The hit ITV show lands back on screens on Sunday, November 16
Kelly Brook was spotted arriving at Brisbane Airport(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
Kelly Brook has touched down in Australia ahead of her appearance on the upcoming series of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here.
The news of her arrival in Australia comes after she was heavily rumoured to be joining the show’s 2025 line-up of celebrities, despite previous claims from the model and actress that she was not interested in doing the show.
Her arrival at Brisbane Airport comes after the Loose Women star was spotted at Heathrow Airport on Saturday (November 8) as she checked in her vintage suitcase.
Arriving in Brisbane on Sunday (November 9) the star, 45, said: “I am going to miss my dog Teddy, my husband Jeremy, and my food in general.”
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However, appearing to still be denying speculation of her entering the jungle, she joked: “I haven’t seen my auntie Sheila for a long time so I can’t wait to see her, and I’m so excited that you’re all so excited for me.”
Asked about how she is with creepy-crawlies, Kelly joked there might be some in her “relative’s” garden before she added: “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’m visiting a distant cousin.
“I’m looking forward to surfing. Like I said, I’m looking forward to seeing my distant cousin that I’ve not seen for a long, long time… the koalas and the kangaroos. So much to look forward to.”
Asked about sleeping under the stars, she replied: “I’m hoping that I’ve got a spare room. I’m not sure about that.”
Kelly appeared at the airport in a yellow and orange dress, which she described as an “Australian sunset”, before being covered by an umbrella from light rain.
Kelly Brook was spotted wearing an “Australian sunset” dress at Brisbane Airport(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
The star then joked: “Is it raining? Wherever I go I take the weather with me.”
However her participation in the upcoming series of the hit ITV reality show appears to come as a U-turn from previous comments made by the star, with her suggesting in 2018 there would be “a million” things she would rather do than the show.
Speaking previously she said: “I don’t want to eat eyeballs or sheep testicles and all the things they have to eat on there. Even if I had a huge tax bill and I had to pay it really urgently, I still wouldn’t do it.”
In a 2022 interview, she added: “It’s never appealed to me. It’s never ever ever appealed to me. Like Mark Wright asks me at work if I would ever do it and I just couldn’t think of anything worse.
“But he loved it, for him, he just absolutely loved I’m A Celebrity, and it opened up so many doors for him and gave him so many opportunities. He also has some really great memories from doing it.”
Kelly Brook has appeared to make a U-turn on comments from 2018 and 2022 suggesting she would not enter the jungle (Image: Getty Images)
ITV are set to formally announce the 2025 I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here line-up next week, with celebs including Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp, former England footballer Alex Scott and soap star Lisa Riley all expected to be making their way to the jungle.
Two names however will be left out of the ITV announcement with these celebs expected to be entering the jungle as latecomers.
A source close to the show said: “Producers are expected to pull out the stops to ensure the 25th series is the most memorable yet.”
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here returns on ITV One and ITVX on Sunday, November 16.