Yvie Jones From ‘I’m A Celeb’ Opens Up About Her Time In The Jungle

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Yvie Jones was already a well-known name due to four years on Gogglebox, but after finishing as runner-up on I’m A Celeb 2019, she captured the hearts of Australia for more than just her funny quips.

Her powerful speech about body image was a standout moment on the show, with Yvie opening up about why she felt no need to go through the weigh-in process at the end of the show.

While Richard Reid was crowned the winner in last night’s episode, Yvie is incredibly proud of how far she made it in the show, previously confessing to wanting to give up much sooner.

We chatted to Yvie about her time on I’m A Celeb and here’s what she had to say.

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On her biggest jungle fears & challenges:

“I was mostly concerned I’d be starving, and I was! But we all got through it somehow. And the other thing was the heat, I got through both of those things so I’m pressed with myself. I feel a bit shell-shocked.

The first two weeks I was like, I want to get out of here and I had a little attack and walked out which no one got on camera. I went out and had a really good cry off camera and had a really good think about Jennifer Howard (the women who started the charity Yvie nominated). I thought what she has been through in her life has been so traumatic and I really had to have a think about what the hell I thought I was doing about having a whinge about making a TV show. So I picked myself up, put my microphone back on and never mentioned it again and started living in the moment and enjoying myself.

I was being so zen when I got out, I was like I would recommend it to anyone, you learn so much about yourself and people were like, ‘would you go back again?’ and I was like NEVER!”

On leaving the jungle diet behind:

“You’re never going to believe it, so I only got home two nights ago and I woke up at 4am with jet lag and I made myself rice?! I put soy sauce on it and it was amazing. I couldn’t believe I actually made myself brown rice. I don’t think I’ll ever touch beans again to be honest, but brown rice, not bad!

I wanted a hamburger and I haven’t had one yet but I want an old-fashioned Australian hamburger!”

On what shocked her about the news cycle being in the jungle:

“I was interested in the US government shutdown and if that was still going. I wanted to know if we had a new prime minister because they seem to change A LOT. But we still have the same bad PM we had when I walked in. But I was quite keen to see what Netflix had released during the time I was there, so there are a few new shows that I’m really excited to binge!”

On her powerful speech about weight & body image:

“I had absolutely no idea, I didn’t even think they were going to show it. I thought I ruined the segment and they’d cut around it and do the best they could. It wasn’t until my brother and nephew got in and they showed me how beserk it went. Since I’ve been out I’ve received hundreds of messages and emails from other people telling me their stories so I’ve felt extremely heartbroken and inspired at the same time. People relating to me and letting me know, I feel very fortunate. You can see how emotional I was, I wasn’t sure I was going to do it until the last second and I just decided I had to say what was in my heart.”

On what TV show she’d do next:

“I want them to bring back Big Brother, and do a Celebrity Big Brother. I would do that in heartbeat.”