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Former I’m A Celeb star fuels rumours they are returning to the jungle

This could be AMAZING television!

She famously lasted just three days in the I’m A Celebrity jungle back in 2014.

But now TOWIE star Gemma Collins, 35, has dropped a HUGE hint that she’s getting ready to fly back to Australia to give the show a second go.

Exciting!

Gem set tongues wagging this week when she shared a photo to Instagram showing packed luggage and the caption: “Always on the move.”

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Given her post came just before I’m A Celebrity returns to screens and after spinoff show hosts Scarlett Moffatt and Joe Swash jetted off to Oz, it inevitably raised eyebrows that she’s been given a second chance at the jungle.

One fan said: “Please be jungle!!!”

Another commented: “Are you going into the jungle??”

A third echoed that: “Scarlett Moffat posted a picture with her suit cases going to the jungle… Could it be the same for Gemma??”

And a fourth said: “Get the GC to the jungle. You’ll be the star of the show.”

Could it be true?!

If so, it may not be the biggest surprise, given Gemma’s been linked with a return to the show pretty much ever since she sensationally quit back in 2014.

Gemma lasted just three days in the jungle during her first attempt at the show and later admitted she hadn’t been in the right headspace for the programme because of events in her personal life.

She told The Sun at the time: “The jungle was harder than I ever expected, I am just not as strong as I thought I was.

“A personal and very serious incident that happened to me hours before I flew to Australia affected me in camp far more than I could have imagined and I just couldn’t carry on in there.”

But fast forward three years and apparently the time is right.

According to The Sun, even jungle co-host Declan Donnelly has backed GC’s return.

“Gemma has been backed by Dec. He thought she was really good [last time she was on] and he told Gemma she would be great if she came back to the show,” said a source.

“Producers know there’s a bit of heat around her right now so she would be great on the show.

“Gemma really wants a chance to prove herself and set the record straight.”

As I’m A Celeb bosses won’t confirm the line-up until launch night, only time will tell if GC is really giving the jungle another go.

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Other names linked to the new series include fellow TOWIE star Megan McKenna, tennis legend Boris Becker, Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas, Coronation Street’s Jennie McAlpine, The Saturdays singer Vanessa White and reality star Charlotte Crosby.

We can’t wait!


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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