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Danny Jones’ McFly bandmate – and fellow I’m a Superstar winner– has shared his verdict on the singer being topped King of the Jungle.
Jones, 38, beat the pop star-turned-priest Reverend Richard Coles and TV character Coleen “Wagatha Christie” Rooney to win I’m a Superstar…Get Me Out of Right here! after a public vote on Sunday night time (8 December).
The frontman adopted within the footsteps of McFly bassist Dougie Poynter, who has carried out alongside for the reason that pop rock band was fashioned in 2003 and received the ITV actuality present contest in 2011.
Eyeing the chance for a joke on the expense of his bandmate, Poynter claimed he needed Rooney to win I’m a Celeb and even joked he thought she was “the extra deserving winner” out of the three finalists.
Chatting with his Instagram followers in a video put up, Poynter stated: “I’m really actually disenchanted as a result of I used to be voting for Coleen.
“Erm, no matter. I feel she was the extra deserving winner,” he continued, earlier than including: “I’m joking – after all I’m f***ing stoked.”
Even earlier than coming into the I’m a Celeb jungle, Jones was the bookie’s favorite to win the competitors.
McFly musicians have traditionally had good luck in TV competitors sequence with Poynter being topped King of the Jungle in 2011 and drummer Harry Judd lifting Strictly’s glitterball trophy the identical yr.
Requested if his bandmates would give him a tough time if he didn’t win, Jones stated he wasn’t anticipating that.
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“They’re aggressive, the boys,” he stated. However I don’t suppose so… I don’t need to take into consideration profitable, it’s an excessive amount of stress.”
Upon profitable the competitors, Jones stated I’m a Superstar had modified his outlook on life and inspired him to spend extra time together with his household.
“Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart, I gave my all in there and it’s a beautiful feeling to be preferred,” he stated following the general public vote. “I admire it a lot.”
The musician later broke down in tears when he was reunited together with his spouse Georgia, with whom he shares a six-year-old son known as Cooper, who he has been other than in Australia for 3 weeks.
He advised Ant and Dec of his time within the jungle: “I’ve learnt how useful time is with family members. I at all times prioritise my job a lot however I feel I want to come back out of it and follow that point is treasured.”
“It has been virtually like remedy,” he added. “What this jungle does is offer you perspective in your life.”
I’m AaCelebrity… Get Me Out Of Right here! Coming Out screens on 13 December at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
