‘The Governess’ Anne Hegerty certainly seemed pleased to be leaving the jungle last night, as she made her exit fifth to be voted off I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
Diagnosed with autism in her mid-forties, she had been ruled out of most trials due to medical reasons and had taken a decidedly peripheral role in camp decisions, too.
But despite not being one of the strongest characters on the show, Anne quickly won over viewers for her bravery, kidness and hilarious tidbits.
But as she prepares to settle back into the creature comforts of regular life, Anne has revealed that we might not have been able to enjoy her in the jungle at all, telling producers, “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” on day two.
Speaking during her exit interview to Dec and Holly Willoughby, who has replaced regular host Ant McPartlin while he deals with health problems back in the UK, Anne explained how much of a struggle it really was for her.
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1 of 8Dean Gaffney (2006)
Ex-EastEnder Dean Gaffney showed off his impressive ability to yelp like an injured animal in his 2006 trial. To be fair to the man, he did have cockroaches poured on his head, put his hands in a box of biting ants and retrieve a star from a pool of baby crocodiles.
2 of 8Gino D’Acampo (2009)
"I think I've got to eat some kind of weird stuff," commented Gino when he was told he was going to do a Bushtucker Bonanza. Yep, we guess that a fermented egg, a rhino beetle, cockroach, wittchedy grub, mealworms, beach worms and crocodile tongue might be considered 'weird'.
3 of 8Jennie Bond (2004)
Alone, wet, cold and covered with rats. Not a situation we'd like to get in any time soon, but former Royal correspondent Jennie Bond managed to last a whole 10 minutes locked in a water and rat filled coffin by humming an upbeat tune. We salute you, Ms. Bond.
4 of 8Joey Essex (2013)
Locked in a cold, dark, slimy tomb, we'd be freaking out if we were Joey in his 2013 task. But the TOWIE star powered through and managed to find all twelve hidden stars without uttering a single scream, only stopping to moan 'This is definitely, 100% not reem,' and to comment that the rodents were biting his 'middle parts'.
5 of 8Mark Wright and Freddie Starr (2011)
TOWIE's Mark and hamster-eating comedian Freddie were an oddly matched pair for the 'Greasy Spoon Café' culinary battle, but the resulting Bushtucker trial has to be one of our faves. The couple was challenged to dine on a spoiled egg, blended cockroaches, mealworms and mouse tails, turkey testicles, a camel's toe and a pigs anus.
6 of 8Martina Navratilova (2008)
Tennis pro Martina impressed us all when she shared a plastic bubble helmet with a variety of jungle critters, including grasshoppers, cockroaches, stick insects, spiders and snakes. While we shuddered and hid behind our hands, Martina took it like a champ.
7 of 8Matt Willis (2006)
Poor Matt Willis proved he's no wimp when he munched his way to victory in his Bushtucker Bonanza challenge of 2006. The McBusted star dined out on live mealworms, witchetty grubs, a kangaroo anus and a crocodile penis. Mr Willis managed the whole lot without a single retch, commenting after 'I've got kangaroo anus in my teeth. It's a really good look.'
8 of 8Kim Woodburn (2009)
Kim was submerged in a tank under water, while thousands of cockroaches and other critters were poured on her. As much as we did feel for clean freak Kim, her screeches of "Something's nipping my bosoms" and "It's bitten my bum!" made this trial a timeless classic.
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“It was awful at the beginning,” she said. “It was funny doing the swim across the lake, but then we were walking and walking, and I thought we were walking into hell.
“I couldn't process it; it was like the reality hit me and I was like, ‘what have I done, what was I thinking?’ I went into the Bush Telegraph next day and said ‘I quit’, and they said [to] give it a few hours."
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Despite insisting she would be “channeling the governess” to help make her “do things [she] really doesn’t want to do” in the jungle, Anne’s confidence faltered a few times in the jungle, forcing her to lean on her campmates for support.
“I really could not have done it without them,” she confessed. “I’m much more of a wimp than I thought I was.”
Earlier on in the series, Extra Camp host Scarlett Moffat melted the hearts of a nation when she shared on her Instagram a letter from a young fan addressed to Anne.
“Sometimes people are mean to me because I am autistic but watching you makes me see that other people can have autism too and maybe I can have a cool job like you when I am older,” wrote the little boy.
No, YOU’RE crying.