CULTURE Membership singer Boy George has dubbed himself the ‘Lion Queen’ as he touches down in Australia forward of his look on I am A Celeb.
The vegan pop icon, 61, who landed in Brisbane Airport sporting a novelty masks, refused to verify whether or not he would eat any bugs through the ITV present’s notorious bushtucker trials.
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Shortly after touchdown George advised The Solar: “I am right here to do a model of the Lion Queen.”
Requested if the masks will probably be staying on contained in the camp, he mentioned: “Let’s hope so.”
When pushed on whether or not he would eat any creepy crawlies within the jungle or if he was merely a “vegan lion”, he added: “I am a Lion Queen, I’ve advised you,” earlier than insisting: “I really like all creatures.”
The singer, who scored big hits within the Nineteen Eighties with Karma Chameleon and Do You Actually Need To Damage Me, additionally confirmed he can be meditating on the present which is able to begin with 10 celebrities.
Presenters Ant McPartlin, 46, and Declan Donnelly, 47, touched down this week because the present returns Down Beneath for the primary time in two collection following the Covid pandemic.
Talking about Ant and Dec, George mentioned: “I really like them each.”
The 61-year-old is now heading to quarantine forward of the present’s first episode on November 6.
ITV execs are delighted by the A-list signing and hope the eccentric star will probably be TV gold within the jungle.
George, whose full title is George Alan O’Dowd, smiled as handlers and safety ushered him by the airport to a ready automobile.
A telly supply mentioned: “Boy George is an actual coup for producers, there may be a number of pleasure in-house at ITV.
“The singer is famend for his dry wit and frank supply, he’s all the time outspoken and will probably be hilarious worth in camp, hopefully regaling viewers together with his showbiz tales about his well-known mates.
“Whereas George is properly acquainted with Australia after dwelling in Sydney for a number of years, he has no expertise of the Outback, so will probably be like a fish out of water dwelling tough.”
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George, who grew to become a extremely profitable membership DJ following his pop profession, joins the stars who’ve already arrived on the Gold Coast together with radio DJ Chris Moyles, Love Island’s Olivia Attwood and the present’s first ever royal Mike Tindall.
It has been beforehand been reported that the dedicated vegan received’t be compelled to eat bugs on the gruelling programme and will probably be given meat-free options at camp meals.
Earlier this yr, George was a visitor on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Evening Take-away and advised the duo the thought of consuming meat put him off, saying: “Until you do a vegan model after which I’m in.”
And talking in 2016 the singer, who’s famend for sporting signature hats, revealed he turned down the survival collection a number of instances as a result of strict campmate uniform and lack of meals.
He mentioned: “There can be severe clothes restrictions within the jungle.
“I’d must get sure hats made and I couldn’t recover from the meals. I might have an issue with that.”
He was near starring on Celeb Massive Brother, however revealed final yr he was talked out of it by his mom Dinah.
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We beforehand advised how the celebs have been given psychological well being MOTs to ensure they don’t crack beneath the stress cooker environment of the present.
This included divulging any earlier psychological well being points and admitting to any booze and substance abuse issues.
George has had well-publicised struggles with medication previously together with with heroin and cocaine.
Nevertheless, he has cast a profitable tv profession within the final decade most notably as a choose on expertise present The Voice each within the UK and Australia.
The campmates – together with Corrie star Sue Cleaver and Unfastened Girls star Charlene White – have all undergone strict processes.
They had been checked to see if they might face up to the stress of being sleep-deprived, the stress of the crew trials and being other than their family members.
Celebs had been requested about their fears, phobias and anxieties and what triggers issues or episodes.
An ITV supply revealed: “The screening takes place earlier than contracts are signed.
“The processes consider somebody’s capability to manage within the present. It doesn’t matter that somebody is known – they’re nonetheless human and with the identical frailties as the remainder of the inhabitants.”
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