I’m A Celebrity RECAP: Maura Higgins and Rev Richard Coles await ‘shock of their lives’ as pair face ‘huge secret’ mission when they enter jungle

Ant and Dec have revealed that Maura and the Reverend will also be joining Dean and Danny at the trial but they will NOT be getting their hands dirty at all.

Both camps were treated to Wild boar fillet for dinner tonight.

The pair have main camp completely fooled with how basic their camp is and tried to hide their smiles as they realised they had successfully passed the first mission.

The reverend said: ‘I never knew evil could be so much fun’

Maura added: ‘I’ve taught him well’

Reverend Richard and Maura send main camp a letter begging them to bring them one of their beds so Maura doesn’t have to sleep on the floor.

Alan, Danny and Dean carried Jane’s bed down to the very basic camp for Maura and Richard who once again put on some incredible acting.

‘We lost five cakes including chocolate ones and we now have to hand in contraband or they will continue to punish us’, Melvin explained.

Barry was fuming by losing the food over the tea bags prompting Dean to head to the Bushtelegraph to hand in his tea bags.

Tulisa also revealed that someone gave her contraband for when she was cooking but she didn’t use the seasoning as she didn’t want to get caught.

Melvin admitted: ‘I gave her the contraband on the first day. I bought it from home’.

Melvin is left gutted as half of the 10 cupcakes he has won for camp are taken away.

Dean will be regretting those illegal tea bags this morning as the camp is now punished.

Maura and Richard put their A* acting skills to the test as they dump offal onto Melvin Odoom while they enjoy a cup of tea and sandwiches.

Melvin had no idea that the pair stayed squeeky clean.

Maura and Richard had a visit from Coleen Rooney and GK Barry who gave them the rest of camps washing up to do.

The former Love Island star said: ‘I’m going to start crying…’ as she looked around the basic camp convincing their visitors with her acting.

As they walked away, Coleen said: ‘I feel bad leaving them. Our camp is basic but that place is an absolute dump’.

However, Maura and Richard couldn’t contain their laughter as they wouldn’t actually be doing any chores for main camp and continued to enjoy their luxury bed and sofa.

As they returned to camp, GK and Coleen explained to the others how they have to sleep on the floor.

Minutes after meeting Reverand Richard, Maura said: ‘Jesus Christ! Oops sorry reverend…’

Maura and Richard are tasked with a secret mission as they are treated with a luxury camp.

It was revealed the pair were treated to a luxurious double bed, a hidden large sofa, a cargo box opens with a large bathtub with bubbles, bath salts and hot water, a red chest opens to reveal a gas cooker and a hidden fridge door opens, stocked with fruit smoothies and a fruit platter.

Maura admitted she ‘doesn’t care’ if the other camp are slumbing it now they have the luxury items.

However, Ant and Dec explain that over the next few days they will have to complete a series of missions in order to win food at the Jungle Junkyard buffet.

To complete the mission successfully, they have to convince the celebrities in the main camp that they are roughing it in the Jungle Junkyard, living on basic rations, with no bed to sleep on.

Coleen Rooney gave a rare insight into her 16-year marriage with husband Wayne, admitting he has ‘made mistakes’ on Thursday’s I’m A Celebrity.

The WAG, 38, spoke about going against the public, who had urged her to divorce the footballer, 39, after his infidelities’ emerged.

Coleen confided in campmate Oti Mabuse why she and Wayne have remained together and said while ‘it has been difficult, we’re happy now, after all those years… we’re a team.’

Coleen Rooney left campmate GK Barry stunned as she revealed the very romantic gesture husband Wayne does ‘to keep their romance alive’.

During Thursday night’s episode, Coleen, 38, shared Wayne’s habit of writing her a poem as she opened up about her relationship.

Although she couldn’t remember the last time he gave her one, Coleen said Wayne likes to write her a love letter on the hotel note pads and gives it to her when he gets home.

Dean has now been given a savage nickname by former jungle campmate Rebekah Vardy, who calls him ‘teabag Dean’.

Rebekah has been sharing her thoughts on the campmates for The Sun, initially taking aim at her Wagatha Christie nemesis Coleen, who she was locked in a notorious defamation trial with in 2022.

But her attention has certainly turned to Dean, admitting ‘he just [needs to] get a grip and get on with it’ in her latest column.

I’m A Celebrity fans were left in hysterics after Ant McPartlin told off Dean McCullough before he started his third Bushtucker trial in Thursday’s episode.

Viewers noticed Ant was ‘lowkey mad’ at Dean for ‘not trying properly’ in his first two trials.

In the very stern chat, Dean said to Ant: ‘Are you telling me off?’

Dean recieved a hero’s welcome back at camp after winning only four stars as Danny Jones ran him a bubble bath.

Dean screams the famous words, ‘I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE!’ as fish guts are poured on top of his head in the containment box number five.

To be fair, he kept his eyes shut throughout the trial and begged Ant and Dec not to tell him what they were pouring into the box with him so be probably imagined the worst.

Dean has already broken his star record during the Lethal Lab trial after being joined by crickets, cockroaches, mealworms, lizards and snakes.

Seconds in as Dean pulled on his ‘safety gloves’ which featured critters he was already screaming.

As he moved on to the next task, he begged Ant and Dec not to tell him what critters will be joining him.

Dean says he is ready to take on his third Bushtucker Trial as he joined Ant and Dec.

He admitted ‘I am aiming for one star today’ after previously screaming I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and getting zero stars in yesterdays trial along with TikTok star GK Barry.

Dean is up to no good in camp as he slyly takes a tea bag from his hidden contraband supply and drops it into that morning’s hot water.

He quicky tells Coleen who gave him a high five and beamed with joy.

When the ‘hot water’ was served, the dark colour in the mugs confused the campmates as Melvin and Barry questioned: ‘Why is it that dark?’

Alan joked: ‘We got a bit of mud in the kettle but if you try it, it’s not too bad.’

Barry believed the camp were ‘winding him up’ before he took a sip and said: ‘Fantastic!’

Radio host Melvin, 44, revealed his rprising celebrity crush to his fellow campmates on Tuesday’s episode after they received their luxury items and doubling down the following night he role played asking the Countdown star out for a dinner date.

Carol, who has been keeping up with the show, was quick to respond and sent him a message by calling into spin off show I’m a Celebrity… Unpacked on Wednesday night.

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GK Barry and Dean McCullough were left ‘mortified’ as they took zero stars back to camp after failing the latest Bushtucker Trial during Wednesday night’s episode.

The duo were voted by the public to take on the Down In The Drumps trial on Tuesday, in order to earn meals for the group.

The podcast star, 25, and radio presenter, 32, were forced to face their fears, with GK, real name Grace Keeling, getting submerged in a large tank.

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New parents Ant McPartlin and Anne Marie Corbett have been seen for the first time together on a coffee date in Australia with their seven-month-old son, Wilder.

The longtime host of I’m A Celebrity, 49, was showing his wife of three years and their newborn the town of Cabarita, where he has stayed for the past decade while filming the ITV show.

Considered a VIP among the local Aussies, Ant was accompanied by his bodyguard as they took a 20-minute stroll down the high street.

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Reverend Richard Coles admitted he’s worried he won’t recognise some of his celeb campmates, as he prepares to join them in the jungle as a late arrival.

The former Communards musician, who now practices as a Church of England priest, admitted: ‘It’s a tougher gig being the late entrant as you already have some groups forming. And I am nervous of getting in there and not recognising people.

‘You could be talking to the most famous influencer in the world and not know who it is. So that will be tricky.’

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I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! star Reverend Richard Coles looks set to add to his surprise fortune with a big-money deal with one of ITV’s biggest rivals.

The former musician-turned-vicar, 62, already boasts an unlikely fortune that rivals campmate Coleen Rooney, thanks to his TV work, collection of crime novels and career as part of 80s group The Communards.

As viewers prepare to Richard to make his debut in the I’m A Celebrity jungle, it’s emerged that his book series is set to adapted into a Channel 5 murder mystery drama.

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In an exclusive interview with MailOnline ahead of her jungle stint, Maura insisted that she is ‘single’ despite dating TOWIE star Pete Wicks for the past few months.

She claimed that Pete, who is currently competing in Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional partner Jowita Przystał, will not be flying to Australia to meet her across the famous I’m A Celeb bridge when her time on the show comes to an end.

Pete is committed to Strictly after managing to avoid the dance-off despite receiving the lowest marks in the cast and being bottom of the leaderboard.

But his departure from the show could see him surprise Maura and best friend Sam Thompson, who is also Down Under co-presenting the new spin-off show Unpacked.

When asked if she is in a relationship with Pete, Maura said: ‘I’m not. I’ve been on dates with many people. I mean, I date, but I’m very much single. Everyone goes on dates.’

Indeed, the pair enjoyed a final evening together watching pianist Ludovico Einaudi at the London Palladium, where Maura said she was overcome with emotion watching the composer’s performance, before separating due to their work commitments.

Maura flew from Vegas to Australia after being ‘spoilt’ on an A-list influencer trip where she was treated to front row seats watching Adele perform at The Colosseum.

She was joined by TV personality Stacey Solomon, make-up artist Jacinta Spencer and influencer Luke Hamnett on the glamorous getaway before being stripped of her designer clothes and made to wear her jungle uniform.

After posting a flurry of Instagram photos where she dressed elegantly in a red silk suit, Maura told her 3.8million followers she felt ‘hungover’ and like she had been ‘ruined’ by Sin City.

And she had no time to recover, flying to Brisbane, Australia ready for her I’m A Celeb debut, which will see her stuck in the Jungle Junkyard for the foreseeable.

MailOnline has spoken to a source who said the pair are in for quite a surprise when they make their debuts.

A show source said: ‘Maura and Richard Coles are in for the shock of their lives when they enter the Australian jungle as they will be sleeping in a horrible junkyard.

‘Maura has gone from the bright lights of Sin City to being dumped into the basic camp, with no luxuries whatsoever.

‘But in true I’m A Celeb fashion all is not what it seems, and viewers will soon discover the jungle has many secrets.

‘Bosses have a few surprises up their sleeve for the upcoming series… and the Jungle Junkyard might be hiding the biggest one of all.’

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’s glamorous signing Maura Higgins will be dumped in the Jungle Junkyard when she makes her show debut on Wednesday night.

MailOnline can reveal the Irish model, 33, and fellow latecomer Reverend Richard Coles, 62, presumed they would join the rest of the cast in the main camp, but a shock twist sees the unlikely duo initially separated and placed in squalor.

The Jungle Junkyard contains overgrown greenery, rusty corrugated metal and zero luxury, a far cry from the sun-drenched Love Island villa where Maura made her name.

A TV insider revealed that the reality star will receive the ‘shock of her life’ after jetting from Las Vegas where she enjoyed an all-expense influencer trip with beauty brand Space NK, to landing in rainy Australia and being stripped of her luxuries.

And lack of amenities isn’t the only frightening factor of the Jungle Junkyard, with I’m A Celeb bosses teasing that the show’s latecomers will be put through their paces and the basic camp hides one big secret.