In a big surprise, Paul Burrell has confessed that he and Phil Tufnell clashed during their time in I’m A Celebrity South Africa.
Throughout its 15-episode run, the nation was hooked on the ‘All Stars’ version of the popular show.
But the viewers certainly didn’t see everything. Therefore the late Lady Di’s butler has decided to treat us by opening up on the full extent of his jungle rivalry.
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Speaking to, Slingo, he said: “Phil [Tufnell] and I, I had to pick him [for a trial], and he didn’t speak to me. But Phil’s a professional sportsman, so you have to understand the world he comes from.”
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He continued: “He doesn’t like to be defeated, he wants to win all the time, but if the ball is in somebody else’s court, he doesn’t like it; he wants to be holding the ball.
“I understand that dynamic; that’s why we had a bit of friction. Not much, but we joked when we came out, about his wife, who he calls ‘the Duchess’, and they are a lovely couple.
“When you’re in the boiling pot in the middle of a jungle, little things can irritate and boil over, and I think at times you get to a point where the elastic band breaks.”
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Like the rest of the campmates, Burrell earned his place in the competition via his legendary first crack at the whip.
Screaming and shrieking as he participated in Bushtucker Trials, he came second only to Joe Pasquale back in 2004.
And he loved his experience, even more, the second time around.
He claimed: “I loved it. I loved doing it a second time around with that cast of people because they’ve done it before, they knew the ropes, and they knew how to behave, generally. They knew the process of making the show, and I loved it.
“I loved the people in it, I really did. For me, going into it 19 years later to do it again as a different person, I felt, was very liberating.”
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Burrell continued: “My world had changed and this is what I mean with the monarchy too, it’s changing. Charles has changed, Camilla has changed, everybody has changed, nothing stays the same. So for me, I didn’t stay the same.
“I was now married to a man instead of being married to my wife, and yet I’ve evolved and moved on and become myself.
“When I did it 19 years ago I couldn’t be myself because I was too busy looking over my shoulder, whether somebody was going to say something bad or if there was going to be some story in the press, I had to hide then.
“This time around I actually didn’t even think. I thought nobody’s watching, nobody’s listening. I’m just going to have a bit of fun and what you saw was me having fun.”
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