We hate to wish the year away, buuuuut… HOW GOOD will this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! be if Gemma Collins returns to the jungle?!
According to the Sun, the TOWIE star – who managed to last an entire THREE days on the show last year – is in “advanced talks” to return.
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An insider told the newspaper that I’m A Celeb higher-ups want to tempt her back to Oz so they can keep her within the ITV channel, as there’s been speculation she might be poached by Channel 5 for Celebrity Big Brother.
“Although Gemma’s last stint in the jungle was a disaster, she made great TV,” said the source.
“Bosses are fascinated to see if she can overcome her fears and stay for the duration. Talks are at an advanced stage but Gemma is up for it and is desperate to prove she can stick it out.”
The unnamed mole added that if Gem can prove herself through the Bushtucker Trials and win over the public, she could have a long career at ITV.
But Gemma found her 72 hours in the jungle so traumatising that she actually said she was quitting TV for good… and then reappeared on TOWIE just a couple of weeks later.
If she does go back into the jungle, she could find herself with old campmate Craig Charles, who was forced to leave the show after his brother died suddenly.
He’s thought to want to give I’m A Celeb another shot, which would be really good.
I'm A Celebrity 2014: Gemma Collins' most iconic statements
I'm A Celebrity 2014: Gemma Collins most iconic statements
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"People are going to see the real bare, stripped-back me. I might just become Bear Grylls, you never know."We never did get to see Gemma chowing down on a raw snake, drinking her own urine or sleeping inside a rancid camel (yep, Bear Grylls has seriously done all of those things).
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"Yeah alright, I've cracked at the first hurdle. It's like the turtle and the slug or the horse and the rabbit or something, I can't remember what it is."Who could forget the age-old story of the turtle and the slug?
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"If they don’t give us a treat I’m going to kill myself.”Well, the suicide threats didn’t work, but outside of the jungle is a plentiful world of treats just waiting for Gem.
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"I've never been in a shower which takes so much hard work but you've just got to roll with it, like Oasis said."
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"I feel like I’ve got malaria. My poo is bright fluorescent yellow, we’ve got to get out of here today.”Symptoms of malaria do not include yellow poo, constant whinging or an Essex accent, sorry Gem.
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"Seriously, I'd give anything for a bit of dried fruit. Dried fruit! I'm not even asking for a ham sandwich. You know what I mean? With a packet of Quavers on the side."We’re not sure dried fruit is the best remedy for fluorescent yellow diarrhea Gem, maybe just stick to dry bread and water until the ‘malaria’ clears up.
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"People that murder get treated better than this, and that's the truth. Even a murderer gets fed three times a day."Murderers also don’t get paid at least £25,000 to go on a jolly holiday to Australia either. They also tend not to have strops and quit their sentences, but who cares about the details….
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"If I'm not in that camp in three minutes, I'm quitting."That’s what the helicopter was for, Gem.