The Pussycat Dolls singer has defined her determination to hitch I am A Superstar All Stars after initially saying she would ‘by no means’ return to the ITV jungle present.
Ashley Roberts made the admission on Coronary heart Radio (Picture: Coronary heart Breakfast)
I am A Superstar’s Ashley Roberts has disclosed why she had a change of coronary heart after initially turning down the chance to seem on the forthcoming All Stars version of the ITV sequence. The Pussycat Dolls singer first appeared on I am A Superstar again in 2012 in what’s extensively thought-about one of many best editions of the annual Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly programme.
Ashley was joined in camp by Coronation Road star Helen Flanagan, Free Girls’s Linda Robson, and former skilled darts participant Eric Bristow. Reaching the ultimate, Ashley secured second place as EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks, who portrays Janine Butcher on the BBC cleaning soap, was topped queen of the jungle.
Establishing herself as a significant star within the UK, Ashley subsequently labored on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night time Takeaway, Channel 4’s The Leap and Strictly Come Dancing. Partnered with Pasha Kovalev, Ashley was a runner-up on the Strictly sequence which was gained by Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton.
It was introduced on Monday (March 10) that Ashley shall be returning to the jungle within the second sequence of I am A Superstar South Africa. The inaugural sequence of the All Stars programme was gained by Myleene Klass in 2023. Becoming a member of Ashley in South Africa are Emmerdale and Waterloo Highway actor Adam Thomas, TV presenter Scarlett Moffatt, Coronation Road icon Beverley Callard, former champion boxer David Haye, comic Seann Walsh, Purple Dwarf and Coronation Road actor Craig Charles, Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah and TV character Gemma Collins.
Rounding out the line-up is former footballer Jimmy Bullard and former Premier League supervisor Harry Redknapp, who was topped king of the jungle again in 2018. Whereas the sequence is pre-recorded, viewers will maintain the facility to find out who’s topped the final word legend of 2026 in a stay grand last broadcast instantly from London.
On Tuesday (March 10), Ashley appeared on Coronary heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, for whom she works as a showbiz reporter, to debate I am A Superstar South Africa and reveal why she had all the time vowed she would ‘by no means’ participate.
“It is on the market! Oh em gee, what am I doing, I’ve stated sure once more.. Savannah Bush sort of jungle, it is South Africa, I am A Celeb legends, 2012…are you able to consider it,” she stated. “Hear when the boys [Ant and Dec] first got here in and informed us they have been doing this legends present, I feel it was like 2 years in the past or one thing like that, they have been like ‘Would you do it?’ And I used to be like ‘No! By no means!’ I’ve all the time stated I would by no means do it.”
With Britain’s Bought Expertise decide Amanda joking that ‘cash talks’, Ashley stated ‘there comes a time whenever you wish to problem your self a little bit bit’. She famous: “I used to be like, I will show myself I can do some wild issues, I stated sure… We did shoot a little bit little bit of it final 12 months, however there’s going to be a stay last this time round which is one thing they’ve by no means carried out earlier than.”
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Reflecting on her campmates, Ashley singled out Adam as being ‘so candy’, whereas additionally praising Sir Mo, crediting him as somebody the camp ‘would not have survived with out’ because of his culinary abilities.
“Hear this present modified my life, it is the explanation I am right here, it is the explanation I am an adopted Brit, going again and paying homage to what introduced me right here,” she teased.
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