Irish TV presenter Vogue Williams and Celebs Go Dating receptionist Tom Read Wilson are poised to enter the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle as late arrivals.
The duo’s impending arrival will be teased during Wednesday night’s episode of the ITV reality programme, with their full camp entrance scheduled for Thursday’s broadcast.
Williams, 40, who is married to Spencer Matthews, admitted she initially believed she would never participate, having grown "too comfortable" in her daily life.
"I like to have eight hours of sleep, I like to eat nice things, I like to just chill out and I never put myself out of my comfort zone," she explained.
However, a recent milestone prompted a change of heart.
"Then when I turned 40, I started to get scared of ridiculous things. I didn’t want to be this person. Doing this is such a massive life experience and it is not something you can pay to do. So now I am 40, I think it will be pretty cool to do I’m A Celebrity."
The mother-of-three confessed her biggest challenge would be the separation from her children. "I’m very worried about missing the kids, as I have never been away this long before and I spend such a huge amount of time with them. It will be my biggest struggle."
Meanwhile, Tom Read Wilson, 39, known for his role on Celebs Go Dating and a former contestant on the fifth series of The Voice UK, described his initial reaction to the offer as "abject terror."
Despite this, he adheres to a strict personal rule: "If the only reason that you don’t want to do it is fear, you must do it, whatever it is."
Read Wilson expressed concerns about maintaining his mental acuity in the camp.
"I’m fearful as a porcupine and I am very nervous that my grey cells won’t dance properly in camp, too. At home, I do a cryptic crossword every day, I always have a book on the go and I am a bit worried that my frontal lobes will drop off if I don’t have a lubricant for it," he stated, adding, "I can be vague at times and I don’t want to scatter brain cells over the camp."
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs nightly at 9pm on ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player.
