Jennie McAlpine is doing ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ for her late father.
The ‘Coronation Street’ actress is excited about heading into the Australian jungle for the ITV show and has revealed it was the passing of her dad Tom – who died in March earlier this year – that was a "big part" in pushing her to finally sign up.
She said: "I lost my Dad earlier this year and that was a big thing. But I knew he would have told me to do it. He always told me to do stuff and he always encouraged me. He kept saying. ‘Give it a go to find out if you are good enough or not.’ And so that was a big part of it."
However, the 33-year-old actress took a lot of convincing to go in this year as she is set to miss her son Albert’s third birthday, which is on November 29.
She added: "I had to really think about this because the biggest thing is leaving my little boy. Even the thought of it beforehand made me shudder. It’s going to be his birthday whilst I am in the jungle and I spend all my time with him when I am not working on ‘Coronation Street’. Leaving Albert when I first go into the camp will be my trial. It really will."
And when it comes to her campmates, Jennie doesn’t want to see any "injustice" take place and would stand up for someone if the other person is being mean.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I don’t like injustice. If people are being mean I would stand up for someone but in the right way."
Jennie will appear on ‘I’m A Celebrity’ alongside the likes of boxer Amir Khan, Rebekah Vardy, The Saturdays’ singer Vanessa White, ‘Made In Chelsea’s Georgia Toffolo and actor Jamie Lomas.
‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’ returns on Sunday night (19.11.17).
Jennie McAlpine doing I’m A Celebrity for her late dad
