I’m A Celebrity 2026 campmates reveal their fears
ITV have revealed the first images of I’m A Celebrity 2026 soon-to-be campmates in their iconic red jungle gear.
Household names including Ricky Wilson, Claire Sweeney, and AJ Odudu were all pictured looking jungle-ready, smart and smiling before they appear in what can be a gruelling show.
Ex-England captain and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and Love Island 2021 finalist Chloe Burrows were already spotted arriving at Brisbane Airport before the show.
Ahead of the show, the chosen celebrities revealed their fears, phobias and fellow celebrities they would add to their dream teams.
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Wayne Rooney
The ex-Manchester United and England striker follows his wife, Coleen into the show after she finished in 2024 as a runner-up.
Wayne revealed his biggest fear is, “Jumping out of a helicopter is my biggest fear, because I’ve been booked to jump out of a plane three times before and never made it on the plane!
“I don’t like snakes or what is in the water either – I don’t go in the sea.”
Chloe Burrows
Love Island 2021 finalist and radio presenter, Chloe said her role in the camp would be to keep the spirits of her campmates high: “Morale booster rather than a chef. I don’t want to kill anyone with my food! I am there to have a laugh.
“I hope people can lean on me and I want to be there if someone is feeling down.”
Ricky Wilson
The Voice UK coach and Kaiser Chiefs frontman spoke about what he will miss the most while miles away from anywhere: “Running. I won’t miss running because I’m a fitness nut!
“I will miss running because it is time on your own and you won’t get very much of that in the jungle.”
Joanna Page
The Welsh Gavin and Stacy star hopes to do her four children proud and dispel some of the myths about her while on the show: “People think I’m very talkative, but I don’t go to
showbiz parties anymore.
“I’d far rather be at home, doing a jigsaw, having a roast dinner and I will miss my own space – so I think people will be surprised.”
Ade Adepitan
The broadcaster and Paralympian basketball star will be the first to make use of a wheelchair while on camp, which has been adapted this year for access, says ITV.
Perhaps wisely, he insists he will not reveal his phobias at this early stage: “I’m not telling anybody what I’m scared of, because then they will heap it on me!
“But how many people do you know who love snakes or eating dodgy pigs’ testicles?!”
Sharky
The content creator and YouTube star whose real name is Sharmarke Mohamud reckons he will have no problem being friendly with the other stars: “I went to seven different schools and so I’d like to think I am good at mixing with different people. My worst? I snore! I am a bit embarrassed by that!”
AJ Odudu
The Big Brother co-host was keen for viewers to get to know her in a more candid setting so they could learn she was not “always upbeat and happy”.
She said: “Even I have moments where I fancy crying a little. I’m just a normal person with normal emotions.”
Jack Skipper
The London stand-up comic and former carpet-fitter was hoping to join the jungle with celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott.
He revealed his best and worst qualities: “I’d like to think I can rise to any challenge and get stuck in. My worst? My jaw clicks when I’m eating, which can be quite annoying.”
Leomie Anderson
The Victoria’s Secret model has said people should not judge her by looks alone: “People have the assumption that because I’m a model, I’m not going to get stuck in.
“I want to show that people shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.”
Claire Sweeney
The actress has just finished up her three years as Cassie Plummer in Coronation Street, which may have given her time to remember a childhood memory that could hamper her chances of settling into jungle life: “Maggots. I am terrified! I remember as a kid my dad was a fisherman and there was a punnet of maggots in the fridge.
“For some reason, I remember putting my hand in the punnet and I can’t even look at them now. It freaks me out.”
Mariella Frostrup
The legendary broadcaster may have married her husband in the jungles of Panama, but that doesn’t mean living full time in the jungle won’t be a challenge for her: “I don’t know what I am scared of, but this could be famous last words, and I could be a total wimp.
“There again, I could become some sort of intrepid explorer! Spiders? I don’t mind them.
“The rest of my family is phobic about spiders, so I end up having to deal with the ones in our house.”
The series will be presented by Ant and Dec and starts on Monday November 19 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
Topics: Im A Celebrity, Reality TV, ITV, Entertainment
Michael D. Carroll
