She was the first to be voted off I’m A Celebrity this year, but in the most candid of confessions Alex Scott thinks she knows why: she was too boring.
The Lioness-turned-sports presenter said she may have missed out on air time as the life stories she shared around the campfire wouldn’t command as much of the viewers’ attention as the likes of Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp and comedian Ruby Wax.
After leaving the camp, her girlfriend, the singer Jess Glynne, told Ms Scott in a phone call that she hadn’t got the screen time she deserved, which she later repeated on Instagram, hitting out at ITV saying: ‘She didn’t get to show how incredible she really is.’
Speaking after her jungle exit, Ms Scott, 41, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Maybe I should have shared more stories, or a bit more.
‘There are so many big personalities, there were moments where people would be sharing stories and I’d be like, oh, I don’t feel like my stories are even worthy at the level of, like a Martin Kemp or a Ruby Wax.
‘I don’t know what’s been aired or shown. But I think I was the game’s master, sharing laughter.
‘I hope those bits came across, not just me talking about football, and that people saw the fun Alex a bit more.’
Alex Scott in the shower ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’
The Lioness-turned-sports presenter said she may have missed out on air time as the life stories she shared around the campfire wouldn’t command as much of the viewers’ attention
She added: ‘Jess has seen what’s gone out, and I haven’t. She said she feels maybe the fun side wasn’t there as much… but we know it’s a TV show and that’s the edits.’
Ms Scott also revealed how she only reluctantly went on the show after Ms Glynne’s mother Alexandra suffered a major stroke which left her needing brain surgery.
It came after questions had mounted as to why the singer wasn’t in Australia to greet her on the bridge during her exit from the show.
Breaking down in tears, Ms Scott said: ‘It’s been a tough time for us and her family, and it was a tough decision to come into the jungle. But then Jess never wanted me to step away from doing it.
‘I knew there was always a possibility of her not being across the bridge, if her mum hadn’t got better or if things had been getting worse, which they have been.’
Ms Glynne also wrote on Instagram: ‘I’ve had to stay close to home. Alex would always want me to be where I’m needed most.’
