ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
Danny Jones, the frontrunner for this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! nearly missed his chance to enter the jungle after mislaying his passport moments before he was scheduled to depart.
In the flurry of prepping for a house move, the McFly sensation was convinced his passport had ended up in one of the sealed boxes. The search turned frantic, causing upheaval at home and delaying his trip to the recording studio as his flight loomed closer.
The recent recruit to the show shared: "Leaving the house was one of the most stressful mornings of my life." He elaborated on the high-tension departure, revealing: "Because one: I'm leaving. I didn't know I was doing the show, right? Until, like, pretty last minute. My wife has to move house. I was meant to be, like, I've done this. I've done the 21st anniversary, we've been touring for two years straight," reports the Mirror.
Danny, also known for his role as a coach on The Voice, added: "I've just got The Voice. It was a great year, and I'm just gonna move house. I'm just gonna chill and have Christmas. But no, there were different plans! So leaving the house was quite stressful. And here's the double reason why it was stressful: I couldn't find my passport in the morning. I was literally going, 'Darling, I've got to go to the airport now and I can't find my passport! '".
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Danny Jones was almost forced to pull out of I'm A Celeb (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Upon finally heading out, Danny reflected: "So I was literally like, it was such a quick goodbye, I felt like I've not really said goodbye. But in a way, I look at that as a bit of a positive, because it wasn't so like, you know, long-winded and kind of like, I don't know when I'm going to see him again."
"It was like, 'I've got to go check the car at the studio, check this place, you know. I've got to find my passport. So that's why you can see that shocking picture of me turning up to the airport looking dishevelled."
He couldn't help but laugh as he recounted: "Well, here's the thing: I already packed it in my bag! I was already prepped, man. So there's me, like I went to the drawer where I thought it was, wasn't there. Panicked, and obviously, because we're moving house, I'm emptying every single box that we've packed over the past few weeks."
Continuing his tale of forgetfulness, he said: "And I went to the studio, because I parked my car there, and I was like, it's not in my car. I had to go back home, and then as I checked my bag that I was going to the airport with, it was sat there staring at me. I said to my wife, 'Darling, it's fine. I found it. I must have packed it last week and forgot about it. I'm so organised I forgot about it."
Danny has been a key member of the chart-topping pop-rock band McFly since its inception in the early 2000s, alongside Tom Fletcher, Harry Judd, and Dougie Poynter, who clinched the title of king of the jungle in 2011.
ITV audiences were thrilled to witness Danny triumph on The Masked Singer earlier this year, and he melted hearts by posting an adorable video capturing the moment his six year old son Cooper discovered that 'Piranha', whom he had been watching on TV, was in fact his very own father.
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Danny, visibly moved and on the verge of tears, spoke about the difficulty of leaving his wife and son, saying: "I couldn't tell him. It was a little bit like The Masked Singer. As I was leaving, I was like, 'Daddy's going away for a few weeks'. But then when it got announced, I'm sure he would find out now, but I said to him, 'You're gonna come on an adventure with Mummy and be a good boy'. I've never been away for this long."
"We normally have a two-week thing on it where if it's any more than two weeks, you've got to come and say hi. I mean, FaceTime does obviously help, but that's taken, my whole communication has been taken away. And it's not just while you're in the jungle, it's in this lockdown bit that I'm in now for a week as well. So in its entirety, it will be, you know, just over a month."
"It is hard, and you've got time with yourself, and I'm a big thinker - a big over-thinker - so it's a real challenge. But I wear my emotions on my sleeve, and I'm definitely, 100 per cent will be so overexcited and emotional when I see the people that I love the most walking towards me. I think that would be a special moment, and I'm not scared to show my emotions either."
He also confessed that he might find it tough in camp dealing with the trials and being with nine strangers. Despite his long-standing status as a pop star, he feels more at ease on stage with his band than facing the challenges of the camp solo.
He confessed: "It's a scary place to be. Not only are you limited to what you eat, I'm in there with a load of strangers. I'm vulnerable. And because I can't hide behind... see, everything I've done in the past, I feel like I'm protected in, you know, if I've got my guitar, or if I'm singing, I've always got something to kind of not hide behind, but to protect me."
Presenters Ant and Dec are set to return for the brand new series (Image: ITV)"I'm more comfortable singing than I am talking. I'm more comfortable playing in front of O2 Arena than doing an interview. It's just the way I'm wired. So I'm going to be vulnerable, and that scared me. But I'm just gonna do my best and I don't know, maybe I'll have some switch that goes on, like survival mode, and I've got to do it. But maybe I won't. Maybe I'll be an absolute wimp. We'll see."
Danny is currently leading the pack as the bookies' favourite to win. His affable nature, his role in a massively popular band, and his victories in two ITV primetime series this year - The Voice and The Masked Singer - make him a strong contender.
When asked about the prospect of being crowned king of the jungle on I'm A Celebrity, he responded: "I can't even fathom what it would feel like to win the jungle. I think why it would probably mean so much is that, even though I may look super confident, we have insecurities, and we're fragile as human beings. I've never been out there as just myself in such a vulnerable state."
"And I think just having the approval of the British public and people that... oh, you actually do like me or whatever, it's kind of nice to know that, and I think that would be just the cherry on top. And if I won it, I'd definitely, 100 percent get a brand new tattoo of the crown and the stick somewhere on my body to represent it. Absolutely would."
He continued: "I've got The Masked Singer under my belt, I've got The Voice under my belt - I'm going for the Treble. I'm going for the Pep Guardiola! And I know that I will try my best. All you can do is your best, and I'm going to do my very best to impress you guys, impress my son and impress my campmates."
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns to ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm on Sunday, November 17
ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
ITV I'm A Celebrity favourite minutes from pulling out of show after issue at home
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