I’m a Star… Carol Vorderman of South Africa gasped at the latest Bushtucker Trial, revealing that she was facing her worst fear.
On tonight’s episode of the ITV show, Amir Khan became the third celebrity to be eliminated after the campmates participated in the show’s first celebrity vote.
In other news, former Countdown star Carol and Olympian Fatima Whitbread collaborated to win stars for camp and put food on the table.
Carol, 62, was excited to begin the challenge with Fatima, 62, but soon understood it would be a challenging task.
The TV personality had to hold her breath while diving below in various tanks to get her hands on stars, encountering monsters like crocodiles and snakes and resorting to a small breathing hole for oxygen as necessary.
Explaining that drowning was her worst concern, Carol began to panic at one point while Fatima – who wasn’t inside the underwater tanks – told her: ‘Let it calm, you’re alright. You can do it; just keep your cool.’
Carol stopped the challenge at seven out of ten stars because one of the snakes had coiled itself around the breathing opening.
As Carol exited the tanks, profusely apologising to her trial partner, Fatima said, ‘Don’t be sorry, we’ve all got our limitations on what we can do.’
Carol revealed the source of her dread to co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
‘I’m sorry I might even cry. My one real fear is drowning. I could see there was a snake in the breathing hole,’ she shared, while Fatima told her that she ‘conquered’ her fear.
‘It’s the only time I’ve been like this about a phobia in my life,’ Carol added later.
When the two returned to camp, they avoided going into too much detail about how horrific the trial was.
Nonetheless, some of the campmates realised how much Carol had suffered.
Dancer Jordan Banjo remarked: ‘She always had a smile on her face. Came back today, she got seven stars, but it looked like it took a lot out of her to do it.’
Meanwhile, musician Myleene Klass added: ‘I know Carol, and Carol is the most fearless woman, she’s so strong. And she came back quite shell-shocked from the trial.
‘That’s all you need to know about how hard that trial must have been.’
I’m A Celebrity returns tomorrow at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
Source My Celebrity Life.
