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Isobel Dickinson & Craig Jones

Emmerdale legend Lisa Riley answers I'm a Celeb rumours

Emmerdale legend Lisa Riley has opened up on I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! rumours.

Lisa, 45, has played the iconic Mandy Dingle on-and-off since 1995 and absolutely loves being part of Emmerdale.

Talking to the Daily Star, Lisa revealed she’s regularly offered the opportunity to appear on ITV reality TV show I’m a Celeb.

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"I love playing Mandy so much, that's why I keep turning down other good roles," she explained. "They offer me I'm a Celebrity every year and every year I say 'no'."


Lisa, who has previously appeared in Waterloo Road and Age Before Beauty, spoke about how she thinks she would cope in I’m a Celeb and the challenges.

Lisa said: "It's not because of all the creepy crawlies or the challenges (why she wouldn’t appear), I actually wouldn't mind those. I would just be so bored in there.

"I have so much energy from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. Being sat in camp all day would send me crazy. I would need to be stimulated all the time."

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