Speaking exclusively to BoyleSports, 2023 I’m A Celebrity runner-up Tony Bellew has opened up about his time in the jungle and his relationships with fellow campmates since then.
Bellew, a former Cruiserweight World Champion boxer, reveals why he thinks that Nigel Farage may have distanced himself from him since they left the jungle including honest remarks he made about an iconic British political figure.
Bellew also chats to us about his friendship with I’m A Celeb winner Sam Thompson, the similarities between the celebrity circuit and boxers plus more insight into life in the jungle.
Relationship With Nigel Farage After I’m A Celebrity
I have no relationship with Nigel Farage whatsoever, I got on with every other person in the jungle, I didn't make any exception for Farage.
I don't think he liked it when I said I hope Margaret Thatcher is burning in hell, that shut him down quite quickly. I say I'd wish him well, but I don't know him to wish him well.
I spent some time with him in a remote part of the jungle in the middle of nowhere, I don't really know the man, and the minute he got out, he wanted to distance himself as far away from me as he could.
We'd have conversations about politics in the jungle, but I don't know enough about politics to come back at him. The only thing I asked about was Brexit and why? Because I think it's f*****d this country over, well and truly. Our country is a mess because of it.
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This country was built on immigration, my views are very different to his, being a mixed-race man. I come from a black mother and a white father. Farage would know absolutely f**k all about my upbringing and my life. These people come from money and wealth, I come from absolutely nothing.
I’ll Always Look Out for Sam Thompson – But He’s Not My Best Reality TV Friend
Me and Sam Thompson speak regularly, I'll always look out for Sam, a lovely guy. Him and Pete, lovely lads. Marvin as well. But the best friend I gained from any of those shows was Leon in SAS (DJ Locksmith from Rudimental).Me and him are close and we're about to set out on adventure together pretty soon, that was a different kind of hard in the SAS. But I enjoyed both. Would I do them again? Absolutely f*****g not. Unless the fee really ramped up to astronomical figures. But I wouldn't do the dancing or the ice, that's not for me.
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Boxing and the Celebrity Circuit Are Similar - There Are Snakes Everywhere
Celebrities are normal people, the 90 percent of them that I've met. I've met a couple of w*****s, but the majority of them are sound. They're nothing like boxers, boxers are extremely mentally tough but also can be fragile, so you have to watch what you say to fighters.
There are snakes in the celebrity world like there is in boxing, there's snakes everywhere. It's a part of life, there are snakes everywhere, there's good and bad in every race, colour, creed and religion.
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Fred Siriex Was a Top Bloke Obsessed With Cooking - I Don’t Know Why He Wasn’t Liked
Fred was a lovely guy, he was a cool guy, I liked Fred. I've never watched it back so I don't know what you guys have seen. He was obsessed about the cooking, he didn't want people to f**k up the food, which I got because we were starving in there.
I lost 10 kilos. I don't know why they took to Fred so badly, he's a good guy, he meant no harm to no one.
I Didn’t Expect to Have a Cow’s B******K in My Mouth
I didn't expect to have a cow's b*****k in my mouth, I didn't expect to drink a penis, I didn't expect to get as far as I did.
I thought I'd be out after a week and I thought I was getting a luxury holiday in Australia with me and my family, all expenses paid, and I got one day in Australia all expenses paid, that's it.
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