A former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! champion revealed what he sees as campmates’ biggest mistake in the jungle, as he reflected on his own experience
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! has returned with a fresh line-up ready to tackle the upcoming Bushtucker Trials. The brave stars venturing into the jungle this year so far are; Kelly Brook, Martin Kemp, Alex Scott, Jack Osbourne and Ruby Wax, Lisa Riley, Aitch, Angry Ginge, Shona McCarty and Eddie Kadi.
Following tradition, the famous faces will once again trade their luxurious lifestyles for very basic living conditions and must win stars for meals in camp.
Per the show rules, each participant can take along one luxury item – something Joe Pasquale took advantage of back in 2004, after seeking advice from past contestants.
The 64-year-old says contestants frequently make the mistake of choosing a sentimental item, rather than something useful, which they later regret.
Looking back on his jungle stint, he revealed: “I phoned the people I knew who had done it before [and asked], ‘What shall I do?’ and they said, ‘Take a chair’, so that’s what I did.
“That’s what they should do, they should phone the people who have done it before, but they think they know better.”
Highlighting items such as body lotion, cream, a hairbrush and a family picture as standard luxury item selections, Joe fumed: “It’s all a waste of time!
“The only thing you have to take, and this is what I took, is a fold up camping chair because the only thing you have to sit on is your bunk, which is about six inches off the ground, or a wooden log which is round, and after two hours of sitting on a log your back is killing you.
“So, I took a chair so as soon as I got there, I unfolded it and sat in that and everyone is looking at me after a couple of days.
“I kid you not, every single person during the time I was there would say, ‘Joe I’ll swap you two spoonfuls of meat’, or whatever it was we were having for dinner, ‘for two hours in your chair’ because the only thing you want is a chair.”
Joe also confessed that he remained more comfortable in camp thanks to smuggling in additional underwear.
He went on to say: “You’re only allowed two pairs of socks and two pairs of pants, so you know, you’ve got a pair on and then you wash a pair and put them back on.
“But, because it’s so humid out there, the humidity is very high, nothing dries, so you end up putting on damp pants and damp socks.
“Once again, I took advice from other people as well, [and when] I went out there I put on 10 pairs of socks on and had 10 pairs of pants on as well.”
He continued: “They pat you to make sure you haven’t got any contrabands, they check, but no one checked how many socks I had on and no one checked how many pants I had on, very thin pants and very thin socks.
“So every other day, I had clean pants and clean socks and people would go, ‘How come your pants are so dry?’, I’d go, ‘Oh I just dried them out’, but they wouldn’t believe me.”
Joe’s commitments to star in the Aladdin panto at the Swansea Grand next month mean he won’t be able to tune into the show as much as he’d like, though he already has a firm favourite.
“I think Martin Kemp is going to win it, it’s always a nice person who wins it and Martin is a really lovely bloke,” he revealed.
“You never know who to put your bets on, but if I had to take a stab in the dark, I’d go with Martin.”
Joe will be stepping back into the role of the hilarious Frankie in Aladdin from 6 December 2025 to 4 January 2026.
Discussing his return to the stage, he said: “I’ve done [Aladdin] half a dozen times I reckon. I love doing panto, and I did my first three pantos ever in Swansea Grand, it’s like my ancestral panto home, so I’m really looking forward to going back.
“It’s got all the digital sets plus all proper comedy and proper music and proper singing and dancing, it’s just very exciting.” Tickets can be found here.
Source: Mirror
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