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IAC star reveals how guards stop celebs escaping

Photo credit: ITV
Photo credit: ITV

From Digital Spy

While being on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! looks like a lot of fun, all that sitting around in between the not boring bits would really get to us, we think. And, at some point, we reckon we'd want to do a runner.

Obviously ITV don't want that, so to stop the celebrity campmates wandering off, getting themselves out of there or traipsing into dangerous parts of the jungle, they go to extreme measures.

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I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp host Joel Dommett spoke about camp safety to The Mirror, stating that security guards cover themselves in leaves and branches, and pretend to be bushes, in order to keep the stars where they should be.

He said: “They hang out towards the edge of the camp, so the campmates don’t escape, essentially.

“They’re security men. They’re there to protect the campmates from nature and things like that.

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“You don’t realise how much of a ridiculous, logistical situation the jungle is – a 24-hour military operation.”

You might think that's a lot of money to be spending on security, but don't worry: with the record ratings the latest series pulled in, ITV can afford it.


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