An I’m A Celebrity… South Africa contestant has spoken about their experience after being eliminated from the camp.
Seann Walsh has opened up about his experience on I’m A Celebrity… South Africa (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Seann Walsh has shared his experience on I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, after becoming the first contestant eliminated from the camp.
The comedian had returned to take on more of Ant and Dec’s stomach-churning Bushtucker Trials, after his first stint in the jungle in 2022 alongside the likes of Matt Hancock and Boy George.
This time around, he joined Scarlett Moffatt, Gemma Collins, Adam Thomas, Harry Redknapp, Ashley Roberts, Beverley Callard and Sir Mo Farah on the all-stars series, as well as David Haye, Sinitta, Craig Charles, Jimmy Bullard and Adam Thomas.
However, Seann became the first celebrity eliminated, with his fate left in Harry’s hands after he lost a gruesome eating challenge against Jimmy.
Seann was the first celebrity eliminated from the camp (Image: ITV)
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The former Strictly star has now spoken about how much more terrifying this time around was, which saw him dangling off a cliff edge by a handful of strings during one challenge.
He shared: “The trials were harder and scarier. It felt like it was turned up to eleven, so that just put more anxiety into the camp.
“The pleasure for me doing the jungle was the extraordinary people you get to live with. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that. It felt strange for me being in their presence, because they are almost historic figures in entertainment and sport. That doesn’t go over the top of my head.”
Talking about the petrifying Cut Throat Cliff challenge, Seann continued: “They put us on the edge of a cliff, hundreds of feet in the air. There’s nothing like having to cut your own wire, which is going to send you down.
“I went down, my bowels also went down! When I first had to hang over the edge, I thought of my daughter and thought, “I don’t want her to be afraid like I am.”
Seann was dangling from ropes off a cliff edge (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Seann went on to describe the difficult conditions in camp, especially when they were divided and he was sent to Savannah Scrub.
“It was an absolute hellhole,” he admitted. “The toilet faced the shower. Honestly, I think the three most useless people to be left together in Savannah Scrub were Adam, myself, and Bev. You couldn’t have hoped for a more useless three, to the point where we couldn’t see any kind of door for the long drop, so we assumed there wasn’t one!”
Addressing his exit, he added: “It’s a combination of emotions. I was thrilled to be able to see my family because I missed my kids a lot. At the same time, I’m sad they won’t see me in the jungle for longer or doing more trials.”
This comes after Seann described I’m A Celebrity… South Africa as “bigger, badder and harder”. During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, he recently said: “In the original series you might get one eating challenge, and one thing you’ve got to eat through, but now it’s many, dozens, so it’s much harder.”
I’m A Celebrity… South Africa continues weeknights at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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