I'm A Celebrity legend shares one grim task the stars don't actually have to do

An I'm A Celebrity legend once shared a proper grim task the campmates don't actually have to do in the jungle.

Now, amongst dealing with the gruesome Bushtucker Trials, making it through the days on a rice and beans diet and putting up with all of Ant and Dec's antics - celebs also have a bunch of tasks to do around camp to keep things in tip-top shape.

Seasoned ITV viewers will know there's a list of jobs that the celebrity campmates must complete each day which are allocated by 'camp leaders' including stuff like cooking, cleaning collecting water and sourcing wood for the fire.

One job, however, contrary to I'm A Celeb fans' beliefs at home, isn't actually done by the stars.

There's one task in the jungle the campmates don't actually have to do (ITV)

Phil Tufnell, who won the show back in 2003, shared some insider secrets from the series in his 2023 memoir, The Tourist, revealing there’s actually one task they don’t have to do, even though people often think they’re responsible for it.

He also returned to the jungle in 2022 to compete in the All Star series, making it to the final four before Myleene Klass was crowned queen.

Tufnell explained that contestants aren’t really forced to clean out the disgusting camp toilet, known as the dunny.

"A little secret here - the contestants remove the dunny, but don't actually empty it," he said.

"They carry it down to a camouflaged wooden hut, tap on the door and clear off.

"It's basically an extreme version of that old knock-and-run game where you wrap a bit of dog muck in newspaper, set it on fire, drop it by someone's front door, ring the bell, and leg it."

The cricketing star won the King of the Jungle title back in 2003 (ITV)

Tufnell said he was particularly fond of Shaun Ryder on the show, saying: "I mean, absolute legend, and we just have a laugh."

He added: "He makes me laugh and I think, especially with that stick, he looks like Yoda.

"Y'know the little bloke with the hessian cloak in Star Wars with the stick and the ears. I reckon he's gonna start levitating soon, haha."

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