Inside Rebekah Vardy's I'm A Celeb experience as rival Coleen Rooney signs up for 2024

Coleen Rooney mightiness beryllium heading into the Australian jungle to beryllium a 2024 I'm A Celeb contestant - but her biggest rival, Rebekah Vardy, has already been determination and done that

Coleen Rooney has made past by becoming the highest paid prima to instrumentality portion connected I'm A Celeb of each clip - but she is pursuing successful the footsteps of her arch rival, Rebekah Vardy.

Becky already entered the jungle backmost successful 2017 wherever she faced brutal trials, missed retired connected immoderate challenges owed to aesculapian issues, and dished the ungraded connected what the amusement is truly similar erstwhile she got backmost to the UK. On Saturday, it was revealed that Coleen volition beryllium taking portion successful the long-running ITV show this year.

Coleen and Becky person a vicious rivalry due to the explosive Wagatha Christie case which saw the erstwhile impeach the second of leaking stories astir her to the press. This resulted successful a multimillion lb libel tribunal case. But this volition beryllium thing compared to the horrors Coleen volition look connected I'm A Celeb wherever she volition beryllium sleeping successful the jungles of Australia with creepy crawlies and different stars. Here is what Becky experienced erstwhile she took portion successful the amusement 7 years ago.

Her chap campmates

Rebekah was 1 of 12 celebrities that took portion successful the 2017 play of I’m A Celeb. She was joined by Scottish person Kezia Dugdale, comedian Shappi Khorsandi, vocalist Vanessa White, and Stanley Johnson - the begetter of ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Footballer Dennis Wise, boxer Amir Khan, Coronation Street prima Jennie McAlpine, presenter Iain Lee, and Hollyoaks histrion Jamie Lomas were besides successful the camp.

YouTube property Jack Maynard was besides successful the line-up, but helium was removed from the amusement aft 3 days arsenic violative historical societal media posts resurfaced. The bid was won by Made In Chelsea prima Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo, portion Becky was the 4th prima to beryllium eliminated from the competition.

Her trials

During her clip connected the show, Becky was acceptable to look aggregate trials including Worst Dates, The Hole and Grot Holding. She was besides owed to look the Fear Factory situation but was forced to beryllium it retired connected aesculapian grounds.

She had besides been granted a reprieve for challenges called Flushed Out and The Temple of Gloom again connected aesculapian grounds. Medical reasons besides meant she missed retired connected the Kiosk Keith's Outbreak Refreshment Shack challenge.

Despite being conscionable the 4th prima to beryllium booted from camp, Becky survived 16 days successful the jungle earlier her exit. On being told she was out, she packed her container and said: “Yes! That's fine. Guys if anyone wants my pillow consciousness free. I americium buzzing.”

Her deal

When she signed up to instrumentality portion successful the 17th play of the long-running ITV show, Rebekah was 1 of the highest paid stars to feature. Reports claimed she landed a immense £100,000 to alert Down Under to instrumentality part.

However, she is acold from the highest paid prima to instrumentality portion - arsenic shot fable Harry Redknapp was reportedly paid £500,000 to prima successful 2018, Noel Edmonds was paid a reported £600,000 the aforesaid twelvemonth - and person Nigel Farage was reportedly rewarded with £1.5 cardinal to prima connected the amusement successful 2023. But WAG rival Coleen Rooney is said to beryllium the highest paid prima of each time.

While an nonstop fig has not yet been revealed, The Sun person reported Coleen volition gain much than Farage to look connected the show. A root told the outlet: “I’m A Celeb bosses person pulled disconnected a immense coup.”

All for show?

After featuring connected the show, Rebekah returned to the UK to archer TV fans that astir everything they spot connected the amusement is fake. She claimed to Closer: "If you’re stood wherever the telephone container is and look consecutive out, it’s each fake.

“I mislaid number of however galore cameras determination are. Above your head, the cameras are connected zipwires, truthful they travel you everywhere! It is crazy, it’s similar Big Brother – you’re watched and listened to 24 hours a day."

However, she did corroborate the conditions successful presumption of what radical are allowed to devour are existent and the stars don’t get other food. She said: “You virtually person to beryllium connected your past legs to get anything. That was the spot that I was truly rather stupidly naïve about."

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