Josie Gibson was quick to take a swipe at her exes – just moments into the new I’m A Celebrity series starting.
The iconic reality show made its return to TV screens on Sunday (November 19) for its brand new series. Fronted by Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly, the Geordie duo welcomed a fresh batch of brave celebs into the Aussie jungle.
And one of those is This Morning favourite Josie – who was the first to be revealed on the show. However, during her opening VT, Josie made a dig at her exes.
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Speaking about her fears, she said: “Snakes I’m quite good with actually.” She went on: “I fell in love with enough of them!”
Jodie’s dig didn’t go amiss from viewers at home. Over on X, formerly known as Twitter, one person said: “I love snakes I’ve fallen enough with enough of them – I love Josie, what a wonderful human.”
Explaining more about what she’ll find tough in the jungle, Josie said: “I’m not keen on heights. I don’t like rats. I don’t like any sort of creepy crawlies at all, or cockroaches. Eugh!” She added: “I am very worried that I am going to leave my campmates to starve.”
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When Josie shot to fame in 2010, winning Big Brother she struck up a romance with John James Parton. However, the pair ended things a year after the show ended.
Josie also shares a son, Reggie, with ex-boyfriend Terry – with whom she split from in 2019. Josie and Terry had known each other for over 20 years. But five months after giving birth to Reggie, the two split.
More recently, in August, she set tongues wagging after she confirmed her romance with a mystery man. During an episode of Shopping With Keith Lemon, she said: “There is someone in my life at the moment but it’s early stages. It’s that bit where you’ve got the flutters, can’t-wait-to see-them vibes – you get a little bit nervous.”
The I’m A Celebrity launch show saw three campmates Josie, Nigel Farage and Nella Rose get dropped into the scorching hot Australian outback for the first time ever. Nigel, Nella and Josie met for the first time and quickly found out they had to help out their fellow celebs by doing a set of challenges.
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Nigel and Nella had to put their heads into compartments filled with snakes. While Josie had to submerge herself into a barrel of sludge.
Fans on X, were over the moon to see Josie on I’m A Celeb. Some even crowned her their winner already. One person penned: “Josie is defo going to be this year’s winner.” Someone else added: “Not afraid to get stuck in. Josie is my winner already.”
A third chimed in and gushed: “Calling it early, I’m A Celeb winner will either be Danielle, Sam or Josie..” Another proclaimed: “Love Josie!!.”
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