{"id":101092,"date":"2023-11-24T22:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101092"},"modified":"2023-11-24T22:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:58:37","slug":"im-a-celebs-tony-bellew-almost-boycotted-show-following-tragic-family-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/im-a-celebs-tony-bellew-almost-boycotted-show-following-tragic-family-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Im A Celebs Tony Bellew almost boycotted show following tragic family death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Tony Bellew has admitted his jungle adventure is tinged with sadness \u2013 after his "wonderful" nan Rose died just 24 hours after he signed his I\u2019m A Celebrity contract. <\/p>\n

    The ex-boxing champ, who will go into camp as one of two late entries alongside Frankie Dettori, paid tribute to his "second mum" who died aged 97 last week. She was looking forward to watching him compete on the show.<\/p>\n

    The star said he only committed to flying out once it was confirmed he could be home in time for her funeral. Tony, 40, told The Mirror: "I signed the day before she passed away, so there was no going back then. If I sign something, I honour my agreement. <\/p>\n

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    "In an ideal world I would have left it but I had signed. I was coming, so I am here. But I am going back to bury her on the 15th." The sportsman revealed he planned to quit the show if he was unable to attend his nan's funeral.<\/p>\n

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    "I was going to renegade if I couldn\u2019t move the burial date. I can bury her now when I get back," he said. Paying tribute, he added: \u201cShe was in a home. And she told my mum \u2018I\u2019ll be able to watch that [I\u2019m A Celeb] every night\u2019.<\/p>\n

    "She\u2019ll be watching, you know, from wherever she is and whatever she\u2019s doing. She was a diamond of an old lady. She was wonderful. She was a lovely, lovely woman, and she had the heart of gold, so she\u2019ll be missed by all of us. Me and my brothers and my mother and my dad by the way as well."<\/p>\n

    Laid back Tony, a former cruiserweight world champion who also twice defeated David Haye, said he signed up for the show mainly to give his kids some memories and fun as they normally watch the series at home in Liverpool. He said his wife Rachael also fancied a trip to Australia with their three sons. <\/p>\n

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    \u201cThey\u2019ll be here having an absolute scream while I\u2019m sitting there starving,\u201d he added. The diehard Everton fan does not class himself as a celebrity and has no plans for a big entrance or for bust ups.<\/p>\n

    He said: \u201cI get along with anyone, I don\u2019t have any problems, any issues. I\u2019m pretty easy going. I was always calm fighting and I love fighting. It\u2019s the best thing. It was the only thing I\u2019m good at. Life was much easier when I could punch people in the face and get paid."<\/p>\n

    Tony has criticised Nigel Farage online in the past, but insisted he would give him the benefit of the doubt. He said: \u201cHe\u2019s just another human being exactly the same as myself. So, like the other 11 people in there, I\u2019ll get to know him and I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll go from there. He hasn\u2019t done anything to me personally.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cYou just find a way to get along with people. So I\u2019m just happy go lucky. I\u2019m from a different world to these people. And I don\u2019t actually class myself as a celebrity. I\u2019m just someone who was good at punching people in the face.\u201d He added: \u201cThere\u2019s not much that I\u2019m not scared of to be honest. <\/p>\n

    \u201cI mean, who likes rats? Who likes mice? Who likes snakes? Who likes cockroaches? No one. If you show me someone who does like those things, I\u2019ll show you a weirdo. It should be a fascinating experience to say the least."<\/p>\n

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