Helen Flanagan has claimed she won’t chicken out of Bushtucker Trials in I’m A Celebrity South Africa after her 2012 stint in the jungle.
The former Coronation Street star, 32, was known for opting out of challenges when she first appeared on the ITV series.
Ahead of her return, she said: ‘The public know me best for being an absolute wimp in the trials. I was useless – really rubbish – but hopefully I’m going to be a lot better this time.’
She added: ‘Looking back now I can see how I was a bit of a drama queen back in 2012.
‘I am wiser now. I’m so determined to make my girls proud as well. I won’t be shouting I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’
‘I was a bit of a drama queen’: Helen Flanagan has claimed she won’t chicken out of Bushtucker Trials in I’m A Celebrity South Africa after her 2012 stint in the jungle
Ahead of her return, she said: ‘The public know me best for being an absolute wimp in the trials. I was useless – really rubbish – but hopefully I’m going to be a lot better this time.’
It comes after Helen admitted that she’d ‘rather give birth’ than to relive one of the bushtucker trials from her recent I’m A Celebrity stint.
The former Coronation Street star, 32, originally entered the Australian jungle in 2012, but she returned for a second go last year for the spin-off series in South Africa.
And recalling her time in the jungle during an appearance on Friday’s Loose Women, Helen moaned that it’s ‘hell in there’ and ‘really hard’, before sharing that she considered for two months before agreeing to do the show.
Detailing her jungle experience, she told the panel: ‘Every time the jungle is on every year, I get the memes from my friends.
‘I thought about it for a good two months before doing it. That show is really hard, you watch at home you think, “oh I could do that!”
‘You have to be a certain kind of person, it is hell in there, it’s horrendous.’
Opening up about the bushtucker trials and the conditions of the camp, she went on: ‘The trials are very, very difficult. You feel dirty, you can’t have a shower.
‘I feel as well that sometimes it’s intense being filmed 24/7.
‘I did one trial and I did think, “I’d rather give birth right now!” I’m naturally a wimp, I’m scared of heights, spiders, snakes.’
The actress’ time in the jungle meant that she was away from her three children whom she shares with ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair, but credits him and their mothers for taking care of the kids.
Preparation: Ahead of making her way to the jungle, Helen and her fellow TV stars had to spend a period alone in isolation before joining everyone else, though they still had access to their phones
‘It’s going to be different’: Helen is entering the I’m A Celebrity once again for it’s South African All Stars version and is determined to face up to her fears’ (pictured in 2012)
She explained: ‘I was away from the kids for a month. Scott, my mum, his mum, looked after the girls. Scott’s mum was amazing.’
After becoming known for calling it quits during seven Bushtucker Trials on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! back in 2012, Helen recently told how she’s determined to face up to her fears.
Helen was previously voted by the public several times after she confessed on the first day of the series she was a ‘scaredy cat’.
The TV star said she is a different person this time around as she was ‘quite young’ at only 22 during her previous stint and ‘didn’t prepare at all’.
Helen said she has a new mindset this time around and ‘won’t not finish the trials’ as she wants to make her three children proud.
She was known for calling it quits during seven Bushtucker Trials on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! back in 2012.
And Helen Flanagan , 32, is entering the hit ITV show once again for it’s South African All Stars version and is determined to face up to her fears.
The former Coronation Street actress was previously voted by the public several times after she confessed on the first day of the series she was a ‘scaredy cat’.
The TV star said she is a different person this time around as she was ‘quite young’ at only 22 during her previous stint and ‘didn’t prepare at all’.
Helen said she has a new mindset this time around and ‘won’t not finish the trials’ as she wants to make her three children proud.
She said: ‘It’s going to be different. I was only 22 back then and I am 32 now. I have grown up a lot and I’ve had three children and I’ve gone through three labours!
‘I won’t not finish the trials because my mindset will be very different this time around.
‘When I went in the jungle the first time, I didn’t prepare at all. I didn’t have a clue what I had let myself in for and I cried even when my phone got taken off me after landing in Australia.
‘I am just going to be brave and get on with it. I want to make my children proud when I take part this time.’
No pain no gain: Helen recently admitted that she’d ‘rather give birth’ than to relive one of the bushtucker trials from her recent I’m A Celebrity stint
‘I am just going to be brave and get on with it’: Helen said she has a new mindset this time around and ‘won’t not finish the trials’ as she wants to make her three children proud
However, she did admit she is ‘no jungle warrior’ and is still scared of heights but is excited to be reunited with ITV hosts Ant and Dec.
She continued: ‘I am not saying I am going to go in and be a jungle warrior and be absolutely amazing because I will not.
‘Yes I will be scared but I will have a go and I will be a lot better than last time. When I see Ant & Dec in the South African jungle, I will joke I am not going to do the Trials!
‘It will also be really nice to see Ant & Dec again in a funny sort of way!’