{"id":267105,"date":"2025-11-17T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267105\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:15:09","slug":"angry-ginges-mum-shares-unusual-way-son-prepared-for-itv-im-a-celeb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267105\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Ginge’s mum shares unusual way son prepared for ITV I’m A Celeb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The social media star made his name on Twitch and YouTube\"AngryAngry Ginge(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Angry Ginge\u2019s mum has spoken of her pride about her boy going into the jungle – as she revealed how he\u2019d been watching old episodes of SAS: Who Dares Wins to prepare. The 24-year-old social media star – who is the bookie\u2019s favourite to win – told his mum of his novel methods to psych himself up during a phone call while Down Under.<\/p>\n

The celebs have their phones confiscated as soon as they land in Australia. But Ginge, whose mum Michelle calls him by his real name Morgan, was given special permission to call her on Friday on his birthday.<\/a><\/p>\n

She said: \u201cMorgan<\/a> managed to ring me via the producer\u2019s phone because he was allowed a quick phone call for his birthday, and he sounded absolutely buzzing. He told me he\u2019s been watching SAS to get himself mentally ready for the jungle, which is so him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was particularly enthused by the rule change this year that means the bushtucker trials will be more fairly distributed among all the celebs. She said: \u201cHe was laughing and saying it\u2019s the best birthday present he could\u2019ve asked for.”<\/p>\n

Ginge is incredibly close to his mum, who raised him and his sister on a council estate in Salford, on just \u00a312.5k a year. It was in his bedroom that he first started live-streaming himself playing football video games, under the username Angryginge13.<\/a><\/p>\n

At first, Michelle was left baffled by what he was up to as he streamed for up to 10 hours a day. But she has since watched amazed as he amassed more than five million followers across his social media accounts.<\/p>\n

Ginge said: \u201cAt first it was probably a bit confusing for her, because it’s quite a new thing. But she understands it all now. She loves it and she even watches me now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such is his success that he has acquired a string of celeb friends including Wayne and Coleen Rooney, darts legend Luke Littler and Spurs ace James Maddison, with whom he collaborates on videos.<\/p>\n

His nan has also grown to appreciate what he does too – even joining him on some live streams. And Michelle said her son\u2019s first thought upon speaking was to ask how his nan, and sister were doing.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI made sure he knows his family and friends all send their love, and that everyone back home is right behind him. He sounded happy, grounded and genuinely excited for what\u2019s ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michellle admitted she grew emotional when it came to the moment he had to say goodbye, as she won\u2019t see him for three weeks.<\/p>\n

She is set to fly over to meet him on the famous bridge afterwards, but it will be the longest they\u2019ve been apart.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI told him that if I\u2019d actually seen him in person, I think I would\u2019ve cried, although I did well up when I said goodbye on the phone. I told him \u2018I love you\u2019 and he said \u2018love you too,\u2019 and honestly my throat just went. It was one of those proper lump-in-the-throat moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she said that Ginge was already telling her that she wouldn\u2019t be able to hack the early starts when she gets to Australia. Those meeting their loved-ones on the bridge have to go to camp every morning.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cHe was laughing at the fact I\u2019ll have to get up at 5am when I\u2019m out there, proper typical Morgan humour.”<\/p>\n

\"AngryAngry Ginge(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Michelle said that Ginge, who last went on holiday in 2018 for his uncle\u2019s wedding, was making the most of his final days of luxury before three weeks of camp life.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cHe also told me he\u2019d discovered an indoor swimming pool and a sauna in the hotel, which he was absolutely made up about. He said it felt like a little hidden bonus somewhere he could properly chill out before everything kicks off in the jungle.<\/p>\n

“He was laughing that it was the last bit of luxury he\u2019d get before heading into camp.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said her son was a big softie at heart and particularly enjoyed a trip to a koala sanctuary.<\/p>\n

His mum added: \u201cHe said it was unbelievable he was grinning ear to ear telling me about the animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could hear the excitement in his voice; it was like a big kid living his dream getting that close to the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ginge has previously told how his upbringing made people relate to him more.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think it’s gone down well because people can relate that I’ve come from the same place they’ve come from. I’ve come from a council estate and I know what they go through and have been through and can bond with them and get to know them more on a personal level.”<\/p>\n

He still lives in Manchester but last year was able to buy his own home.<\/p>\n

He previously rented a ‘s***hole’ apartment with no shower and peeling wallpaper for \u00a3350 a month in order to save up for a deposit.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Mirror in the days before going into the jungle, he admitted he was \u201cnervous\u201d about meeting the rest of the cast as he doesn\u2019t consider himself a celebrity.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI’ve never classed myself as a celebrity. So going up and meeting other people that actually are celebrities, that’s quite nerve-wracking in itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve got a feeling I might get a little bit of imposter syndrome, and then hopefully it eases off the longer we’re in there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The social media star made his name on Twitch and YouTubeAngry Ginge(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock) Angry Ginge\u2019s mum has spoken…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,6463,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-267105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","tag-itv","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}