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TV3 GROUP RELEASE: 28th November 2013
I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE!
3e, THURSDAY 28th NOVEMBER 9PM
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Jungle News
HIGHLIGHTS:
· MORNING SNORY
· BUSHTUCKER TRIAL – LIMO SCREAM
· MATTHEW WON’T LET LUCY SPEAK
· NAUGHTY KIDS IN CAMP
· DINGO DOLLAR CHALLENGE - WEB OF FLIES
· OUTBACK SHACK AND RETURN
· CONTRABAND IN CAMP
· DINNER
MORNING SNORY
Joey emerged from his tree house lodgings in a great mood, performing a little self-penned rap and said he’d been woken by Vincent’s snoring. “I’ve never snored before; maybe my day will come when I will actually snore.”
The noise was the talk of the camp. “Everyone’s sleeping very well,” said Laila. “The snoring bunch is normally right out of tune, Alfonso snores like a soft bear, if I’d been in bed with them I’d be elbowing them to shut up.”
He is oblivious to his snoring, the ground was shaking.
MATTHEW WON’T LET LUCY SPEAK
Matthew branded Kian a ‘scab’ during a row in which the television presenter tried to get the other celebrities to support his mutiny.
The celebrities were complaining it was hot in camp and had asked producers if the canopy, which protects the camp from heavy rain fall, could be opened to allow them to sit in the shade.
Kian’s request for the canopy to be opened was refused. “They (producers) are not taking it down because they have said there is plenty of shade in other parts of the camp and around the pool area if you don’t want to be inside.”
This led to a call for collective protest action from Matthew. “If we all take our mikes off we’ll soon find the canopy will come down pretty quick. Are you with me fellows, revolution aye?”
Kian said: “No one seemed to jump on board with that idea, it didn’t really happen to be honest.”
Lucy then arrived back in camp eager to tell the story about her trial experience. She looked down and dejected and appeared disappointed with herself.
“I thought it would be a really good idea to lie to them and pretend I hadn’t done very well. Everyone sets such a high standard in here.”
Matthew interrupted her starting to tell her story by saying: “We thought we’d sit here in complete silence until the canopy comes down.”
Kian however asked Lucy why she was feeling disappointed. “I’d psyched myself up and then felt I had let everyone down.”
“Tell us about the trial then Lucy,” urged the Westlife singer.
Matthew protested: “That’s solidarity brother, that’s what happened with industrial relations in this country, scabs like you.”
As Kian pushed on with his questioning of Lucy, Matthew exclaimed: “Oh scab! I didn’t even want the canopy down, I’m only doing it for everyone else, I thought we were going to make some kind of stand and then every three seconds you are undermining it.”
Snapping back Kian said: “You are the only person who wants to do it! Lucy has just come back from the trial we should listen to her speak! Let her talk about it. Your attitude is unnecessary.”
Alfonso supported Kian. “Every day we look forward to that person going out and coming back and having all of us support them when they came back in. Lucy didn’t have us support her when she came back in and that is not acceptable. You will tear this camp apart if that continues to happen. Kian was trying to do it and he was shut down and became a scab because he was giving her her moment. There are places of shade and places for people to go.”
In the Bush Telegraph Lucy said: “The whole effect of the story was wasted! I had to keep the ‘I’m disappointed’ face for an awful lot longer than I anticipated. I wanted to do a bit of a performance but it all went a bit pear shaped! ”
Kian said: “Matthew wanted everyone to protest but no one jumped on board really with that one. When the canopy is closed the sun hits the beds nicely but we are able to find shade. Everyone was really excited to see Lucy and find out how she did in the trial, I was encouraging her to tell her story. He kind of snapped at me over the situation as if to say that I was pursuing Lucy to get the info out of her, he can be sharp tongued at times and let things get to him.”
NAUGHTY KIDS IN CAMP
Joey has invited Amy to Essex for a night out and she readily accepted.
“I want to experience the Essex experience. I’ve never been and I think I will love it.”
“You will love it; you can come out with me and my mates if you want. We have become close you and me,” said Joey.
“Yes, we’re like jungle buddies, I would love to go out in Essex we could do our secret handshake on the dance floor,” she replied.
The young celebrities had been making up a secret handshake in their treehouse, watched by the other celebrities who referred to Amy and Joey as the kids and thought they were playing pat-a-cake. Kian watched on slightly enviously as they had fun.
“Everyone is slagging them off and taking the mickey out of them and saying ‘oh look at them making up handshakes’, sometimes I would like to be over there with the two kids because sometimes they are ten times more light-hearted than what’s going on in the main camp.”
CONTRABAND IN CAMP
Celebrities were forced to handover some contraband they had secreted around their beds after cameras caught Amy giving Joey a piece of chewing gum which then led to some astonishing confessions.
Lucy had been suspicious of Amy because she carried a bag around with her all day. “Amy has a bag called Betsy which she takes everywhere with her, Betsy goes to the toilet, upstairs, in the Bush Telegraph, it’s just like a handbag only we’ve nothing to put in a bag in there.”
The secret stash was revealed when Amy asked Joey if he wanted to know a secret and then drew a piece of contraband chewing gum out of her bag and split it with her friend.
David read out a laminate: “Celebrities, there is contraband in camp; unless it is handed in you will only receive seven of the ten meals that Lucy won in today’s trial.”
With that the guilty parties owned up and handed over items including towels, hand sanitiser, a torch, pen, chewing gum and an empty water bottle.
Amy claimed she found the chewing gum and was going to share it when she got the opportunity and Annabel said she’d found the torch and had given it to Vincent to help with his pee pee problem!
Kian then confessed to his fellow celebrities that he used to steal from the pick and mix section at the supermarket! “I’d go to the pick and mix and put a sweet in my mouth and two in my pocket. If anyone did come up and say excuse me sir you’ve eaten three sweets, I’d be like ‘alright, I’ll leave the $200 pounds of shopping in my trolley, pay for the three sweets and go elsewhere!’
Laila said she would also eat going around the supermarket. ‘I’ve gone round and eaten a packet of crisps before and put the paper in the bin at the end and I’ve eaten them lovely big prawns before when they’ve wanted $8 for them – don’t ask me where I’ve put the packet though!” She laughed.
Amy confessed “I’ve gone around the bakery section of my supermarket and picked up samples then gone around and around again eating them.”
WEB OF FLIES
Vincent had to embody – literally – his fear of spiders by taking part in the challenge Web of Flies.
He set off with Annabel to play for treats in a challenge that tested their fear of heights and communication skills to the limit. As they reached the ravine they found the laminate which read: “A hair hungry spider is waiting in the sky, staring at its food that is flying way up high. Moving back and forth to catch the yummy flies, throw them in the web to release the dollar prize.”
Annabel took the controls while Vincent jumped into the very hairy spider costume and was spun out over the ravine to catch his flies. “You can’t be scared because it’s not real darling,” reassured Annabel.
“I’m having a bit of doubt, the communication is going to be a bit of a challenge between me and Annabel because I’m Italian and my accent and my lisp could be a bit difficult for her to understand.”
However the communication was no problem and with Annabel’s steering skills, Vincent caught all the flies and they won the challenge.
I LOVE YOU
Annabel and Vincent made their way to the Outback Shack to spend their Dingo Dollars. They were given a choice of tea bags or chocolate biscuits and on the basis that they had no milk in camp, they chose chocolate biscuits.
Lucy ran to the phone box and repeated the question. “According to a recent survey what percentage of women admitted to saying ‘I love you’ when they didn’t really mean it? 32% or 43%
The question sparked debate as Laila and a couple of the others said the higher figure and out at the Outback Shack Vincent said the same. However in camp they’d talked themselves into the lower number – which was incorrect.
“Women. Bunch of liars” joked Matthew.
“I told you it was right straight away” said Laila. “I was the only one that held my hand up and said it’s higher out of the whole lot of them.” Later she added “I’ve been with a bloke and I fell out of love with him and you have to just keep the peace. I knew it was high.”
Annabel wasn’t happy. “As you know I’ve been asking for chocolate biscuits for some time now and they were on the other side of the counter. I’ll never get over this. Ever.”