{"id":3078,"date":"2025-08-22T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:21:55","slug":"im-a-celebrity-lines-up-iconic-emmerdale-star-to-enter-jungle-after-saying-no-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/im-a-celebrity-lines-up-iconic-emmerdale-star-to-enter-jungle-after-saying-no-every-year\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2018lines up iconic Emmerdale star to enter jungle\u2019 after saying no every year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019m A Celebrity <\/a>is said to already be in talks to sign their first star to enter the jungle, with an Emmerdale legend’s name in the rumour mill.<\/p>\n

Lisa Riley \u2013 or, on the Dales, Mandy Dingle<\/a> herself \u2013 is reportedly in talks with ITV<\/a> to finally enter the jungle after years of turning the programme down<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 49-year-old is said to be in \u2018advanced negotiations\u2019 with the producers on the programme and so could be taking a trip Down Under fairly soon.<\/p>\n

Riley has admitted in previous years that the production asks her to be on the reality show year in, year out, but she always turns them down. <\/p>\n

However, a TV insider told The Sun<\/a> she is the \u2018perfect\u2019 celebrity for the show to go for, since she\u2019s on a show watched by millions that is also on ITV.<\/p>\n

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The source told the publication: \u2018She also has a naughty, mischievous sense of humour which is guaranteed to get a big response from her other celebrity campmates during their time in the jungle.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Lisa Riley plays Mandy Dingle on Emmerdale (Picture: ITV\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mandy, 49, previously said she would be up for it around her 50th (Picture: Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, in previous years, it was her work on Emmerdale that seemed to be the reason she didn\u2019t say yes to entering the jungle.<\/p>\n

\u2018I love playing Mandy so much, that\u2019s why I keep turning down other good roles. They offer me I\u2019m A Celebrity every year and every year I say no!\u2019, the actress said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u2018They dangle that big carrot every year. I\u2019ve always said \u201cno\u201d, but the older I get\u2026\u2019 Lisa teased during a chat with the Daily Star. \u2018I always go, \u201cCor, I\u2019m getting old.\u201d But in my head, I always feel like I\u2019m 19, I\u2019m never going to change who I am. But maybe if there was a milestone like my 50th. Then maybe.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Riley has turned them down in the past, but maybe this year is the one (Picture: Karwai Tang\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And, hey presto, Riley is set to turn 50 next summer, so this year might end up being the right one for her \u2013 and she\u2019s already discussed how she thinks she would fare in the <\/a>Bushtucker Trials. <\/p>\n

\u2018I think I could cope. If you ask anyone at Emmerdale, I\u2019m a coper,\u2019 she insisted, adding, \u2018I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s good telly. I think I\u2019d be quite boring.\u2019<\/p>\n

Would the bugs or spiders bother her? \u2018I actually wouldn\u2019t mind those. I would just be so bored in there. I have so much energy from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. Being sat in camp all day would send me crazy. I would need to be stimulated all the time.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d be my usual confident self. I\u2019d be doing dance routines around the fire. I think you put me in a tank of cockroaches, I could probably do that okay.\u2019<\/p>\n

Metro contacted Lisa Riley\u2019s representative for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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