gruelling Bushtucker Trial eating challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\nReflecting on his departure from the camp, Walsh stated: “It\u2019s a combination of emotions. I was thrilled to be able to see my family because I missed my kids a lot. At the same time, I\u2019m sad they won\u2019t see me in the jungle for longer or doing more trials.” He admitted he was “basically packing my bags” upon learning Redknapp would decide who to remove, adding he “knew it was going to be me”.<\/p>\n
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Seann Walsh (Getty)<\/p>\n
Walsh, who previously secured fifth place in the standard 2022 edition of the show, described his second jungle experience as more intense. “The trials were harder and scarier. It felt like it was turned up to 11, so that just put more anxiety into the camp,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Despite the increased pressure, Walsh highlighted the camaraderie. “The pleasure for me doing the jungle was the extraordinary people you get to live with. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever forget that,” he remarked. <\/p>\n
He also acknowledged the calibre of his fellow contestants: “It felt strange for me being in their presence, because they are almost historic figures in entertainment and sport. That doesn\u2019t go over the top of my head.”<\/p>\n
Comparing his two stints, he noted: “I preferred coming fifth last time. Doing I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 the first time, my missus said to me, \u2018you\u2019ve got to do this, life\u2019s an adventure, you\u2019ll be able to tell the kids\u2019. Most people don\u2019t get to do that with their lives, it\u2019s an extraordinary thing. For it to come around a second time is unbelievable. I\u2019ll cherish both my times in the jungle.”<\/p>\n
The London-born comedian, who competed on BBC\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 with professional dancer Katya Jones, also shared a personal takeaway from his return: learning to spend “less time on my phone”.<\/p>\n
This series of I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 South Africa features a line-up including former boxer David Haye, Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts, and reality television personality Gemma Collins.<\/p>\n
The programme is scheduled to continue on Friday at 9pm on ITV, ITVX, STV, and STV Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-396984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}