I'm A Celeb star Vincent Simone opens up on major change after ITV appearance

Vincent Simone, champion known for serving arsenic a nonrecreational dancer connected Strictly Come Dancing from 2006 to 2012, was a campmate successful the Australian jungle successful 2013, and was the 3rd celeb to beryllium voted out

Former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! prima Vincent Simone confessed helium “felt similar a man” aft his stint successful the Australian jungle.

The 45-year-old, champion known for being a professional dancer connected Strictly Come Dancing from 2006 to 2012, appeared connected the ITV world amusement backmost successful 2013, and was the 3rd celeb to beryllium voted out. Westlife’s Kian Egan was yet crowned King of the Jungle, with decorator David Emanuel finishing successful 2nd place, and Lucy Pargeter successful third, and contempt finishing successful 10th place, Vincent admitted helium learnt a batch from his clip successful the jungle.

The Italian dancer, who is dada to 2 children, said the amusement has had a “huge impact” connected his life, and helium feels “more courageous” aft facing his fears successful the jungle. “I consciousness much similar a man,” Vincent told the Daily Star, arsenic helium revealed helium tin present tackle spiders successful his location erstwhile his kids outcry for help. “ consciousness similar I've improved a lot. I don't freak retired anymore, I'll conscionable enactment calm due to the fact that I ever deliberation ‘Well, if I was successful the jungle, this would person been fine,’” helium explained.

He admitted helium began to panic up of his stint successful the jungle, and remembers “looking astatine a small spider” successful his house, and thinking: “How americium I going to get implicit this?” Vincent said being successful the camp, surrounded by insects, spiders, snakes and different animals, toughened him up, and soon helium began to hide astir the creepy crawlies lurking around. “You conscionable get connected with it,” helium stated, arsenic helium recalled putting a spider successful his rima with “12 cardinal radical watching you”. Vincent said helium was “safeguarded by professionals”, truthful felt capable to proceed with the scary challenges due to the fact that it was “a performance”.

He discussed 1 grisly proceedings which saw him and Annabel Giles being faced with cockroaches. “She was screaming and we each freaked retired due to the fact that we saw 1 cockroach. But past erstwhile they commencement dropping hundreds of them, it's okay,” helium quipped. “When you spot one, you absorption connected the cockroach. When you get loads of them, it's whatever, you conscionable get connected with your challenge.”

He did person a fewer words of proposal for this year’s campmates, including Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Alan Halsall and his chap pro dancer, Oti Mabuse. Vincent told them to effort and enactment successful signifier portion successful the jungle, and to beryllium arsenic “physically active” arsenic imaginable due to the fact that it’s excessively casual to “lay astir excessively much”. He added: “So conscionable beryllium active. They kept saying that to maine arsenic well, arsenic a suggestion. Just support moving and bash immoderate exercises, due to the fact that you suffer weight, you suffer fat, and it's important you support your muscles up to scratch.”

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