GOOD Morning Britain host Kate Garraway says her personal challenge in the jungle won’t be Bush Tucker trials – but donning a “skimpy” bikini before she leaves.
The mum of two, 52, says she has body confidence issues and has covered herself in fake tan before going into the Aussie wilderness to cover up her worries.
Talking ahead of Sunday’s opener, she said: “I’ve got big swimming costumes, I’ve got long ones, I’ve got one that looks basically like a Spanx and it sort of comes to just above my knee.
“I am very nervous about that because I’ve got an ordinary body.
“I’ve not got a celebrity body. That’s the problem.
“So I’m taking in a skimpy bikini and I’m going to see if the experience of being in the jungle is enough to make me let go of that fear, and by the end of it I actually put that bikini on.
“That’s my own sort of personal challenge to myself to see if I get enough courage to put on a skimpy bikini.”
Kate appeared ready for the beach as she arrived in Brisbane earlier this week, looking noticeably slimmer and with a deep tan.
But she says that might not be the case after a few days under the jungle’s famous waterfall.
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She said: “I’ve got a lot cellulite and my thinking was brown cellulite is better than white cellulite.
“I have got so much fake tan and I’m going to apply more before I finally descend.
“I’m going to be the only contestant that’s going to get whiter as the time goes on.
“So as it washes off, I’m going to get gradually whiter.
“When I emerge, I’m going to be white and blotchy and ridiculous.
“So yeah, it’s going to be a very rapid and rather grim descent into feral.”
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