In 2023, Fred Sirieix visited a camp with Josie Gibson and shares his true feelings about the All Stars this year. He also reflects on his own jungle experience.
Beloved First Dates maitre ‘d Fréd Sirieix is no stranger to jungle life, having been in the I’m A Celeb camp himself in 2023. Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, the French TV star said he’s been watching the current series – and though he understands how tough jungle life can be, at the end of the day, ‘it’s just a game’.
The 53-year-old, who wed his love known affectionately as ‘Fruitcake’ in Jamaica in February, said, “I’ve been watching, yes. I love Ant and Dec’s cheeky presenting style, they’re really funny.”
“And it was fascinating in the driving rain that day; everyone was so depressed. And I am aware of what they are going through. You’re going for a trial, you haven’t got enough food, and you’re there, hardcore.
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He went on, “But it makes me laugh, because you know what? It’s only a show. My son said to me before I went to Australia, ‘Dad remember, nothing is going to kill you in there’ – and it’s true.”
He continued, “It might make you uncomfortable, but it’s just a show.” Even though you are far away, people surround you, and if something goes wrong, they will pull you out.
Fred also revealed one of the stars he’s loving already is Celebs Go Dating receptionist, Tom Read Wilson. “He’s very entertaining. I loved his rendition of being a ‘straight’ man the other night, he’s very funny!”
Fred took part in the 2023 series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, and was the third celebrity to be eliminated.
During his time Down Under, the straight-talking star faced predictably grim challenges involving rats, bugs and snakes – and also had public spats with YouTuber Nella Rose, clashed with Josie Gibson over cooking, and confronted Nigel Farage on politics.
Reflecting on his time in the jungle soon after his elimination in a call from Australia, the father-of-two told This Morning hosts Rylan Clark and Emma Willis that I’m A Celeb was something he’d always wanted to do.
He continued, “I wanted to do it for a while. ” I initially thought, “What’s going to be like there,” but when I realized I was entering, I spent three months dreaming about bugs. They kept appearing on my pillow when I kept waking up.
For me, it’s just a misunderstanding, you know, you’re in the jungle, it’s like a pressure cooker, and it’s just the way it is, Fred said in response to his altercation with social media star Nella, which involved him telling her he was “old enough to be your father.”
He added: “All I will say is I was very surprised for the hate for Nella when I came out, it’s totally wrong, it’s unfair. Nella is a lovely girl. Things happen and you move on. I don’t know what all the fuss is about to be honest with you.”
The TV star is currently backing a Christmas campaign with Boursin cheese, and told us, “Boursin is about simple pleasures – it instantly reminds me of growing up in France, it was just a part of every meal.
“And that phrase from the old 70s commercial, “Du pain, du vin, du Boursin” (Some bread, some wine, some Boursin), it’s just iconic. I’m thrilled to be a part of this because it makes me feel very nostalgic.
Source: Mirror
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