{"id":99041,"date":"2023-09-20T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99041"},"modified":"2023-09-20T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:38:12","slug":"former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show &#8211; and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A FORMER I&#x27;m A Celebrity star has revealed the what the worst experience on the show is &#8211; and it&#x27;s not the critters.<\/p>\n<p>Children&#x27;s TV star Timmy Mallett has opened up on the challenges the celebs face once they&#x27;re thrown into the TV camp.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-24040473-1695207237522.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NINTCHDBPICT000004157166.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/timmy-mallett-versace-hotel-evicted-4699934.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old, who shot to fame in the 80s and 90s with his programmes, such as Wacaday, has revealed the critters aren&#x27;t the worst part of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the ITV juggernaut, the presenter said it&#x27;s the people who are the biggest challenge.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive chat, he told The Sun: &quot;The hardest part if I\u2019m honest is other people.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;People can get a little tetchy and you are constrained in a room basically.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2><span>read more on i&#8217;m a celebrity<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/comp-mo.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Football legend confirms he&#8217;s turned down Strictly Come Dancing<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/itv-plc-reproduced-editorial-purposes-837335795.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Huge EastEnders star in talks to appear on I&#8217;m A Celebrity<\/h3>\n<p>Timmy, who has teamed with up Pension Attention to get young people educated about their pension pots, took part in the show&#x27;s eight series back in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>He lived in the Australian jungle alongside stars such as Joe Swash, Nicola McLean, George Takei and Simon Webbe. <\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;Imagine 12 people and imagine you can\u2019t escape them and quite a few of them are people you never want to meet again.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It\u2019s just a challenge, and what makes you successful is getting on with people. If you get on with people you\u2019ll get on in life.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in News TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2jnfwm1-exterior-sign-signage-logo-846226337.jpg\"><\/picture><span>IT&#8217;S OVER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Beloved Sky comedy axed after three series as stars are too busy to film<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ac-watn-peep-show-v2-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SHOW GOES ON <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Where Peep Show stars are now &#8211; from sexy throuple drama to marrying royalty<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GM_19_09_FERNE-TM_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>bum deal<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>This Morning in chaos as Ferne McCann&#8217;s baby POOS on Holly Willoughby<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-pa-photo-gruelling-channel-844668366-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>over &#038; out <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Soap star quits Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins &#8211; as TV&#8217;s toughest show returns<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It\u2019s so lovely to see people we know put into all sorts of uncomfortable situations with dreadful bugs and covered in critters and challenged.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Nicola McLean previously claimed that Timmy was on standby for three years before he finally got on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Spilling the beans in her\u00a0Closer\u00a0magazine column, wrote last year: \u201cAside from the two late comers, other celebrities are standby in case anyone gets injured or ill \u2013 but get sent home once the voting starts, as then it doesn\u2019t matter if someone leaves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey travel first class, stay in a hotel and get paid \u00a320,000. Timmy Mallett did that for three years before he got in, but that\u2019s rare because most don\u2019t go in the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ant and Dec are due back in Australia this November for the next series of I&#x27;m A Celebrity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Timmy Mallett is this year\u2019s ambassador for the UK wide Pension Attention campaign \u2013 which is co-ordinated by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), and funded by a large proportion of the pensions industry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/timmy-mallett-attends-spectacle-wearer-478875937.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3>We pay for your stories!<\/h3>\n<p>Do you have a story for The Sun Showbiz team?<\/p>\n<p>Email digishowbiz@the-sun.co.uk or call us direct on 0207 782 4220 .<\/p>\n<p>We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/24040473\/im-a-celebrity-timmy-mallett-worst-part-of-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FORMER I&#x27;m A Celebrity star has revealed the what the worst experience on the show is &#8211; and it&#x27;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A FORMER I&#x27;m A Celebrity star has revealed the what the worst experience on the show is &#8211; and it&#x27;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celebrity Cover News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Former-Im-A-Celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-ITV-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-The-Sun.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/\",\"name\":\"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TV &amp; Movies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/tv-movies\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show &#8211; and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrity Cover News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News","og_description":"A FORMER I&#x27;m A Celebrity star has revealed the what the worst experience on the show is &#8211; and it&#x27;s","og_url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/","og_site_name":"Celebrity Cover News","article_published_time":"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Former-Im-A-Celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-ITV-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-The-Sun.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/","name":"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show - and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun - Celebrity Cover News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-20T12:38:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/former-im-a-celebrity-star-reveals-the-worst-experience-on-itv-reality-show-and-its-not-the-critters-the-sun\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TV &amp; Movies","item":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/category\/tv-movies\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Former I&#x27;m A Celebrity star reveals the worst experience on ITV reality show &#8211; and it&#x27;s not the critters | The Sun"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/","name":"Celebrity Cover News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de07c4193ebb193d2d6fa19757e74118","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ac8c83445fdfae50e350a34b128b92e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}