Jill Scott reveals secret weapon for I'm A Celebrity success and 'hardest part'

Ahead of an 'emotional' Pride of Britain awards ceremony, erstwhile Lioness Jill Scott shared her words of contented aft being antecedently crowned victor of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Former Queen of the Jungle Jill Scott has shared what it takes to get to the last of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The retired Lioness gave her proposal for those acceptable to instrumentality portion successful this year's upcoming bid of the ITV world amusement whilst connected the reddish carpet astatine the Pride of Britain awards. Speaking up of the star-studded ceremony, acceptable to aerial contiguous astatine 8pm connected ITV, Jill said however teary she tin get erstwhile proceeding the inspirational stories of the nation's unsung heroes.

"I don't deliberation you tin ever beryllium prepared, listening to these stories for the archetypal time, it's truly emotional," she told the Mirror. "Even if you've heard it for the archetypal clip oregon the 10th time, it's truthful affectional and these are the awards that truly matter." Dishing retired her proposal for this year's I'm A Celeb contestants, she said: "Just clasp it."

Talking fondly of her clip Down Under, wherever she was crowned victor successful 2022, Jill, 37, continued: "I ever speech astir memories from the jungle truthful it's thing that lone happens erstwhile successful a lifetime, truthful clasp it each and person nary regrets."

Despite coming successful archetypal place, it wasn't an casual travel for the erstwhile footballer. She struggled with the challenges and was forced to flooded her fearfulness of rats. "The hardest portion is decidedly being distant from location for truthful long," the Sunderland native, who lives with her fiancee successful Manchester, said.

"You are successful isolation a small spot earlier going into the jungle. I conflict to beryllium connected my ain arsenic I bash bask being astir radical truthful the clip distant from location and past I accidental the challenges - heights, rats, I don’t similar immoderate of that." She managed to get done them by reasoning of those watching astatine home, adding: "I conscionable thought I person to bash it. I can’t fto them down."

Jill, who was awarded an MBE successful the 2020 New Year Honours for services to women's football, announced her status from the crippled successful 2022. It came aft the erstwhile Manchester City prima was named three-time victor of the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup.

But contempt hanging up her boots, Jill has been conscionable arsenic engaged with a caller vocation successful TV. She has appeared arsenic a pundit for respective men's and women's matches, including England Men's Euros qualifying games against Malta and North Macedonia, and the UEFA Women's Champions League final.

In June 2023, she became the archetypal pistillate subordinate to skipper England for Soccer Aid, and successful the aforesaid year, she became a skipper successful the sheet amusement A League of Their Own. And distant from screens, she inactive helps retired astatine Northenden java shop, Boxx2Boxx Coffee, which she co-owns with semipermanent spouse Shelly Unitt.

"I'm truly enjoying it," she said of her retirement. "I've met immoderate unthinkable radical doing precise antithetic things. I consciousness truly lucky." Coleen Rooney is reportedly acceptable for a sensational TV instrumentality with a spot connected this year's I'm A Celeb, having reportedly inked a woody to spill the beans.

Insiders suggest that Coleen's quality interest could eclipse the sums paid to large names similar Caitlyn Jenner and adjacent the whopping £1.5million shelled retired for Nigel Farage. Loose Women prima Jane Moore has besides reportedly been successful talks with ITV bosses astir joining the show, on with Tulisa Contostavlos.

• Don't miss the Pride of Britain Awards, Thursday 24th October, 8pm ITV1 and ITVX