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Shaun Ryder left furious after Gillian McKeith reunion on I'm A Celebrity

Ant and Dec brought a new instalment of I'm A Celebrity to our screens on Monday night, although many viewers pointed out how odd it was watching without their Christmas tree up.

The new take on the popular ITV show is focussed around previous campmates making a return to the jungle, albeit in South Africa instead of the usual set in Australia.

The show, which featured the likes of Ashley Banjo, Carol Voderman and Helen Flanagan on the first episode also included two former campmates who didn't exactly see eye to eye - and that doesn't appear to have changed in the last decade.

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Shaun Ryder looked less then impressed when he was reunited with Gillian McKeith on Monday's episode. At the end of the show, a mystery box was brought into the jungle and out popped Gillian - much to the visible displeasure of Shaun.

The pair had previously clashed while put in the jungle together in 2010 and as the rest of the campmates looked on in shock, Gillian remarked: "I couldn't let you do this without jungle Gill!"

In a sneak peak at Tuesday's episode, Shaun is heard saying: "F****g hell," after Gillian's arrival, reports the Mirror.

Amir Khan says to Jordan Banjo : "He doesn't look happy. He's maybe thinking, 'Why did she come in?'" Is she as mad as a box of frogs?" Paul Burrell asks Shaun, away from Gillian, to which he replies: "Yes, last time I wanted to kill her."

Meanwhile, in Tuesday's episode, Gillian reveals why she thinks her second I'm A Celebrity experience is going to be harder than the first time around, which saw her faint before a live bushtucker trial.

In her pre-show interview, she says: "It's going to be more terrifying this time because back then, I didn't know what to expect but this time I can't use that as an excuse. What I felt before feels 1,000 times worse now and all of it freaks me out but I feel I've got a calling to represent all the scaredy cats in Britain - and that is the reason why I've said yes."

She added: "Doing the programme didn't change me. I learned that knowledge is fear. But one thing I would say is when I look back on the experience, it did surprise me that I could sleep outside.

"As a child, I'd never liked the idea of camping but sleeping in the hammock in the jungle was peaceful - so long as there were no insects crawling over you!"

Gillian also denied faking her fainting last time around, despite accusations she fell to the floor to avoid doing trials.

"I have a history of fainting since childhood," explains Gillian. "The day before we did the live trial, I hadn't had much to eat and I wasn't feeling very well - which is the precursor to passing out.

"I have fainted several times and not just in the jungle. I even fainted at a wedding once when I was the bridesmaid. They were about to say: 'do you take this man to be your husband?' and I passed out.

I'm A Celebrity South Africa continues on ITV and ITVX on Tuesday at 9pm.

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