This Morning's Josie Gibson 'turned down' rival show to go on I'm a Celebrity
16.11.2023 - 09:16
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Josie Gibson reportedly turned down a rival show in order to appear on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. The This Morning presenter is among the ten famous faces who have been revealed in the ITV reality show's line-up ahead of its return.
The popular programme, hosted by Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly, will make its much-anticipated return on Sunday (November 19) with Josie among those to have headed Down Under to swap lives little luxuries for life in the jungle camp.
Joining the former Big Brother winner in Australia are former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, actress and Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn Spears, TV personality Sam Thompson, TV presenter Fred Sirieix, YouTuber Nella Rose, food critic Grace Dent, JLS star and DJ Marvin Humes, former EastEnders star Danielle Harold and Hollyoaks actor Nick Pickard.
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Before heading into the jungle, Josie has admitted she is absolutely terrified of coming face-to-face with the jungle’s ‘creepy crawlies’ and revealed she is still in shock that she's actually had the courage to take part.
"Now I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is fast approaching, it’s sinking in and I am feeling anxious," the bubbly TV star admitted. "I keep thinking, 'S**t, I am actually doing this’. I know I have taken on challenges for This Morning in the past but I don’t know if I’ve taken on too much here. It’s all becoming real.
"I am dreading the insects and it’s my biggest phobia.I also don’t like spiders and I freeze normally when I see one. My family thinks I am mad doing the programme too as