Charlene White was influenced by the Queen’s funeral to head into the jungle for I’m A Celeb-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

It took a lot of deliberation (Picture: ITV/Getty)

Loose Women star Charlene White has revealed the Queen’s funeral influenced her decision to head into the jungle for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Charlene will be joining the likes of Boy George, Love Island’s Olivia Attwood and the camp’s first ever royal, Mike Tindall as the new batch of celebs face some pretty grim bushtucker trials.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are returning to Australia this year with a new batch of celebs, all ready to be put through their paces in some grim and gruesome trials.

This will be the show’s first series Down Under since the pandemic hit, after the crew bid farewell to the beloved Gwrych Castle in North Wales where the previous two series have taken place.

Speaking about heading into the jungle, Charlene admitted it ‘took a lot of weeks of deliberation,’ saying it ‘wasn’t an immediate yes.’

Speaking about finally making the decision, Charlene said, after she and her partner had ‘flipflopped’ back and forth many times: ‘It was the day after doing coverage for the Queen’s funeral that we finally made the decision.’

Charlene is heading into the jungle (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 (Picture: PA)

She continued to Metro.co.uk and other press: ‘Because I think you realise that life is too short to not try new things.’

Charlene’s comments come after it was reported that Matt Hancock should prepare for a dressing down from the Loose Women star, whose great aunt died from Covid.

The former Health Secretary is said to be 12th and final campmate heading into the jungle for this year’s series and has already faced staunch criticism for abandoning his constituents in West Suffolk.

Matt Hancock is reportedly heading into the jungle (Picture: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock)

And now insiders have warned that Hancock should expect to be put in the hot seat by co-star Charlene over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after she was left devastated in 2020 when her great aunt Dell died in hospital from the virus.

‘Matt should expect a grilling from Charlene,’ a source told the MailOnline.

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Charlene also admitted to us being ‘quite outspoken by nature’, although she did confirm she wouldn’t ‘be yelling or interrogating people.’

‘Just because someone is a celebrity doesn’t mean they can’t get a telling off from me,’ she added.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! launches on Sunday at 9pm on ITV.

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