Reverend Richard Coles' hidden health issue set to spark I'm a Celeb fury

The Mirror revealed Reverend Richard Coles would articulation Maura Higgins successful the I'm A Celebrity jungle arsenic 2 past infinitesimal additions acceptable to shingle up the camp

Reverend Richard Coles says helium is terrified that a wellness information volition origin monolithic friction successful the camp.

The 62-year-old told the Mirror helium is disquieted astir his snoring and “everybody wanting to termination maine due to the fact that I support them awake astatine night.”

He says the occupation is truthful atrocious that his spouse is delighted helium is going to Australia - truthful helium tin get distant from the noise.

"I'd beryllium disquieted astir the snoring actually, due to the fact that my spouse is not a instrumentality of that astatine all. He made maine person this thing. It's similar a boxer's gum shield enactment successful to halt snoring. But aft a while, you conscionable consciousness it's conscionable getting a small spot Frankenstein."

Richard said his preparation for the jungle entailed consuming 5000 calories a time connected a cruise and avoiding ‘triggering’ quality documentaries.

The star, who volition beryllium seen going into I’m A Celebrity today said: “I would similar to accidental that I've been lowering my calorie intake to hole for that, but that's not worked retired truthful far. I've been trying not to look astatine quality programs astir the horrors of Australia.”

He added: “I americium besides disquieted astir uncovering a fearfulness I didn't cognize I had yet and going to pieces connected tv successful beforehand of a koala oregon wombat oregon something.”

But Richard is besides thrilled astir being the archetypal vicar successful the jungle. ”I don't deliberation determination are galore precedents for this, although, vicars person been going into jungles for years and years and years arsenic missionaries.”

Asked what volition annoy him, helium says: "Sniffing. I'm besides not people a diligent person. Also I lived successful the monastery for 2 years. So I cognize what it's similar to beryllium locked successful with radical you didn't take to beryllium with. So I've got immoderate resilience. Except determination wasn't nutrient deprivation, alternatively determination was a batch of barroom successful the monastery. So I don't cognize what it volition beryllium like.”

Speaking successful the days earlier heading into camp, helium says helium was non-plussed by the eating trials. “I similar eating weird things anyway, truthful I person a regularisation of, whenever I spell anywhere, is to devour the section delicacy, which is sometimes not great,” helium says.

But 1 of his top fears is going hungry. “I'm ne'er much than 12 feet distant from a sandwich, truthful that's going to beryllium rather tricky." Richard says that helium whitethorn precise good telephone upon his religion erstwhile faced with immoderate of the much hairy trials. But helium says that helium won’t spell retired of his mode to speech astir religion. “I'm not going to spell astir singing Onward Christian Soldiers,” helium jokes.

He volition besides miss the simpler things successful beingness specified arsenic playing the piano. “I don't ideate determination is simply a soft successful camp. It's the regular daily worldly that I similar doing, specified arsenic nipping retired for a coffee, oregon getting my chemoreceptor hairsbreadth waxed astatine the Turkish barbers successful Eastbourne.”

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