Helen Flanagan pushed her I’m A Celebrity pals to the limits when she returned to camp empty-handed yet again after failing her fifth consecutive Bush Tucker trial.
Last night’s show saw the Coronation Street actress come face to face with a giant jungle hamster cage in “Rodent Run”.
Split into five areas containing rats, meal worms, green ants and spiders – as well as 12 stars – Ant and Dec coaxed the 22-year-old former soap star into at least giving the jungle challenge a go. ‘Hand on my heart, I always give 100 per cent,’ she told them. ‘I really want to give everything a go and I’m not a quitter at all but if I kind of think absolutely no I’ve had enough, then I’ve had enough.’
But sure enough Helen did not even get round to attempting the first bit of the task before calling those magic words, ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’
When asked how she thought her fellow camp mates will react, Helen replied, “I’m just going to be honest and tell them that I haven’t been able to get my head around it. I don’t want to upset anyone or let anyone down but this is how I feel and I don’t want to do it. I’ve absolutely had enough of trials.”
An unsuccessful Helen the returned to camp and promptly told the other celebrities, “I couldn’t do it. I completely froze.” Describing the trial she said, “it was kind of a rat race. It wasn’t even that hard. I had to get on this wheel thing they were going to chuck all these maggots on me and I just completely froze.”
Charlie commented that they won’t be eating again tonight, whilst an exasperated Linda said, “I want to go home!”
Helen continued to explain to her disgruntled camp mates, “I tried to do it but I completely froze. I tried it but I couldn’t do it.”
Later Limahl commented, “you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. I looked around and everybody’s expressions were very glum.”
Whilst Ashley said, “There’s a part of me that sympathetic to her if she does have some fears, but there’s also a part of me that’s ‘man get in there and try and see what happens.’”
Later in the Bush Telegraph an emotional Helen said, “I just feel everyone is turning against me. Its just upsetting me so much. I really, really tried.”
Clearly aware of some tension, Helen confronted her campmates and said,” is anyone pissed off with me, and wants to talk about anything. I just want everyone to understand because I did get some looks.”
She then addressed Charlie and said, “I did see you looking at me like that and it did make me think, ‘come on Charlie I’m trying my best.”
Charlie then replied, “looked at you like what? Helen, I can’t even look at you without you thinking anything. It feels like you didn’t give it a go.”
Limahl then asked Helen, “You knew what the show was and you’re obviously handling it really bad. You made the decision to come on (the show) did you think you would be able to handle it?”
Helen responded, “I did actually but I don’t think you realise how you’re going to handle things until you get there.”
Helen walked off from her camp mates for some quiet time alone.
When she had left, Limahl said to Eric, “If you’ve got ten stars to collect you and you come back two or three at least its something. I really think its important to have a go. It seems mad that she’s here”.
Back in camp, Helen went and sat next to David. Eric commented, “I don’t know why you’re in here if you don’t like insects and bugs and animals and things like that and you come into a jungle. What did you think you were going to do in here, drink milkshakes?”
Helen replied that whilst she thought she would have done better she was glad she came into the jungle.
But Eric retorted, “We’re not. We’re starving.”
Helen then confronted Limahl about his earlier comment, in which he asked why she had decided to come onto the show.
Helen said, “I’m not being confrontational, but your comment hurt me and it offended me. You said something like ‘why did you sign up for the show?’ It made me feel that you were saying ‘why are you here?’ And I thought that was out of order.
Referring to his night in the Bushman’s Refuge, Limahl replied, “Sweetie I spent eight hours in a f*cking rat infested room to get you guys a treat. Don’t talk to me about being out of order I made huge effort for everyone including you.”