Gemma Collins banned from entering I’m A Celeb jungle due to health concerns

The reality star lasted 72 hours in the jungle last year

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by Hayley Kadrou |
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Gemma Collins has reportedly been told she is not allowed to take part of this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! due to concerns over her health.

Although she was rumoured to be re-entering the jungle again this year, an insider has told The Sun that it’s unlikely to happen:

"She's in the best shape of her life but docs feared another repeat of last year's early exit. Despite losing weight and brimming with confidence, they felt she still wasn't strong enough to cope with the demands."

The former* The Only Way Is Essex* star has lost a whopping three stones in barely anytimeat all thanks to a juice diet.

The source continued: "Gemma is gutted because she was desperate to give it another go.”

The star entered into the reality show last year, but didn’t handle the pressures of jungle life well, evicting herself from the camp down under just days after entering. Some or her worse (our best) moments looked something like this:

And although her time in the jungle was short lived, it was very, very entertaining for viewers – hence why ITV are rumoured to be so keen to get her back.

We literally CANNOT wait for the series to start again – celebs eating kangaroo parts while Ant and Dec shamelessly laugh at their misery? Seriously, what is not to love?

And nothing makes you appreciate sleeping in your rat-and-snake-free bed more.

See who else is rumoured to be entering the land of rice-and-bean dinners galore HERE:

  • I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2015 rumoured line up

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I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2015 rumoured line up

Rustie Lee - '80s TV chef and UKIP candidate1 of 23

Rustie Lee - '80s TV chef and UKIP candidate

Anyone born later than 1985 probably won't have heard of Rustie - she was on Celebrity Super Spa back in 2013 though. Anyone? ...No?

Jake Wood - aka EastEnders' Max Branning2 of 23

Jake Wood - aka EastEnders' Max Branning

heat's Weird Crush 2015 winner would look mighty good in some cargo shorts, that's for damn sure. After his Strictly success, would he really want to go into the jungle to feast on weird anuses, though?

Ed Balls - politician3 of 23

Ed Balls - politician

Ed turned down the offer to go on IAC in August 2015, saying: “No. I wrote back to say that I’d already subjected myself to one high-profile public vote this year, and I wasn’t really sure that I wanted a second one. “At least having to eat bugs and crickets wasn’t part of the election process. I’m not tough enough for that.” Guess that's a no to Balls, then.

Craig Charles - Coronation Street actor4 of 23

Craig Charles - Coronation Street actor

Craig sadly had to drop out of his 2014 jungle stint following the death of his brother, so there's a slim chance he could make a comeback this year.

Gemma Collins - ex-TOWIE cast member5 of 23

Gemma Collins - ex-TOWIE cast member

Gemma Collins managed a whopping THREE nights in the jungle before she quit in last year's show. Nevertheless, she did make for amazing telly and with her new fitness regime, she might be able to hack it better this time around. Sadly, it's been reported she hasn't passed this year's strict screening process, so her odds of appearing Down Under look increasingly unlikely...

Spencer Matthews - ex-Made In Chelsea6 of 23

Spencer Matthews - ex-Made In Chelsea

This MICster couldn't be MORE out of place in the Australian jungle if he tried. Can you even imagine what he'd be like with all the female campmates? Mind you, everyone else in the line-up would love having him there - he'd be guaranteed to get most of the Bushtucker Trials if the British public have anything to do with it...

Jamelia - Loose Women panellist7 of 23

Jamelia - Loose Women panellist

Loose Women's Jamelia is 10/1 to be named Queen of the Jungle, according to Paddy Power. Though she's currently still performing on rival BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, so we're guessing her schedule won't allow her to guzzle unsavoury koala bits just yet.

Susannah Constantine, TV presenter8 of 23

Susannah Constantine, TV presenter

Sassy Suse, who along with Trinny Woodall had hit TV show What Not To Wear for five years, has apparently been offered £200,000 to appear on I'm A Celeb. But will she wear cargo shorts?

Jorgie Porter, ex-Hollyoaks star9 of 23

Jorgie Porter, ex-Hollyoaks star

Jorgie has actually been spotted in Australia's Brisbane airport ahead of I'm A Celeb's kick-off, so she's looking a pretty likely candidate for the jungle. No doubt she's packed plenty of bikinis for those waterfall scenes...

Stephanie Davis, ex-Hollyoaks star10 of 23

Stephanie Davis, ex-Hollyoaks star

Poor old Steph was actually signed up for this year's I'm A Celeb, but had to pull out two weeks before the start date because of her severe allergy to nuts. Actual nuts, not kangeroo balls, we're guessing...

Chris Eubank, ex-boxer11 of 23

Chris Eubank, ex-boxer

The eccentric - some might say reclusive - former sportsman has reportedly signed up for I'm A Celeb in return for a tasty £200,000 cheque. We're not sure how he'll cope in the jungle without his collection of excellent suits and fondness for silver-topped canes...

Yvette Fielding, Most Haunted presenter12 of 23

Yvette Fielding, Most Haunted presenter

Yvette's been touted for the IAC line-up, but with a skin condition that makes her very sensitive to sunlight, would a jungle stint be the best idea? She also tweeted on Nov 2 that she was off to the Midlands for filming - or could that have been a cheeky ruse to throw people off the scent?

Ferne McCann off TOWIE13 of 23

Ferne McCann off TOWIE

A show source said of the reality star: “Ferne is incredibly outspoken and she can be a bit of a stirrer. So if she rubs some of her camp-mates up the wrong way, sparks will really fly.”

Chloe Sims off TOWIE14 of 23

Chloe Sims off TOWIE

There was speculation this reality star could be joining the jungle line-up earlier this month, but due to the tighter screening process, it's been reported that Chloe was turned down by show bosses. Shame.

George Shelley off Union J15 of 23

George Shelley off Union J

This little poplet - who's blossomed into quite the sexy swan - has been rumoured for IAC for a while now, along with bandmate Josh Curthbert. Could we bare to see that angelic face covered in cockroach poop, though?

Josh Cuthbert off Union J16 of 23

Josh Cuthbert off Union J

Lovely Josh was actually rumoured for the jungle before bandmate George, and we must say it's an extremely close toss-up between which one of them we'd most like to see under a waterfall. Can we have both, please?

Caitlyn Jenner17 of 23

Caitlyn Jenner

Yeah, no. This is 99.9999999% definitely not happening... but just ponder a universe in which it did.

Vicky Pattison off Geordie Shore18 of 23

Vicky Pattison off Geordie Shore

If there's one person we could rely on to cajole all the campmates off their arses, it's VP. Can you even imagine what she'd be like in the jungle? It would be IMMENSE.

Lady Colin Campbell, royal biographer19 of 23

Lady Colin Campbell, royal biographer

The woman behind one of the most explosive books about Princess Diana is now said to be up for the challenges of the jungle - but will she survive without her aristocratic comforts?

Leslie Ash20 of 23

Leslie Ash

Actress Leslie's been keeping a low profile of late, what with the lip filling treatment that exploded her pout all those years ago, then contracting a nasty strain of MRSA that gave her mobility problems. Having said that, if she can survive all that lot, an all-rice diet and a couple of fish head baths will be an absolute breeze in comparison.

Kieron Dyer21 of 23

Kieron Dyer

Footballer Kieron's most recent claim to fame off the pitch was being romantically linked to Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. He's been spotted touching down at Brisbane airport this week though, so he's almost certainly part of the line-up.

Brian Friedman22 of 23

Brian Friedman

Choreographer Brian is the creative director of The X Factor, so we'd be pretty surprised if Simon Cowell let him go while the show is airing. Saying that, Brian would be an ace addition to the I'm A Celeb 2015 line-up purely on the basis of his bitchy comments.

Duncan Bannatyne23 of 23

Duncan Bannatyne

Probably the most grumpy multimillionaire to have ever appeared on Dragons' Den, Duncan would almost certainly challenge Spencer Matthews for the public's hatred.

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