The sister of celebrity Britney Spears is certainly one of 10 contestants it has been introduced can be collaborating on this 12 months’s sequence of the ITV1 actuality programme.
The remainder of the celebrities set to enter the jungle forward of the beginning of the sequence subsequent weekend are former Ukip chief Nigel Farage, Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson, This Morning host Josie Gibson, meals critic Grace Dent, JLS singer Marvin Humes, former EastEnders star Danielle Harold, Hollyoaks actor Nick Pickard, First Dates star Fred Sirieix and Youtuber Nella Rose.
Jamie Lynn Spears, who starred in Nickelodeon teen sitcom Zoey 101, stated she was excited to let the general public the “real” her.
The actress, 32 stated: “There is actually each false impression you may have on a person about me, so I do not take any of it critically.
“But I do assume happening I’m A Celebrity can be a pleasant means for individuals to see the true me.
“This is a chance to be myself and do one thing actually cool and have some superior experiences within the meantime.”
The 32-year-old actress stated happening the present can be ‘a nice way for people to see the real me’ (ITV/PA)
The actuality TV programme entails superstar contestants collaborating in challenges the place they arrive face-to-face with creepy crawlies and animals, usually together with rats and snakes.
Spears added: “I believe my highest quality is the truth that it takes lots to harm my emotions.
“Unless you’re my youngsters or my instant household, nothing goes to harm me. I can take plenty of shit and it does not get me down, so I actually assume it is a good high quality to have in a place the place plenty of stuff is thrown at you!”
Spears, who revealed that she is afraid of snakes and rats, stated: “Everything I’ve seen I’ve been afraid of. Absolutely each certainly one of these trials I’m dreading.
“I have never checked out any of them and thought, ‘Oh cool, I might do this one’.
“This goes to be terrifying.”
Before Spears joined the programme, she stated she needed to get the go-ahead from her relations.
Nigel Farage is coming into the jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here (ITV/PA)
“When they (the present) approached me, the very first thing I needed to do was discuss it over with my household and my children to ensure they had been OK about me being gone for this period of time,” she stated.
“Once I acquired the all-clear from all people, I used to be like, ‘Yeah, let’s go’.
“I believe it’s so far out of my consolation zone and this 12 months with SAG (the actors’ union) being on strike, I’ve stated ‘sure’ to plenty of unscripted tasks.
“I’m actually having fun with throwing myself into these experiences.”
Speaking about what her two daughters consider her coming into the jungle, she added: “My oldest daughter is like, ‘OMG I am unable to wait to see you do these trials and snicker at you’.
“But she additionally stated: ‘I’m actually pleased with you for doing one thing for your self’.
“This would be the longest I’ve ever been other than my youngsters and the furthest.
“But they will come over to Australia and it will likely be a beautiful reunion once I come out.”
American actress Spears performed the lead function in 2005 youngsters’s sitcom Zoey 101 and just lately appeared on Dancing With The Stars within the US.
She has been embroiled in controversy over the conservatorship that managed her sister’s life for years and in Britney’s just lately launched memoir The Woman In Me, she particulars their fractured relationship and shares how the conservatorship “stripped” her of her womanhood.
The complicated authorized association, usually reserved for individuals unable to make their very own choices, was in place for over 13 years earlier than it was terminated by a decide in Los Angeles in November 2021.
A brand new batch of celebrities will enter the jungle (ITV)
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage stated he’s positive he’ll have the ability to survive the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle as a result of he’s “used to dealing with snakes and other horrible reptiles” – each within the European Parliament in Brussels and at Westminster.
The former Ukip and Brexit Party chief stated he has been coaching for the ITV actuality present for the previous 5 days by abstaining from tea, espresso and alcohol.
Farage additionally confirmed he’s “not a big fan of heights” after surviving a airplane crash in 2010, including: “I know that the ground does hurt quite a lot.”
The GB News presenter stated in a video for the channel: “So the speculation is over, I am going into the jungle, but it’s okay because I am used to dealing with snakes and other horrible reptiles both in Brussels and here in Westminster – I’m sure I’ll be able to survive.”
The 59-year-old continued: “They’ve asked me every year since 2016 to go in the jungle I always thought it’s not the right time for me to do it.
“But I can’t do it next year because we’ve got a general election, we’ve American presidential elections, so this year I am kind of free in a way to do it.
“You know the (Brexit) referendum was a long time ago, there are a lot of young people who don’t know who I am, don’t know what I stand for.
“This is my big chance to reach a really big audience of young people, which I think will be good for me and really good for GB News as well. That’s one reason for doing it.”
I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! begins on Monday November 19 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
