EXCLUSIVE: I am A Movie star… Get Me Out of Right here! icon Gillian McKeith noticed the change to this 12 months’s present “instantly” and believes there was no have to shake issues up

There’s one thing Gillian McKeith does not like about this 12 months’s I am A Movie star. The TV nutritionist had one of the iconic I am A Celeb stints of all time again in 2010. She made a triumphant return to the jungle in 2023 on the All Stars version, shot in South Africa.

So it is protected to say Gillian has obtained some authority with regards to her takes on the ITV hit, which returned this week with its new sequence. And he or she does not like the truth that ITV have revamped the present’s emblem – for the primary time in practically 20 years.

Talking to Paddy Energy Bingo and Day by day Star, she stated: “The opening credit had been fully totally different this 12 months, and I observed it instantly. They’ve modified the basic I’m A Movie star font and the helicopter intro and I don’t prefer it.

“If one thing has lasted 25 years, you don’t have to tamper with it. The unique format works. Preserve the construction the identical however select nice characters and make the trials as horrific as ever, as a result of that’s what makes the present. “

The jungle legend stated the present wants large personalities and drama to maintain viewers hooked. She added: “You want a mixture of personalities, together with a few Marmite figures, in any other case it may well turn into too light and, frankly, boring.”

However she’s glad the general public are being extra sort to the celebs today, admitting the backlash was “horrible” years in the past. She stated: “We’ve moved ahead from the early 2000s the place it was robust being within the public eye, most likely even up till round 2015.

“You could possibly face horrific issues from the general public and it reached horrible ranges. We’ve now moved right into a kinder period, which I believe is an effective factor – however you continue to want drama for a present like I am a Celeb.”

Requested what recommendation she had for this 12 months’s campmates, she added: “If I had one piece of recommendation, it might be to get an ally – instantly. Should you don’t have somebody who has your again, you’ll wrestle. Past that, it’s all thoughts over matter. The starvation is the worst half.”

This 12 months’s line-up additionally contains rapper Aitch, Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, streamer Indignant Ginge, comic Ruby Wax and former Lioness Alex Scott. Vogue Williams and Celebs Go Courting star Tom Learn Wilson are the late arrivals.

Gillian was in with the likes of Shaun Ryder, Stacey Solomon, Nigel Havers and Jenny Eclair in 2010. When she returned for All Stars, she reunited with Ryder they usually had been each eradicated collectively.

They had been joined within the jungle by stars resembling winner Myleene Klass, Jordan Banjo, Joe Swash and Helen Flanagan. The subsequent South Africa sequence is predicted to return in 2026.

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