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Former winner Vicky Pattison sends I’m A Celeb cast a warning about life after the jungle – as they arrive back in UK
Vicky won the iconic reality TV series in 2015
FORMER I'm A Celebrity champ Vicky Pattison has issued a stark warning to the 2024 cast as they touch down on home turf.
It came as a host of the recent line-up were seen arriving back from Australia, including GK Barry, 25, who looked fresh faced with girlfriend Ella Rutherford, 24.
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Jungle King Danny Jones, 38, was seen sipping bubbly in a bathtub as he toasted his show win while Tulisa has returned home to Cheshire.
Both Danny and I'm A Celeb runner-up Coleen Rooney have been tipped for huge roles and paydays on ITV daytime yet Geordie Shore alum Vicky, 37, who triumphed on the series in 2015, has issued words of warning on life after camp.
When asked for her words of wisdom on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain by host Susanna Reid, Vicky said she would tell them to: "Remember the people who loved you and who you loved before."
Vicky, who was also on the show to talk about her battle with PMDD, added: "It's easy to get carried away.
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"It's important to remember the people who put you there.
"You're no different than anyone else."
REAL DEAL
Vicky has candidly spoken about the pressures of fame after the show - and admitted it nearly "broke her."
The MTV babe wowed her fans in the jungle, eventually finishing in first place after battling the Bushtucker Trials and creepy crawlies.
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However, as she left she was flung into the limelight and spent months juggling her new career opportunities, from her weight loss DVDs to TV deals.
I’m a Celebrity’s Danny Jones reveals how show bosses smuggled him out to see his family in the jungle
“The jungle was the best thing I’ve ever done and I always knew it was going to be – I’d been asking them for years!” she joked to at the time.
“2016 was simultaneously the best and worst year of my life,” she added. “It was amazing in that I achieved a lot of my professional goals, but it almost broke me personally.
“I wasn’t sleeping or eating right and I couldn’t relax – I was constantly worried about the next thing. It wasn’t that I was worried about projects coming along, it was just that they wouldn’t stop coming!"
NEW GIGS
Meanwhile, The Sun was first to report how Danny was in talks for a slew of ITV roles after his jungle win.
ITV bosses are keen to secure Danny, 38, long-term as one of its main players, alongside family favourites including Joel Dommett and Bradley Walsh.
I'm A Celebrity - All The Winners
Here's every star who has been crowned King or Queen of the Jungle to date:
- 2024: Danny Jones, McFly star
- 2023: Sam Thompson, Made in Chelsea star
- 2022: Jill Scott, England footballer
- 2021: Danny Miller, Emmerdale star
- 2020: Giovanna Fletcher, actress and podcaster
- 2019: Jacqueline Jossa, EastEnders star
- 2018: Harry Redknapp, England legend
- 2017: Georgia Toffolo, Made In Chelsea star
- 2016: Scarlett Moffatt, Gogglebox star
- 2015: Vicky Pattison, Geordie Shore star
- 2014: Carl Fogarty, famed racer
- 2013: Kian Egan, Westlife star
- 2012: Charlie Brooks, EastEnders actor
- 2011: Dougie Poynter, McFly star
- 2010: Stacey Solomon, X Factor star now TV personality
- 2009: Gino D'ACampo, TV Chef
- 2008: Joe Swash, TV personality
- 2007: Christopher Biggins, actor
- 2006: Matt Willis, Busted star
- 2005: Carol Thatcher, author and broadcaster
- 2004 (second series): Joe Pasquale, comedian
- 2004: Kerry Katona, Atomic Kitten star and reality star
- 2003: Phil Tufnell, England Cricketer
- 2002: Tony Blackburn, Radio DJ
There was also an All Star series in South Africa in 2023, which was won by Myleene Klass.
A source said: “Danny is the embodiment of everything ITV loves. He’s fun, family friendly and incredibly popular.
“Watching how popular he was on I’m A Celeb made him a key target for other shows they have coming up. Danny is a brilliant musician, but he is also great on TV.
"ITV bosses want to see if they can sign him on for another series of The Voice UK and there are other shows they think he could be perfect on.”
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