The 32-year-old star, DEAN McCullough who was on I’m A Celebrity with Danny Jones and Coleen Rooney, has shared that he almost took part in another ITV reality show.
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He’s a big fan of Big Brother, but says he probably wouldn’t have felt comfortable as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother. He also didn’t like the idea of having to nominate other housemates for eviction.
Advertisement They asked me to do Big Brother last year for the first one, and I’m such a big fan of the show. I just don’t think that I’d be able to relax and enjoy it. Because I’d be too busy thinking about things, whereas, at least in the jungle, I’ve got no idea how to survive in a jungle. I mean, they asked. You know the way they float the idea past. Would you be up for? And I met with them, and we had a discussion about it, but it just didn’t happen. I was quite glad that it didn’t, because I just don’t know if I’d be able to live in a house with loads of celebs on a show like Big Brother.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, he says
You’ve got to say like who you like the most and who you don’t like the most. We didn’t have to do any of that on the jungle. I just had to do loads of trials and get locked in boxes and covered in fish cuts, which I actually would rather, than being in the Big Brother house.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ was the second celebrity to be voted out of the jungle in 2024.
While he was in the Australian camp, Dean had to face a total of seven Bushtucker Trials – but Ant didn’t seem too pleased when he quit one early.
After Dean was voted out, Ant talked about his “tough love” approach during the live exit chat on ITV.
Later, on Good Morning Britain, Dean opened up about the supposed tension between them.
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Talking to host Susanna Reid, 53, he said he “got used to the tension” of the difficult food challenges – but also admitted: “I wouldn’t say I loved the trials.”
When Ant was telling me off for saying ‘I’m A Celebrity get me out of here,’ I felt it was a proper telling off. I feel like he meant it. So I did what I was told and I wanted to to win him back around, which I think I did in the end. You did, that was interesting, wasn’t it, he was a bit ansty with you, wasn’t he? Yeah, I believe he was. But it worked. It meant that I eventually got 10 stars home for camp and I got a handshake.
Talking of Ant’s attitude towards him, Dean continued then Susanna reassured him
Source: TheSun.co.uk