Jordan Banjo wasn’t expecting ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here’ to be as "difficult" as it was.
The 26-year-old dancer took part in the ITV reality show in 2016 but confessed he didn’t expect the programme to be quite so "real".
Speaking to the Daily Star Online, he said: "It was very difficult.
"It was very real, put it that way.
"I wasn’t expecting it to be like that … you have a few meetings before you go in, but because everyone around the show is so used to it, it becomes the norm for them."
Jordan – who rose to fame alongside his older brother Ashley Banjo, and Perri Kiely as a member of the dance group and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ series three winners Diversity – admitted nothing could’ve prepared him for his jungle journey.
He added: "So you’re talking to someone and they’re like, ‘Yeah, you know, you just go in and you’re just in camp and you might wake up with a couple of eels around you and a spider on your face but who cares,’ and you’re like, ‘I care … a lot actually.’ "
Jordan previously admitted taking part in ‘I’m A Celebrity’ made him a "different person".
He said: "Looking back at – after being out of it for so long now – I’m like, ‘Mate, I don’t even know how I did it.’
"That’s a different person!"
During the show, Jordan took part in Bushtucker Trial The Tomb of Torment, where he was plunged in darkness whilst 120,000 critters climbed over him, alongside ‘Gogglebox’ star Scarlett Moffatt, ex-‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional Ola Jordan, and Olympic gold medal winner Sam Quek, and he was left with scars on his neck from where the rats had scratched him.
Following his jungle exit, he said: "The whole experience was so overwhelming, it was something I never thought I’d get the chance to do. I’m not joking, those guys in there is such a beautiful person and I can’t wait to see them when they get out.
"I’ve never seen a camp like it. It was sort of like a home away from home because every day I’m with a team. I thought it would be arguments and big egos but it hasn’t been anything like that."
Jordan Banjo recalls tough I’m A Celeb experience
