British comedian Seann Walsh has said his "bad experience" on Strictly Come Dancing almost stopped him from appearing on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! this year.
He entered as a mole but is leaving as a legend. Seann is the seventh Celeb to leave the Jungle after keeping everyone entertained with his non-stop laughs and spot-on impressions! 💛 #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/faZidmwUhI
— I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 25, 2022
The 37-year-old Little Crackers actor, made headlines in October 2018 when he was pictured kissing his Strictly professional partner, Katya Jones, said he found the idea of another reality show "terrifying".
At the time he was in a relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries, while Jones was married to fellow Strictly dancer Neil Jones.
Walsh, who made it to the final five in I’m A Celebrity, said it was his pregnant partner, Grace Adderley, who eventually persuaded him to take part in the Australian jungle challenge.
During the show, Walsh spoke with campmates about the backlash he had received after the controversial Strictly kiss drama, with his agent saying his "career was dead".
He told fellow comedian Babatunde Aleshe: "It was easily the most depressing month of my entire life, Edinburgh after Strictly.
"Just before I’m about to go on (and do a show), my agent comes in and goes ‘Just so you know, there’s like 30 people’."
Walsh was a late entrant to I’m A Celebrity, joining as an undercover mole alongside former health secretary Matt Hancock after the other stars had arrived.
Former England footballer Jill Scott was named Queen of the Jungle in the final of the ITV reality show, beating Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner to the title.
Walsh said: "Jill was my winner – she was everyone’s winner – and I’m so grateful that the jungle enabled me to meet someone like her because I doubt I would have done so in my normal job."
