WEBVTT - REGGIE BIRD: I'm A Celeb & How She Deals With Internet Trolls

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you guys are very well aware that I was

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<v Speaker 1>a big fan of I'm a Celebrity this year. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched every episode, well, particularly I was on.

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<v Speaker 2>It last year. Were you not a fan last year?

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<v Speaker 1>That's true, you didn't even watch it last year?

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<v Speaker 2>I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a fan last year. I was particularly a

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<v Speaker 1>fan this year because my husband, Matty Jay, was on

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<v Speaker 1>the show. But we did meet another celebrity again, Reggie Bird.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Reggie Bird, she was the winner of Big Brother.

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<v Speaker 1>She's won two separate seasons, and I honestly felt, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think most of Australia did, that she was just

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<v Speaker 1>such a standout in this season of I'm a Celeb.

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<v Speaker 1>And Reggie herself that she's vision impaired and she is

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<v Speaker 1>going blind, but she really rewrote what it means to

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<v Speaker 1>have a disability and to be able to show up

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<v Speaker 1>and still do everything that every other person was able

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<v Speaker 1>to do in that campsite, and it was so inspirational.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved every moment that she was on the screen,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have her on the show. Reggie, welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the pickup.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh thank you for having me. Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you feeling now that you're at home and

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<v Speaker 1>you're back to normal life. Are you missing the jungle

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<v Speaker 1>or are you happy to be out of that hell hole?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Look, it is good to be back in your comfort

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<v Speaker 3>what is it creature comforts or whatever it's called. But

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<v Speaker 3>I am missing everyone, though, Reggie.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think it was harder or easier than you anticipated?

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<v Speaker 3>Easier than what I've thought? Yes, because my past experience

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<v Speaker 3>of being on Big Brother and doing you know, I've

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<v Speaker 3>spent what three months in Big Brother and being in

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<v Speaker 3>there for a month was a breeze for me, Reggie.

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<v Speaker 3>But not doing those challenges though, Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you looked pretty upset when you had to eat

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<v Speaker 1>that kale.

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<v Speaker 3>Reggie.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna lie, but you spoke so beautifully about

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<v Speaker 1>well about so many things actually, but one thing in

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<v Speaker 1>particular is what you were going through with being vision impaired.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't want to say it wrong, but is

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<v Speaker 1>it retinitis pigments?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that the retis pigmentosa pigmentosa? And can you describe

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<v Speaker 4>to us, like, what does that mean in terms of

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<v Speaker 4>what's happening with your vision? Because you can still see

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit, but you can't see as well as

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<v Speaker 4>what you were able to.

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<v Speaker 3>No, so because I've just got nine degrees of pinhole vision,

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<v Speaker 3>and I explained to people, it's just like looking through

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<v Speaker 3>a straw.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that going to stay like that? Is that going

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<v Speaker 2>to deteriorate completely?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So they said to me, you've got a fifteen

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<v Speaker 3>year time frame before you'll totally lose all your side.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm just very thankful that of what I've got left.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why I just make the most of everything in life,

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<v Speaker 3>because one day I am going to wait up and

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<v Speaker 3>never ever see anything ever again.

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<v Speaker 1>You were such an inspiration on the show, and I think,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can only imagine the questions you would

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<v Speaker 1>have had about going in there and doing that, Like

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<v Speaker 1>everybody has reservations about doing it, but going in and

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<v Speaker 1>doing that show without being able to see there must

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<v Speaker 1>have been an additional pressure or fear factor there for you. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I was shit scared anyway going in, especially you know,

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<v Speaker 3>because petrified of everything, you know, especially the heights, siders,

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<v Speaker 3>bags snakes. I only have one really good night sleeping

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<v Speaker 3>there because every night I'd sit there just worrying about

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<v Speaker 3>a spider or some animal coming to get me because

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<v Speaker 3>I can't see in the dark at all, Like I've

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<v Speaker 3>got no night vision at all.

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<v Speaker 1>You had a really beautiful conversation with Matt at one

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<v Speaker 1>point in the show, and he asked you what it

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<v Speaker 1>was if you're going to miss the most when you

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<v Speaker 1>when you lose your vision, and you said it was

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<v Speaker 1>seeing your kids. And I think every single parent.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even a parent, and I upsets me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just I mean, how do your kids, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>they understand what's happening. Obviously me is a little bit older,

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<v Speaker 1>but how do they respond to this?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, look for them as they've got older. That helped

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<v Speaker 3>me a lot, and I guess that's all they've ever

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<v Speaker 3>known with me. So yeah, I'm going to miss their

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<v Speaker 3>faces for sure when I lose my side. That's the

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<v Speaker 3>biggest thing.

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<v Speaker 2>People really have no excuse to complain about that jungle

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<v Speaker 2>again if you have got in there. I mean like

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<v Speaker 2>when I was in there, the people complaining left, right

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<v Speaker 2>and center. Oh we didn't get any mengo tonight, we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get avocado.

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<v Speaker 1>The worst thing is Regietkoo for a whole week. I

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<v Speaker 1>got in there and she was like, I have I gone

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<v Speaker 1>to the toilet.

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<v Speaker 2>Over a week, but like you to go and navigate

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<v Speaker 2>that the way you have, Reggie, it's like you've just

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<v Speaker 2>won over so many hearts in Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you know that by now, but you really have.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Today it's the first day I've actually got on and

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<v Speaker 3>looked at my social media stuff, so oh man, there's

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<v Speaker 3>some horrible comments as well out there. I'm just like, wow,

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<v Speaker 3>especially about my eyesight, because you know, a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people saying she's fake and ithright, she's in there for sympathy,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's just fall on and I just thinking, Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>there's so many people just are so quick to judge,

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<v Speaker 3>and if they spend to day in my shoes, they

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<v Speaker 3>would understand how I get.

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<v Speaker 1>A Reggie, I'm so sorry that you have to put

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<v Speaker 1>up with that type of commentary because all it really

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<v Speaker 1>shows is that there is such a lack of understanding

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<v Speaker 1>around what constitutes blindness and people think it's black or white.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see all you can't see.

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<v Speaker 2>Nah, we're being too lean on them. There just trolls,

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<v Speaker 2>they're bullies. There's not the lack of education about what

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<v Speaker 2>happens with blindness. That's not it at all. All I

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<v Speaker 2>can say to you, Reggie, is someone that has been

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<v Speaker 2>in that reality world many many times. You will hold

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<v Speaker 2>on to the negative things that people write to you,

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<v Speaker 2>but try to ignore it and look at how much

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<v Speaker 2>support and love and all the beautiful comments you've got,

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<v Speaker 2>because the negative comments stand out. But I would hate

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<v Speaker 2>for you to go through this experience and you listen

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<v Speaker 2>to these keyboard warriors like please don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we adore you, Reggie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, my sisters, she can't stop reading.

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<v Speaker 1>It's right, She's right, Reggie. We absolutely adore you. Congratulations

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<v Speaker 1>on everything and for coming so incredibly close to getting

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<v Speaker 1>the Crown of the Jungle. We're just so stoked you.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a blast.