Helen admits she was ‘absolutely destroyed’ by I’m A Celebrity

Helen Flanagan has opened up on being “absolutely destroyed” during her first I’m A Celebrity stint, admitting she was “horrified.”

The former Coronation Street star, 32 – who is now part of the I’m A Celebrity: South Africa line-up – has been candid about her experience back in 2012, when she was aged 22.

Helen, 32, now a mum of three is set to give jungle life a go for the second time.

Yet her I’m A Celebrity debut isn’t far from the soap star’s mind.

She candidly admitted to MirrorOnline: “I just got absolutely destroyed.

“It was just ridiculous. I was just like, ‘Oh, I’ll be fine. I’ll chill in my bikini, make some friends, it will be good for me…’

“I’d watched a few episodes but I didn’t watch it in detail. I was only just YouTubing things when I was on my plane, then I was thinking, ‘It won’t be that bad.”

She added: “I was horrified.

“I’ll never forget it. When I arrived at the camp there were rats everywhere.

“I’d never seen a rat. I was just absolutely thrown. I felt sick. I was so scared. I was just horrified by everything.”