EXCLUSIVE: Amir Khan asked campmates to vote him off I'm A Celebrity to avoid controversy
The camp was forced to vote out one of its members, but in scenes not screened in full, Khan told his fellow stars to vote for him to make things easier
Former boxer Amir Khan revealed that he asked his fellow campmates to vote him out of I’m A Celebrity – before he did something silly.
The camp was forced to vote out one of its members in a secret ballot, but in scenes not screened in full, the 36-year-old former light-welterweight champion told his fellow stars to vote for him to make things easier.
This also avoided him getting into anything controversial like his first 2017 appearance where he ate a basket of strawberries meant for the whole group.
Amir explained: “I didn’t want to see anyone else go to be honest with you. I hope people at home say, ‘Amir has made a massive difference to the first time.’
“I thought, I’ll be the one to put my hand up. It’s best to leave on a good note than do something silly… which I think was coming!”
Amongst his challenges he took on was World’s End where he was on a ledge 1,100 metres high on the Mariepskop mountain range. He also handled snakes and crocodiles in Supermarket Shriek. Amir said: “The Trials were really hard comparing them to Australia.
“I was so petrified of spiders, snakes and heights I thought, ‘I’ve just got to give it a go’.”
And despite being in there with other celebrities, he admitted he struggled to remember everyone’s names.
He said: “I didn’t really know anyone in camp when I entered. I’m really bad. The only people I knew in there were Toff and Carol Vorderman. Luckily, they all had their names on the back of their T-shirts so sometimes I’d have a little peek at their backs.
“I got on really well with Jordan [Banjo]. We’re a similar age and he really loves boxing.
“He was telling me about fights that I didn’t know about, which was a bit embarrassing.
“ Paul Burrell is a really lovely guy.
“The last two or three days in camp we really got close.”
* I’m A Celebrity...South Africa continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
