Former world champion Barry McGuigan showed off his boxing skills in Friday’s episode of ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here as his fellow NI man Dean McCullough was sent to the secretive Junkyard.
In the newest episode of the reality series, the featherweight champion told the camp about his life training to become a boxer after Coleen Rooney shared that she was inspired by her father to get her sons into the sport.
“My dad had us, me and my two brothers sparring each other when we were younger. He used to get us in the living room, we’ve got it all on video. I was Big Betty, my brother’s called Jo and he was Little Josie, and we used to have a ring walk,” she said.
Barry then revealed that he had a plastic nose as a result of boxing: “When I had it broken it was flat, so they just took the bone out and replaced it with plastic.”
McFly’s Danny Jones then asked Barry the best way to train for body shots which led to the boxer giving him a one on one demo when he asked him to tense his stomach and lightly punched Danny – who immediately yelled out in pain and clutched his stomach.
When Danny returned the favour, Barry commanded him to hit harder as Danny landed five punches chest on the former world champ.
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The singer later told the Bush Telegraph he was pleased with his training: “Today my life was made, because Barry McGuigan let me hit him in the stomach. I hit him really hard and it was solid, it was like hitting a brick wall.”
Elsewhere in camp, after his eight stars win alongside Danny in the latest Bushtucker Trial, Maura, Richard and new recruit Dean headed back to the Jungle Junkyard.
Maura and Richard kept up their acting – feigning they would have to endure another night of sleeping on the floor until the former Love Island star let the Newtownabbey DJ into the secret, revealing the Junkyard is actually a secret luxury camp.
“The only half decent thing we have over here, this red button, press that, it’s actually quite interesting. It’s not great but it’s something,” said Maura.
As Dean pressed the button, he too was let in on the Jungle Junkyard secret. Rendered speechless, he whispered: “You’ve got to be kidding me!”
Dean was clearly impressed with Maura and Richard’s acting skills, as he told Maura: “The BAFTA is coming!”
Back in main camp they all reflected, as they said: “Poor Dean.”
In the Jungle Junkyard, Maura kicked back and relaxed in a warm bubble bath to clean herself from the day’s Trial, complete with bath salts to provide a full spa experience to ensure she was smelling as fresh as a daisy.
However, when it was dinner time in both camps and after the Jungle Junkyard received a full spread of fish, sides and dessert – unbeknownst to the main camp.
The main camp received a note which read: “However, as the celebrities in main camp believe you won zero stars in today’s Trial, they have been given the chance to sacrifice some of their dinner so that you can eat tonight. If they decide to sacrifice their food then you win three more portions at the junk food buffet.”
Luckily, the main camp found it in the goodness of their hearts to give up some of their dinner, with Coleen and Danny volunteering to deliver the goods to the Jungle Junkyard first-hand to check in on Maura, Richard and Dean.
But when Coleen and Danny returned back to main camp, they updated their fellow campmates on the Jungle Junkyard conditions – suspicions were beginning to be raised.