Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt reveals what she really thought during I'm A Celebrity; In this extract from her new book Me Life Story: So Far So Good! Scarlett.
Byline: nechronicle
Scarlett Moffatt won the hearts of the nation and was crowned Queen of the Jungle on ITV's hit I'm A Celebrity last year.
Over the last two days in the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror she told how panic attacks have blighted her life since she was bullied at school, and a childhood accident led to a terrifying leukaemia scare.
Today, in the second exclusive extract from her new book Me Life Story: Sofa So Good, she reveals more about the jungle win she still cannot believe...
My two hundred hair extensions were blowing in the breeze, I could feel one of my eyelashes coming off, my spray tan looked patchy in the sunlight, I had my AaAaAeAe[pounds sterling]40 white and gold kimono dress on and go heels that I couldn't walk properly in (Bambi on ice) but they looked good so it was all fine.
Despite all this and having a sweaty tash, it finally felt real... I was going onI'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
'Oh my God, I'm going to meet the real Ant and Dec!' I was saying in my head. I held back tears of excitement. Think of something cool to say, I kept whispering to myself.
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'Oh my God, it's really you, Wonkey Donkey was the highlight of my week as a kid!' I blurted out. (Smooth, real smooth, Scarlett.)
As I stood in the line-up, realising I was going to be living with legends like Carol Vorderman, Larry Lamb, Lisa Snowdon and Sam Quek (I mean a gold Olympian), I could hardly contain myself.
But my entrance into the camp was probably the most embarrassing moment of my life. In my head, I thought that I was going to enter the camp like some sort of Bond girl. In some sort of jumpsuit, leaping from a helicopter. Instead I was sat in a canoe.
Let me set the scene: I'm doing this challenge with Larry Lamb, who is like some sort of Bear Grylls-merman hybrid. I am there in the torrential rain, my pretend silk (pilk) white dress is now see-through so it is revealing my Bridget Jones pants, my fake tan has now run all down my legs, my hair is stuck to my head and my eyelashes look like spider's legs. I have got loads of soggy sachets of salt in my bra that I'd taken from a cafAaAaAeAa[c] and was trying to sneak in there. I have a lee on my right arse cheek and my canoeing skills are as much use as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking competition.
'This is not how I imagined my entrance to the jungle would be, Larry.'
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