Emmerdale icon Lisa Riley gave a big hint that she could be set to enter the I’m A Celebrity camp this winter as she opened up about what she’d like most on the ITV reality series
Jungle fever is here as the latest batch of famous faces get ready to enter the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here camp. While ITV continues to keep its line-up close to its chest, fans are foraging around to find clues of who will be heading Down Under.
Latest speculation includes professional boxers Conor Benn and Tommy Fury. Denise van Outen and Kelly Brook’s names have also been thrown in the mix as anticipation grows.
With the show just weeks away, fans have also hotly tipped Geordie duo Ant and Dec to welcome actress Lisa Riley to the reality contest. And speaking exclusively to the Mirror with Buzz Bingo, the Emmerdale icon has teased they could be onto something.
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“I’d have a ball in the jungle,” she admitted. “Just because I love people. I like to learn from people.
“I like to know why people are like they are. So, would I think about the trials? Probably not. I’d think about who am I going to be with, and can we have a really good time and have a really good laugh.”
The 49-year-old star went on to compare any potential jungle adventure to “a fabulous detox with a really nice bunch of people”.
If the Mandy Dingle actress is indeed heading to Australia, it will be far from her first taste of reality television. After joining the Emmerdale cast in 1995, Lisa has also tried her luck on the Strictly dance floor.
In 2012, partnered with Robin Windsor, she respectably reached the semi-final stages. Two years later the duo were runners-up in a Christmas special.
Robin sadly died in a London hotel room in February 2024 at the age of 44. His cause of death has not yet been revealed, with an inquest scheduled for next January.
Lisa labelled the dancer her “best friend” and explained she never thought his death would be something she would have to deal with. Speaking candidly, she added there was “just no way that he was going first”.
She revealed they would often joke about her gene pool despite her being healthy. “When it flipped, I just thought it wasn’t meant to happen in our lifetime,” she said. “We’re not meant to be this and live like this. All I can say is that it’s my job now to keep his legacy and his sunshine flowing.”
Now, she has urged the public to “keep talking” no matter how they are feeling. And that’s something she praised her Emmerdale family for helping her do.
“I’m really lucky, at work I have the most incredible bosses,” she continued. “I’ve also got all my sisters in my dressing room, us Dingle ladies are very lucky to share a dressing room. We always say when the chips are down, we lean on each other.”
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