I’m a Celeb’s Declan Donnelly reveals Bushtucker Trial left him seriously injured and in physio for six months
I’M A Celebrity presenter Declan Donnelly revealed one Bushtucker Trial left him seriously injured.
The ITV personality admitted that he was left needing physiotherapy for six months to heal an injured shoulder.
Fans of the long running endurance show are looking forward to see huge names like Nigel Farage, Jamie Lynn-Spears, and Josie Gibson face the infamous bushtucker trials.
Several challenges such as the infamous eating trials and the Celebrity Cyclone appear every year, much to the amusement of fans.
But one I’m A Celebrity trial in particular might bring up some difficult memories for Declan Donnelly, 48.
Earlier last year, the presenter revealed on a live broadcast on social media that he was left with an injury over a decade ago, when he took part in a special instalment of the Celebrity Cyclone trial.
Looking forward to a show last year, he explained: “We’re doing the Celebrity Cyclone today. It’s always fun to do, but it takes a while to do. It takes a long time to get everything set up and get all the paint bombs set up and all the sludge and the slime.
“Yeah, it takes a long time but it is fun, the most fun. Everybody who watches the show always wants to give it a go. We’ve actually done it in the past. We’ve done the trial.”
Ant McPartlin then exclaimed: “We did it for charity years ago, didn’t you pop your shoulder?”
His presenting partner replied: “Yeah I did. I ended up in physio for six months afterwards. But it was great fun.”
To which, Ant jokingly said: “Fun times though guys, fun times.”
Dec suffered the shoulder injury 12 years ago when the ITV do took part in a special edition of the trial.
The pair completed the Celebrity Cyclone challenge as part of the Text Santa charity initiative in 2011.
They usually watch on as the celebrity campmates take on the infamous trial.
At the time, Joe Wash was on presenting duties as he explained that every star marker they reached was worth £25,000, meaning they could win a maximum of £100,000 for the charity.
To get fans excited for the 2020 series of the show in Wales, the pair yet again put themselves through a few of the trials ahead of the shows.
This included the ‘catch a falling star’ trial where cockroaches were poured all over Ant and he scored no stars.
Dec caught one star as the slime he was immersed in had bugs stick to him.
