NICOLA McLean has never shied away from voicing her opinion – but fears it’s costing her a place on I’m A Celebrity All Stars.
The former glamour girl and TV personality, 44, starred in the jungle in 2008 and had heated arguments with 70s star David Van Day on her way to finishing sixth.
Nicola McLean wants to do I’m A Celebrity All Stars[/caption]
She hasn’t made the line-up for either of the two All Stars series so far, but it’s certainly not due to a lack of willing.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun on behalf of WhichBingo, Nicola says: “How have I not been asked yet? I don’t know whether it’s because I’m so well known for Big Brother. It is only the second one, but I’m hoping I’ll get the call up. I think I’d be brilliant.”
Nicola has spent a total of 56 days inside the Big Brother house across three series and was also a regular on its former Bit On The Side spin-off show.
During her time in the house in 2012, she clashed with Denise Welch, who she has yet to make up with, though she did heal feuds with Natalie Cassidy and Stacey Giggs.
Denise and Nicola went to war after the Loose Women star pulled Playboy star Karissa Shannon’s pyjama bottoms down by surprise, which Nicola felt was unacceptable.
“I feel like it doesn’t matter how hard I try, I can’t self edit,” admits Nicola. “I just can’t do it. If I don’t like you, I don’t like you. I can’t pretend for 2-3 weeks I like someone I don’t.”
Nicola singled out controversial current housemate Caroline Monk for criticism and said she’s lucky that she wasn’t in the house to fight transgender Zelah Glasson’s corner.
Caroline misgendered Zelah, 25, during a game of spin the bottle, declaring, “she’s a girl!”.
It came as she asked pansexual housemate Nancy Nocerino, 22, which housemate she would most like to have sex with, reasoning she wanted to know who Nancy would choose to rebuild civilization with if she was stranded on a desert island.
Earlier in the night, Caroline asked Zelah, “If you had a cock, what would you do with it?”
The uncomfortable exchange took its toll and Zelah told Big Brother: “I can’t remember the last time words hurt me like that.”
Nicola says: “You can’t have a sh*tty opinion, like Caroline Monk in her spin the bottle challenge. I would have gone nuts at that, ‘What are you talking about shut your mouth!’ They need to bring back people who have nothing to lose.”
One such person is ex Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard, 46.
Jimmy, who went on to host Sky‘s Soccer AM, was kicked out first in the 2014 series, despite being an early favourite to win the show.
The cheeky chappy’s humour fell flat and he was accused of bullying jungle pal Jake Quickenden.
But Nicola insists he was misunderstood and expects him to do better second time around.
She says: “My husband’s best friend Jimmy Bullard, he’s going to be fantastic. He can’t self edit, he’ll be brilliant. The majority of other people are so worried about losing a career that they will self edit. We need people like me who just don’t care, get me back.
“I remember Jimmy telling my husband he was going in it and I was like ‘you’ll win it’ and he got voted out first. The football banter people didn’t like. He’s the least likely person to bully at all.
“Because he’s been around a bit more and people know how crazy he is, crazy is the wrong word, but Jimmy won’t mind. Now people are getting that I think he’ll do so much better.”
All Stars series two recently finished filming in South Africa and will air on ITV next year.
Nicola questioned if her association with Big Brother is holding her back[/caption]
