People are only just realising 'iconic' reason Reverend Richard Coles is famous

I'm A Celebrity 2024 viewers are lone conscionable starting to realise that Reverend Richard Coles is celebrated for thing wholly antithetic - and he's being called an 'icon'

Reverend Richard Coles caused a disturbance erstwhile helium entered the I'm A Celebrity jungle alongside Love Island prima Maura Higgins, 34. Not lone did they enactment successful a abstracted campy from the different celebrities, including nary different than Coleen Rooney, 38 and McFly's Danny Jones, 38, but they besides lied astir it - and brought BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough, 32, successful connected the ruse.

However, aft the campmates sussed them out, they moved backmost to main campy - and tensions person been moving high. However, extracurricular the jungle, it turns retired viewers are lone conscionable realising wherefore Richard, 62, is celebrated - and it's not conscionable for being a Reverend.

Taking to TikTok, online contented creator Brooke Hewer revealed to her 551k followers that she'd made "a discovery" aft 1 of the caller episodes. She explained that though she'd seen him connected TV before, she didn't truly cognize what helium was celebrated for.

After looking him up online, she realised that helium is portion of the 80s duo The Communards. She past played a clip from 1 of their biggest hits, Don't Leave Me This Way. "Are you kidding me," Brooke added. "Is that communal knowledge, oregon person I conscionable been surviving nether a rock?," she asked. "Stop it, he's an icon."

And it turns retired Brooke was not the lone 1 who didn't know. "Did not cognize this!! TUNE!!," said 1 person. Another wrote: "Omg. How americium I lone uncovering this out. Imagine Maura uncovering out. 'Sorry father'".

A 3rd commented: "Omg I'm 54 and person lived nether the aforesaid stone arsenic you. One of my favourite bands was the communards. I didn't cognize this astatine all."

Another TikTok idiosyncratic called Paddy Smith besides shared successful a video that helium lone conscionable recovered retired that "Rev Richard was successful The Communards" aft looking him up connected Wikipedia.

Reverend Richard roseate to fame successful the 80s alongside vocalist Jimmy Somerville. The duo went connected to person 3 UK apical 10 hits, including Don't Leave Me This Way successful 1986. They divided aft 3 years together, and Jimmy went connected to person a solo career.

Eight years aft they split, successful 2005, Richard was ordained. He had studied theology astatine King's College London successful 1991, wherever helium became a Roman Catholic, earlier returning to the Church of England successful 2001. The TV property past went connected to bid for priesthood successful West Yorkshire successful 2003, and was ordained 2 years later.

Later successful his vocation helium besides worked arsenic a vigor presenter, and appeared connected TV shows specified arsenic Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You.