‘I hated it, it didn’t suit me’ Anne Hegerty recalls ‘awful’ I’m a Celebrity appearance
Anne was the fifth contestant to be eliminated, lasting until day 18.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Anne said that she did not enjoy the experience.
She said: “I hated it, it didn’t suit me.
“Everybody else there was tougher and more stoical than I was and I massively admired and respected them, and sort of wished I could be more like that.”
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Anne didn’t know what she was getting into, although she had watched the show previously.
The Governess added: “I was having a great time right up until we were out of the helicopters, out of the cars and we were having to walk into the jungle and I just felt myself sort of plodding and going down and down.
“I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, how awful is this going to be? We are in the bad camp as it is; this might actually be a really bad camp. Have I made a terrible mistake?’
“… My campmates in Snake Rock had just been so comforting and it was just even better when we had all the campmates together.”
She said to them: “Yes! I am sorry, I am just pleased!
“It’s brilliant, isn’t it?”
Speaking to hosts Declan Donnelly and Holly Willoughby on her departure, Anne revealed she had attempted to quit within the first few hours of arriving in the jungle, but was persuaded not to.
She said: “I felt like we were walking into hell and we got to Snake Rock and I couldn’t process it, the reality hit me and I was like, ‘What have I done?’ I went into the BT [Bush Telegraph] the next morning and said, ‘I quit.’
“And they said, ‘Come back in a few hours.’ I was a zombie in Snake Rock for the first 24 hours.
“I could not have done it without ten other fantastic people, they are so kind.”
She branded the public “lunatics” for keeping her on the show for so long.
Harry Redknapp won series 18 of I’m a Celeb with Emily Atack taking second place.
This year’s I’m a Celebrity is scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 21.
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