Coleen Rooney SLAMMED by ex I’m A Celeb star as she hits out at ‘avoiding trials’ saying ‘why is she on there? Go home!’
COLEEN Rooney has been SLAMMED by an ex I’m A Celebrity star as she hits out at her ‘avoiding trials’.
We previously revealed that the wife of former England striker Wayne Rooney would be exempt from some of the trials.
The 38-year-old WAG has painful reactive arthritis, which affects the joints and is set off by stress.
Now, a former star of the show has slammed the media personality after we reported that Coleen may be exempt from some challenges.
Kim Woodburn, 82, previously entered the I’m A Celebrity jungle in 2009, where she ended up as the runner-up.
Now, the former campmate has slammed Coleen for agreeing to even take part in the show with her condition.
Never backward in coming forward, Kim implied to The Sun that the star would be ‘boring’ around camp.
“Coleen Rooney will not be able to do many trials because she has a form of arthritis, which sad as it is. We know, we know it’s sad, so I think she’ll be very limited to what she can do,” Kim remarked to us.
“Then, why are they still taking her in there? I don’t want to watch Coleen.
“I don’t dislike the girl at all, but you don’t take somebody in there to sit on that log all the time eating rice.”
In the interview hosted by WhichBingo.co.uk, Kim told The Sun that viewers want to see celebrities take part in the infamous Bushtucker Trials.
She explained that in her opinion, ITV is not getting value for money with the signing due to her conditions.
Kim explained to The Sun: “We want to see her doing the trials. If you’re going to do this as she can’t, she can’t do much of anything, because she has a form of arthritis, it’s sad.
“Don’t take money if you’re going to sit there doing nothing, don’t go. She’s very famous. I want to see her do something.
“That’s what we do it for, the programme are nuts. Do not take her just because she’s a celebrity. No, no, no celebrity, but does something.
She added: “If that’s how they’re going to form the show, it will be like watching paint dry.”
I'm A Celebrity 2024: Rumoured line-up
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- Danny Jones – McFly singer
- Oti Mabuse – Former Strictly professional dancer and TV presenter
- Jane Moore – Sun columnist and Loose Women panelist
- Dean McCullough – BBC Radio 1 Presenter
- Tulisa – N-Dubz star and former The X Factor judge
- Barry McGuigan – Boxing promoter
- Melvin Odoom – Radio and TV presenter
- Alan Halsall – Coronation Street actor
- Maura Higgins – Former Love Island reality star
- Rev Richard Coles – BBC Radio host
- Coleen Rooney – Wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney
- GK Barry – YouTube and internet personality
Never mincing her words, Kim thinks that Coleen should just stay in Britain, rather than fly all the way to Australia.
“Coleen, go home. Please. Don’t bore us to tears. Nice girl, you don’t need the money, please. I want to see the people being tortured like they did to me.”
“I’m in the old school, and see at my age, in my day, you honoured your commitments and it stayed with me.
She added: “If I take a show on, doing that show and I would be wetting myself, but you do it, your honour.
Don’t take money if you’re going to sit there doing nothing, don’t go … Coleen, go home. Please. Don’t bore us to tears.
Kim Woodburn
“Don’t take that money. And so I go, ‘don’t do it you ratbag’. Be honourable.”
Speaking about Coleen’s condition, a source previously told The Sun: “Execs want to keep her happy and healthy.”
Coleen said the stress of her Wagatha Christie legal case triggered a crippling bout of the condition.
Sources revealed that ITV medics will seek to ease the 38-year-old’s condition if it flares up while in the jungle.
I’m A Celebrity returns to ITV1 and ITVX on November 17th .