Tulisa pulls surprising I’m A Celeb u-turn just hours after fuelling feud rumours with ‘snub’
TULISA Contoslavos seems to have a love/hate relationship with the I’m a Celebrity experience, as the former popstar has been sending mixed signals about her time on the ITV show.
Last night the 36-year-old shared a reel advertising the ITV I’m a Celeb spin off, show, I’m Coming Out, which airs on the channel tonight, despite attempts to seemingly distance herself from her jungle co-stars, since her departure.
The “Coming Out” show brings all the stars of the current series together, including this year’s Jungle King Danny Jones, runner up Coleen Rooney, the Reverend Richard Coles, Corrie’s Alan Halsall, former Strictly star Oti Mabuse and former Love Island star, Maura Higgins, among others.
Her decision to underscore the I’m a Celeb special tonight, suggests some sort of U-turn in her feelings towards the reality show.
For in the last week, former N-Dubz singer Tulisa has fuelled speculation of a feud with her fellow co-stars, after her abrupt exit from the Jungle, left her to miss the show’s all important final.
After her jungle eviction, Tulisa cancelled a scheduled appearance on the spin off show Unpacked and then erased all social media images relating to to I’m a Celebrity.
Her strange retreat from the spotlight caused concerned among her fans, which then prompted her to release a statement on her social media, where she apologized for missing the show and sent best wishes to her “jungle fam.”
In her piece to camera from her home in Manchester, the star explained that she felt “overwhelmed” with the online attention she’d received since the experience and has felt the need to keep a low profile.
She said: “I just felt that I need to take a bit of time for me and just chill and this is all feeling a little bit much at the moment, I am just going to archive all my stuff to do with the jungle. Then when the time is right and I’ve had a bit of time to process, I am going to make my own reel with all my best bits.”
The former X Factor judge also added that having “been out of the spotlight” for a long time, she’s still adjusting to rekindling of public interest, as she “still has her little demons.”
Tulisa was also keen to clarify that she has no bad feeling towards her campmates.
She said: “I just want to clear up that I don’t think that any of my campmates are fake. Everyone in there is going to have one or two individuals who they are way more close with than others.”
A slew of her campmates put on a show of support, as Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough posted the comment, “Love You.”
Oti Mabuse posted two hearts and Maura Higgins shared two heart emojis.
Meanwhile reality star Ekin Su Culculogu said: “Take all the time you need, you were amazing. Social media can get too much sometimes, nothing is more important that your own peace of mind.”
Indeed Tulisa signed off from the video saying,
“I love my jungle buddies, I love my jungle fam, but there are going to be friendships that people have that really get nurtured and they become a friend for life.”
No doubt fans eagerly await the star’s next move, as she has re enters public life.