Make trials harder so celebs can’t have more food – we like cranky stars: Rebekah Vardy’s I’m A Celeb diary
I’M A Celebs trials are getting far too easy, we need to make it harder for them to get the stars – give us cranky camp mates, not fun loving ones.
But we have to start off by talking about Fright Bus because wow, what a trial that was.
The Fright Bus looked absolutely terrifying[/caption]Maura and Tulisa were absolutely hating every second of being in there, weren’t they? I don’t know how long I could have actually dealt with and coped with all of that screaming, though.
Even Ant and Dec said that they were the most screamiest camp mates ever.
But it was definitely all for a good cause, and they all got their random luggage and their treats.
I’m not sure how happy Maura was with her treat of an apple. She looked like she was fuming.
I think Alan’s treat was the best. A disposable camera – what an absolute throwback.
That much of a throwback that Maura didn’t even know what to do with it…
I can’t believe she asked how she looks at the picture. Come on, Maura. I expected more from you.
Honestly, I wish I could’ve had a disposable camera when I was in there.
It would have been incredible to have some inside memories to keep forever.
But I do think this year’s camp mates have had it way too easy. They really have.
I remember the year we did it, and we hardly got any food for the first week, let alone home comforts.
I think these guys got home comforts in what, the second or third day?
It’s actually crazy.
I'm A Celeb 2024 - late entries
MAURA Higgins is a late entry to I'm A Celeb 2024. Yet who is joining her?
2019 Love Island star Maura, 33, will be a late entry to the jungle line-up.
She will head into the I’m A Celeb camp, along with the Reverend Richard Coles, 62.
The duo will join the likes of Coleen Rooney, Barry McGuigan and Danny Jones in Ant and Dec’s jungle camp a week into this year’s star-spangled series.
Yet initially the duo will have their own private base – and a secret mission – before heading into the main compound Down Under.
Maura has already described the jungle as “hell.”
Meanwhile Richard, who has starred on Strictly, has confessed his biggest “fear.”
And as I was saying, I think we need to rein them in a bit and make the trials harder so they don’t have as much opportunity of winning those stars for food.
What we need is cranky camp mates, not happy, fun loving camp mates.
I’ve also seen a lot of people asking about the fact that the girls look glowing and asking are they wear a moisturiser.
So here’s a little bit of insider information.
They do give you a pack of jungle friendly products.
You get deodorant, which is the most horrendous smell that leaves you smelling like a campfire, it’s pretty disgusting.
They give you a jungle friendly toothpaste, which tastes disgusting.
And then there’s mosquito stuff, and I can’t remember whether they give you a face moisturiser or a lip balm.
I can’t remember much, maybe this year that they have, but I would definitely say the girl’s skin is looking glowy, probably from all the humidity because it does get quite warm in there, even with rain.
I remember one of the first nights that we got in there, I had a tick on my shoulder, would never have known. No one noticed it.
But the cameras in there pick up every single thing.
They are incredible, and they are literally everywhere, and they can zoom in so far and so clear that they managed to see that I had a bug on me.
And that’s how they watch all around the camp at night.
You have people that come in, and you don’t know that they’ve been in, but you have people come in and remove any bugs that shouldn’t be there or any dangerous spiders or snakes that have snuck into the camp.
All that stuff absolutely used to fascinate me because it’s quite incredible how much goes into that production.
But anyway, back to last night’s show.
We need to talk about Danny and his guitar because that really, really seemed to lift the spirits in the camp.
And who knew Barry, the UK and European featherweight champion, could sing?
I think everyone was just as shocked when he opened his mouth, and Marvin as well – it was amazing.
Speaking of Barry, he’s gone a bit quiet, hasn’t he? We haven’t really seen him much of him at all. And we definitely won’t be seeing him anymore if he goes missing again.
After last night, I don’t think he will be asked to take the washing up again any time soon.
Be careful out there Barry, camp actually need you.
And onto Dean, I actually think he celebrated more about not being nominated for a trial compared to him winning those 10 stars.
But come on, He did deserve a day off, didn’t he?
I think we were all bored of with the theatricals.
Then we had the Fright Night task at the end of the tunnel. Well, that was a loud one, wasn’t it? But all for a good reason.
Maura and the spiders – she really did well with facing her fears. Bless her.
But come on, Maura, what were you expecting from the jungle?
I really, really love how witty she is during the trials, but you could definitely, definitely see her getting irritated because of the accent barrier between her and Jane.
That was funny.
I’m sure Jane definitely understands ‘A’ for ‘asshole,’ though.
Jane was really calm throughout there, wasn’t she? She just smashed it and just got on with it.
And strategically, it really worked out with which star she knew she could get rather than struggle and just waste time on the others.
Six out of 12 stars is really not bad and they’ve definitely had worse in there.
Next up, holy smokes, Reverend Richard. I hope he manages to get some new socks, and it’s not the best if he only has one pair in there.
The Reverend really seems to have a connection with everyone in camp and I think it’s just so telling about the kind of person he is.
I love him and I think he’s brilliant because he seems so genuine and so kind and he’s a really, really good listener in there as well.
A lot of the camp mates seem to be having quite open and meaningful conversations with each other, which is really nice to see, even though they’ve only been kind of in there a week.
When you’re in a situation like that, and in the jungle, emotions are very high, and you’re with a group of people 24 hours a day.
You’ve never really met them and you don’t really know them, but you do get to know people really quickly.
And Richard is the perfect example of that. A lot of people seem to trust him and will go to have a chat with him.
The real challenge in the jungle is being there without your family and your friends and constantly being in your own head all the time.
You have time to think and go over everything that you wouldn’t normally do with school runs, work clubs, ferrying kids around here and there.
And the jungle really, really allows you to just sit back and think.
It’s just so important to just stop sometimes and be with your family and loved ones and just completely forget the outside noise.
So moving on to tonight, the next task is called Shock Around The Clock.
I think Tulisa is going to be really, really good. She seems to be really, really strong in the camp and also quite competitive, so hopefully she gets a lot of stars for the camp.
It would be amazing to see someone get all of the stars and for Tulisa to be the first one to do that.
Vardy's verdict
AS Rebekah watches the show with a keen eye, she's shared her predictions for what's to come in the next few episodes.
Villain: I don’t have one for this!
Hero: It has to be Oti for being so open with what she went through, and she’s definitely helped a lot of people and opened up that topic of premature births which is now being spoken about on social media. She’s incredibly brave to do that so publicly as well, so I applaud her.
Next trial: I would love to see Barry! I need to see more of him. I’ve loved him from the start, and I continue to love him now.