I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! star Mike Tindall has opened up on his “boozy first date with his royal wife, Zara Phillips.
The 44-year-old former rugby union player revealed intimate details of his the pairs first romantic outing, admitted they got totally “smashed” and bonded over their love of booze.
Speaking inside main camp, Mike told Babatúndé and Owen that he had just found out he had been dropped from a big match in Australia and went to the local pub to drown his sorrows.
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The outing eventually led to him meeting his future wife.
Mike explained: “I was at the World Cup, she was out watching. I got dropped from the semi-final. I was p****d off and so I went for a beer with another guy who got dropped and a guy who was over [in Sydney].
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“They’d met her before and they introduced us and then got chatting.”
Owen replied: “So if you never got dropped you never would have met her?”
Mike said: “Best decision of Clive Woodward’s life.”
Owen added: “Thank god he dropped you.”
Revealing more details about his first date, Mike added: “First actual date, just went out for lunch locally. And ended up being quite a boozy one.
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“Then we figured out that we both quite like getting smashed. It was a good start.”
He went on to say the pair had been together for 18 years, before Owen joked that his longest relationship was just 6 months.
Babatúndé said of meeting his own wife: “First date, I want to say we went Nando’s. Most likely did you know… I think it was. Me and my wife we went to the same school.”
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Mike received anything but a royal welcome as he made his debut on the popular show during Sunday’s opening episode.
The star was helicoptered into the infamous jungle with Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver and Hollyoaks star Owen Warner.
They were greeted by their first task to win stars on the “Critter Cruise.”
Inside the boat, Mike faced a variety of creepy crawlies, including a large spider that crawled right over his head.
The trio won all three stars to take back to camp in a strong start for the star.
Leading this year’s lineup are 80s hitmaker Boy George, DJ Chris Moyles,
Loose Women’s Charlene White, A Place In The Sun presenter Scarlette Douglas, comedian Babatúndé Aléshé and retired England Lioness Jill Scott.
I’m A Celebrity continues tonight on ITV at 9pm
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