I’m a Celebrity live: Coleen Rooney reveals ‘Wagatha’ secrets as stars get emotional

The singer, who rose to fame as one-third of the hip-hop group N-Dubz, is entering the I’m a Celeb jungle this week already a survivor of sorts. When she was 26, Tulisa said she felt as though she’d clocked 60 years of life experience – a good chunk of those not positive. The highlights (or lowlights rather) being: the lurid leaking of a sex tape, a drug sting operation by a tabloid, and of course, the good old-fashioned misogyny and classism inherent to being a working-class woman in the public eye. Eating a platter of raw fisheyes? It’ll be a cakewalk in comparison.

Northern Irish BBC Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough admitted he was “terrified of everything” ahead of his arrival in the jungle.

The reality TV juggernaut has been a fixture on screens since 2002 and, over the years, the amount of money paid to the participating contestants has exponentially increased.

This gap has widened even more in the last four years alone, with Noel Edmonds, the one-time highest-paid star, receiving £600,000 for what ended up being just one week in the jungle in 2019.

The 2024 line-up features celebrities ranging from singers Danny Jones (McFly) and Tulisa (N-Dubz) to Loose Women panellist Jane Moore and Love Island’s Maura Higgins.

“I used to go to church a lot but after my daughter… you know, not so much,” the former boxer replied to Irish radio presenter Dean McCullough who asked if McGuigan went to church.

“She had leukaemia, when I was making The Boxer with Daniel Day-Lewis, three weeks from the end I had to leave because she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia.

The singer explained that her cousin Dappy had hoped to be a solo star but that his father, their Uncle B, advised that a group including a girl would be better. He also suggested including Fazer, Dappy’s best friend at the time.

She explained: “My uncle offered me 20 quid and then I bartered him up to 50.”

I’m A Celebrity fans were left amazed as podcaster and Loose Women star GK Barry screamed her way to success in Monday’s Bushtucker Trial (18 November).

Coleen Rooney addressed her “Wagatha Christie” court case against Rebekah Vardy on Monday night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity.

Speaking about matters escalating to court, Rooney added: “That was my worst nightmare to go to court. I felt like it was like putting on a show for the whole world.”

The N-Dubz singer was a judge on The X Factor in 2012 when Rylan competed and finished fourth, and her appearance on the ITV reality show arrives after what has been a tough decade for the star.

Rylan, who is now a successful TV presenter, pledged his support for Contostavlos as the launch episode began. He shared a photo of the singer, writing: “YES 2012 come throughhhhhhh.”

He then added: “Also before people start going for appearance, Tulisa has been through a lot health wise the last few years so let’s not make s*** jokes about her on twitter yeah.”