He confessed he had never seen a single episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! during the show’s seventeeth series premiere om Sunday night.
And for Amir Khan, his lack of knowledge about the grisly ITV series becomes apparent on Monday night’s episode as he screams his way through a challenge with Georgia Toffolo.
With the pair being voted the first to take on a busk-tucker trial, the boxer is seen letting out a loud shriek as he accidentally picks up a live snake during Critter-Cal Rescue.
Amir Khan screams his way through a bushtucker challenge on Monday night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here
In upcoming scenes Amir can be seen facing his worst nightmare as he squeezes his way through a tunnel in an attempt to pick up a star.
Egged on by presenting duo Ant and Dec, the sports star puts his hands through narrow holes in an attempt to claim his prize.
However, thinking he has a the coveted star in his hand, Amir unwittingly picks up a snake.
Upon seeing the reptile he lets out a scream in terror as he immediately unleashes it from his clutches.
the boxer is seen letting out a loud shriek as he accidentally picks up a live snake during Critter-Cal Rescue
In upcoming scenes Amir can be seen facing his worst nightmare as he squeezes his way through a tunnel in an attempt to pick up a star
Egged on by presenting duo Ant and Dec, the sports star puts his hands through narrow holes in an attempt to claim his prize
During the same challenge, Georgia can be seen being swarmed with bugs as she yells out: ‘They’re in my knickers.’
Meanwhile, later this week talkRADIO host Iain Lee is set to join the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ jungle.
The controversial comedian has agreed to enter the famous Croc Creek camp later this week after bosses approached him because they wanted to chuck a star in that would ruffle a few feathers and cause a divide among current group of 10.
A source told The Sun Online: “Iain isn’t afraid to speak his mind. He regularly rants and raves on his TalkRadio show and his listeners should expect the same from him in the jungle.
Upon seeing the reptile he lets out a scream in terror as he immediately unleashes it from his clutches
‘They’re in my kickers’: During the same challenge, Georgia can be seen being swarmed with bugs
‘He’s very much in the mould of Danny Baker, who was also a late arrival last year. He will not bite his tongue and is sure to break the harmonious camp’s current mood very quickly. Expect fireworks.’
Meanwhile, it has been claimed that Amir Khan bashed the show in a resurfaced tweet from 2012, claiming the programme is for ‘has beens’.
In the note, which was circulated on Twitter hundreds of times throughout the series debut, he was asked whether he would join the show in the future – after which he dismissed the idea, replying: ‘No its for has beens.’
The reality star newbie has recently reunited with wife Faryal Makhdoom, 26, with whom he shares three-year-old Lamaisah.
Meanwhile, later this week talkRADIO host Iain Lee is set to join the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ jungle
The controversial comedian has agreed to enter the famous Croc Creek camp later this week after bosses approached him because they wanted to chuck a star in that would ruffle a few feathers and cause a divide
Red hot! And while the contestants are down to their bare basics in the jungle, beforehand they were dolled up to the nines as they posed for glamorous photos – Pictured Georgia Toffolo (L) and Shappi Khorsandi (R)
Silver lining: Vanessa White (L) and Rebekah Vardy (R) looked primped and preened in the sparkling silver gowns
In an interview with Daily Mirror, he said: ‘I think if you look at the whole situation, it was all just silly, starting with the texts, then when I accused her of messaging Joshua, it was all just nonsense really from the start.’
‘And then when we sat down and thought ‘Look, we’ve got a family’. Also she’s expecting so we have to think for the kids. In life you have to forgive. We have to move forward and move on from things like that.’
Branding it a ‘wake-up call’: ‘I made a few silly mistakes. I did put my life on social media, I assumed things which were wrong. So I kind of embarrassed myself.’
And while the contestants are down to their bare basics in the jungle, beforehand they were dolled up to the nines as they posed for glamorous photos.
This year’s line up sees MIC’s Georgia Toffolo, actor Jamie Lomas, singer Vanessa White and footballer Dennis Wise, Conor Maynard’s brother Jack Maynard, Soap actress Jenny McAlpine, Boris Johnson’s father Stanley Johnson, comedian Shappi Khorsandi and WAG Rebecca Vardy.
Jennie McAlpine showed off her trim figure in a velvet blue midi-dress
Jamie Lomas was suited and booted to perfection
