I'm a Celebrity's Gemma 'would love to go back in'

I'm a Celebrity's Gemma 'would love to go back in'
I'm a Celebrity's Gemma 'would love to go back in' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Gemma Atkinson has said she would gladly return to I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The former Hollyoaks actress spent time in the Australian jungle in 2007, finishing fifth in the competition, and said she would be up for a second outing. "It's one of the best things I ever did - it was such an experience and I would love to go back in," she said. Gemma is backing former X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon to be crowned queen of the jungle. "I'm rooting for Stacey at the minute. She's very genuine and she seems like a very nice girl, so I'm hoping Stacey does well," she said. And she felt sorry for Gillian McKeith: "Gillian, bless her. I feel a bit sorry for her because she's obviously a bit petrified, but you know in advance what's going to be in the jungle, so maybe if you're that scared, you shouldn't go in." Gemma advised the contestants to keep their chin up. "The survival tip I had was, you need to keep thinking of people back home, because you do literally go insane in there," she said. "Whenever you feel like you're going to snap at someone, I would walk off, go and sit on a rock and relax for a bit. Don't rise to any bait - just keep yourself to yourself and think of everyone back home."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.