WEBVTT - UNPACKED REALITY - I'M A CELEBRITY - STEPHEN K AMOS 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.400 TV Reload the podcast last week. Thereby, Hey guys, welcome 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:07.360 back to TV Reload. I want to thank you for 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:10.760 clicking and downloading on today's episode with Stephen k Amos, 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:13.800 the latest eliminated celebrity from I'm a Celebrity, Get Me 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:17.800 Out of Here for twenty twenty four. This international renowned 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:20.840 funny man was an absolute joy in the camp this year, 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:24.360 providing endless stories and entertainment for all of his camp 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:27.639 mates every day. Stephen wowed the camp mates with his 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:31.840 endless tales of famous faces that he's encountered, his origins 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:35.320 in the comedy scene, and a hilarious emergency that saw 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.879 him turn his beloved Porsche into a Porterloo. However, it 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:43.080 was Steven's ability to share some of his home truths 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.199 with the camp, opening up about his experiences of racial violence. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.160 I do quickly want to point out that Stephen's choice 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.120 of charity was Banksier Palliative Care Services, which is a 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.080 non for profit that provides a central, twenty four hour 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.960 holistic palliative care and support to children and adults living 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:03.160 with progressive and terminal illnesses. Stephen will reveal if he 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.840 had been asked to do the UK version of I'm 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.280 a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here. And also he 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.800 explains the difference between the countries and how their shows differ. 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:14.720 We will get a tease of what sort of jungle 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.400 content we can expect to see in his upcoming comedy 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:19.400 show and why he might lose. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:20.560 A few of his new friends. 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.000 I will also talk about his relationship with Australian comedians 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:27.559 and find out if his previous established relationship with Julia 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.480 Morris helped him get on the show. I'm also going 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:32.880 to talk about how this show has changed him for 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.240 life and what sort of changes he's going to make 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.880 in his life moving forward. There's actually so much to 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.119 unpack with Stephen kay, so sit back and relax as 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.240 we unpack his time in the South African jungle. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.800 Hi Stephen, how are you Ben? Yes? It is it 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:48.520 is Ben. 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.400 Ben Norwick right. Yes, one of my oldest friend in 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.160 the UK comedian is called Ben Norris. 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.520 I hate him. He's got my name. He keeps trying 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.320 to bump me off all of these programs. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:01.480 What you might be in I'm. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.240 Australia's version of Ben Norris? 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.960 But can I tell you that for a very long time, 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.400 if you typed in my name, up came a very 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.800 handsome photo of me. And now when you type in 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.280 my name, it's your old mate from overseas. 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.679 Got to get rid of him, I hear you. I 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:18.440 love a word in and I'll get him to change 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:20.520 his name. By deed poll, I'm happy with. My name 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:24.080 is Stephen Kate amos an anagrammer, which is the spokesman by. 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.520 The way, amazing, amazing. I do like that. I hadn't 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.679 put that together, but I'm glad you've pointed it out. Book. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:32.480 Congratulations on surviving the jungle, but also surviving living with 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:34.000 Australian celebrities. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.440 I know that was one of the weird things about 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.840 going into the jungle because I literally knew nobody. Obviously, 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.519 I had seen Margin in the middle, so I knew 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.920 who Thank You was, I didn't know him. I also 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.440 knew who Tristan was, so I've done the Studio ten 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.160 program he used thought, but I literally had no idea 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.839 who anyone else was. I felt like a duck out 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.600 of water. I was thrown in literally at the deep 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.959 end and had to get to know Boom from scratch, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.840 which in a weird way was an advantage. I had 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.799 no preconceived ideas about anybody. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:06.560 Did you ask one of the producers if you could 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.280 wear like a little earpiece so they could talk into 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.359 your ear and say, right, you talk me to guy. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.680 She's an influencer, she was on Big Brother. 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:15.480 Do you know what? I should have done that? But 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.240 there was something about getting to know people from the start, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.799 and I think that's what we've all lost, that kind 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.200 of human touch, that human connection, because we're so addicted 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.440 to this little device in our hands, a mobile phone. 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.320 And that's the genius of this show, actually, because you're 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.880 forced could have conversations and forced to get to know 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.880 people with a phone in hand. There's so many other 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.560 distractions we could easily use. I mean, how many times 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.200 have you been in a restaurant or a bar and 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.520 you've seen a group of friends savner each other and 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.840 some of them are literally on their phones, not being present. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:50.160 I mean, you would know this. 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.160 I did a series of Big Brother, and I was 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.040 in there for four months, and so had no phone 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.040 for four months. And after about three months, I decided 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.480 in my mind that when they get gave me my 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.920 phone back, I wouldn't want it. I was like living 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.760 off the land. I'm hanging up all electronic equipment, you know, 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.840 but very quickly you will get back, you know, to 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:10.000 being in love with your phone again. 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.000 Oh do you know what then, I'm going to say 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.760 this now, I'm going to make sure that I spend 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.880 at least one or two days a month where I 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.000 put my phone down because it was so cathartic and 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.240 I don't want to be that person that loses everything 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.040 I've been, that I've learned, or that i've that has 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:30.200 really enhanced who I am. From my experience in the jungle, 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.680 we don't need to be on our phones twenty four seven. 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:37.360 Nothing is that important. Think about it. From my point 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.279 of view. We have had no access to the news. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.520 I mean that I watched the news on a regular 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.760 basis because I helped you with being across what's happening 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.680 in the world culturally that I can maybe make jokes 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.640 about or reference about. But in my full weeks in 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.280 that jungle, nothing mattered. You know. Of course, we want 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.000 to keep in touch with our friends and our family, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.560 but you know what, I don't need to scroll through TikTok, 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.799 I don't need to scroll from Facebook nothing is that important. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:05.839 Especially watching other people, and I mean it is an 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.839 enormous amount of sort of naval gazing, is what you 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.080 call it. But you know what I wanted to ask you. 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.200 You know, there are so many international versions of I'm 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.120 a Celebrity, Get me out of here. Is this the 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.440 first time you've been asked to do one of them? 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.480 Because I mean, you would be not out of place 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.800 being in the UK one or the American version. 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.960 I've been asked to take part in other versions, but 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.040 what attracted me to the Australian version is, as far 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.919 as I'm aware, it's not about conflict. You don't seem 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.720 to throw people in there that you know sparks are 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.360 going to fly. I'm not about convict in my day 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.680 to day life. I don't really want to be on 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:45.480 a TV show where it's designed for me to annoyed 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.880 with somebody. If it happens naturally to the course of events, fine, 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:50.680 But if you put like if you put me in 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:55.719 the jungle with someone whose political and aspirational way of 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.159 life is completely different to mine, that is as a 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:02.520 starting point is very difficult. And I understand that there 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.920 is also a level of respect that we go into 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.400 these shows with I want to have that respect from 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.560 my fellow camp mate and not have a preconceived notion 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.280 of who they are, what they've beliefs are, and therefore 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:16.320 be on the back foot straight away. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.359 Okay, so who out of these two people would you 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:19.840 prefer to go into the jungle? But let's just say, 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:21.680 because now you've got to taste for it, he decided 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.680 to do the UK one. What about Kate Hopkins or 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:26.279 Meghan Michael Which one of those two? 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:28.400 I would love to be in the jungle with Megan 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.359 Markle because I think it. Yeah, I think that she 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.640 can give me or us an insight into what she's 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.120 actually been through, not all the press there about her, 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.480 know what people's opinions are about her. But then Kate Opkins, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.919 she's known for being, you know, very opinionated. You know 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.240 what we've all got, We've all got opinions. I don't 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.280 need to be around yours twenty four to seven because 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.640 the benefit of the life that we all live is 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.000 that I don't have to listen to you. I can 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.599 switch off my ears. But if I'm stuck in a 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.560 place where we have to talk to each other, oh 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.800 my good. As Katie rain in rain your neck in love? 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.280 What about Sky though, because like Sky, I mean, she's 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:06.839 a fan favorite. She's probably going to take this whole 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.320 thing out and people love her. But I have myself 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.120 spent about seventy two hours with her in a row 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.280 and I rang her mum and got her mum to 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:15.800 pick her up from my house and to take her 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:17.680 home because I was done. Did you wish that you 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.920 had the luxury of calling Sky's mum at any point 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.040 and asking for her to be taken home? 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.760 You know? Are we perfectly wanted to know? I've all 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.080 the Bible mentioned. Spy was not the one I wish 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:28.560 I could bring their mum. There were a couple of 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.200 people in there, but I do wish I could call 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.440 them mom. But Sky was not one of them. Guy. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:36.920 I found to be so pure, so genuine, and so 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.160 honest and also willing to give anything a try and 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.440 also learned. And she made me laugh. That woman has 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.480 good a pure heart. I can't say that for everybody but. 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.680 Me. Don't worry, Stephen, Why don't you would know this? 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.480 But Denise Drysdale is actually a very I grew up 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:53.800 with her. 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.320 I had no idea about that connection and I'm going 0:07:56.360 --> 0:08:00.160 to say Denise did not pull any punching she you 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.440 were laterally going on, and she knew what she was 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.160 going to be, what she didn't want to do, And 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.520 we had a connection because both in showbillys, both work 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:13.600 in comedy, and both at a certain age and her, 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.720 Oh yeah, there's the knowing glances kept coming back and 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:18.480 forth between myself and Denise. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.320 I love her for that. I mean I grew up 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:20.640 with it. 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.000 Like when she was offering KHN instructions on how to 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.440 fix the fire and he didn't take that very well. 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.040 I was like, that's how I grew up. That's Denise's 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:29.960 fairy to the point. She didn't beat around the bush. 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:31.920 She gave you very clear instructions and you were able 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.080 to actually finish the task that she would give you 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:35.480 because of the clarity of it. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:36.079 Do you know what I mean? 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:40.840 Absolutely? Then there's nothing worse than too many cooks broiling 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.640 the broth. One person take charge, say what we need 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.120 to do, and let's execute it. That's what we missed 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.480 when Karen left. That's all we missed when Denise left, 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.120 because oh, I don't know if you saw the day 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.760 after Calm left and we all were too many chefs 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.480 in the kitchen. I was like, mate, just be quiet. 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:57.920 You didn't do this when karm was here. You won't 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.960 mind this. Spend Denise with here? What wrong would you be? 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.400 Because those two are quite frightening. But you know quickly 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.520 I wanted to ask you. You know you have become 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.440 this fan favorite. It's a shocked Australia. I don't think 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.320 you've been giving your phone back so you wouldn't know. 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.200 But people are outraged that you were eliminated. I don't 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.439 think we've seen anyone being as outraged like a celebrity 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.839 that's had this much outrage. And poor Brittany Hockley, everyone's 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.720 like pointing the finger at her and saying you. 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.720 Get out of here. They want her gone. 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.559 And I'm like, I need to ask you this, what's 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.840 the relationship like with Brittany Hockley inside the camp because 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:34.240 Australia doesn't seem like they've connected as genuinely to her 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:35.600 as they have to you. 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.280 Oh that's that's interesting. I don't obviously, I don't know 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.160 what's been shown. I haven't seen any of the series 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.840 at all. I only got out yesterday. But what I 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.440 was doing for myself I was putting my heart on 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.240 my sleeve. I thought, yes, I do comedy. It's very 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.240 niche area and so therefore I want the rest of 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.400 us say it to see what I'm about. I'm a 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.800 black British man of Nigerian heritage, and I'm going to 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:03.040 be honest. I don't have a huge social media following 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.439 like Britney Doll. And maybe it's social media following that 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.920 it's backing certain people. But all I wanted to do 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.880 in that jungle was to be my authentic self and 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.600 if that came through, I'm very proud of that. I'm 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.719 very proud to mention the things I did mention. I'm 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.720 also very proud to be supporting the charity. Thanks your 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:26.000 Parents of Care Service. And yeah, people thought that brilliant. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.120 As try as I'm concerned that the program and the 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.960 editors will only screen what people do and say. If 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.080 you don't say and don't do it, they won't show it. 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.120 You know, it's interesting because you know, you've sort of 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.680 touched on a few things there as a comedian, you've 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.080 only ever really been able to sort of choose what 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.000 you want to share with us. And by doing a 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.240 show like this where it's kind of what's and all, 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.320 and you're relinquishing the control of what people are going 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.160 to say to some producers. Were you nervous and did 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.640 you try and sense yourself at all when talking about 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.559 really personal issues, because you did talk about them and 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:00.560 that was kind of I think the mack of who 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:01.480 you were in this show. 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.319 Yes, I do appreciate that comment because I went in 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.320 this show. I thought I was going to I thought 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:08.880 I was going to be guarded. I thought I was 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.160 going to not let my armor down. But when you're 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.560 in a space where there are people around you who 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.680 are respectful, who are asking questions that come from a 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:22.440 good place, and when there is nothing to do, you 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.360 do find yourself letting down your guard and being vulnerable. 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:30.040 And I didn't expect it from me. That wasn't my plan, 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.520 But you know, after a week, after three days in 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.120 that space, I found myself being free because the others 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.200 were also being free. I'm not sure if I've got 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.000 to know Brittany very well, but most of the others 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.600 I think I did get to know quite well. And 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:50.160 I really appreciated the time that they gave me. And yeah, 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:51.600 and they're listening is. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.800 Peter Diacos also mentioned to you that he very funny. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.760 He was being funny, very pay to Diacos, but he said, 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.000 if you mentioned me in any of your comedy acts 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.199 that his legal people will. 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:02.680 Be onto you. 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.520 Well I would want to know though, because I don't 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.800 think Peter Daycos would even end up in your material. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.840 But if you started to think about how you're going 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.600 to use this experience in your shows. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.480 One hundred percent, then the only thing I was missing 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.320 in that jungle was my dictive phone, or my my 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.120 voice notes, my mobile phone, or a pen and a 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.679 pad to write down note because I am I'm furiously 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.960 just thinking right, well, that's a funny thing. I hope 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.360 I remember that. But honestly, when I come back to 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.400 Australia in a couple of days time, the show that 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.200 I was planning to do will definitely change because I'll 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:41.040 be revealing what and all. Who knows, I might even 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:42.760 lose a few of the friends I've just made. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.079 You just got my you know what, I'm going to 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:47.800 be really honest. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:49.240 Up until this point, I was like, you know, when 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.560 you come to Melbourne, I'm going to come and see it. 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:53.079 You know the way that you know your mates say 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:54.400 that they're going to come and see the show. But 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.240 now that you've said that, I am front row, I 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:57.960 am top dollar. 0:12:58.120 --> 0:12:59.680 I want to be there things. 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.600 It's going to be water and or people may be 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.280 surprised because you know, I saw some things and I 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.200 heard something, but I'm pretty certain didn't make the edit, 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.520 And yeah, I wouldveal all. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.240 Do you know the only thing that I would say 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.440 that you'd want to have a forever little porthole back 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.240 into the jungle was to maybe watch Callum Hole showering 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.000 every day. To me, that sounds like something I personally 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.800 would never forget and be happy to have living rent 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:26.360 free in my mind forever. 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.520 Do you know what? Because I knew that he was 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.920 banding there behind me a couple of times in the nude. 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:34.880 I mean, I'm not that confident. I don't want to 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:39.559 scare people, so I couldn't turn around. And I can 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.200 imagine if I was nude in the shower with couple 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.400 people at home watching, I'll probably take their eyes out. 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:47.200 That's right, I'm veriod typed I can live with. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:48.880 Just before you go, I wanted to ask you with 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.280 your experience of being here in Australia and doing so 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.160 many comedy shows. Who are your mates in Australia that 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.560 you've connected with in the comedy circuit, because you do 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.360 all spend quite a lot of time together. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:13:59.880 Who are the ones that are continuing? 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.400 He got so many good mates across the comedy scene. 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:07.080 People think the comedians are very competitive, but you know 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.679 what we're not. It's not a massive community and a 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.400 lot of a lot of well known comics in Australia. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.160 I knew back in the UK when a lot of 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.480 them were doing some stuff over there. So I will 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:22.480 count Tom Gleeson as a friend if you Fanagan as 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:27.560 a friend. Dave Hughes, Julia Morris, Dave Thornton in. 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.840 The show, that's a good question to ask you did Julia? 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:31.480 Did she pull a few strings? Is that how you 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:32.360 ended up in this show? 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.920 No? And I'm not even joking. A couple of weeks ago, 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.320 I was well, a couple of weeks ago in Seidbury. 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.720 I was in Adelaide and I saw Pete Elliott and 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.040 I saw a nazine and I was definitely want to 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.160 ask them at their experience of being in a jungle, 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.120 but I couldn't, and you know, I couldn't think to Julia. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.520 I didn't want to give her a heads up. I 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.160 didn't want to give me any chips, so I went 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.440 in totally cold. But one of the biggest friend of 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.480 mine right was hoping that maybe they'd featured some of it. 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.800 In My Time in a Jungle was the lovely Cal Wilson, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:05.160 who was with me and was a very good support 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:06.960 for me at a time in my life back ten 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.040 years or when I needed it. And I know she 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:12.680 had the jungle experience and the outpouring of love and 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:17.960 grief when we lost Cow last year was just tepin. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:23.160 So what a beautiful soul she was and we will 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:24.200 be sorely missed. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.520 And she always Yeah, she's immortalized. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.560 You know. You know, I've never you know, I've been 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.920 in this industry for a very long time and I've 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:32.760 met a lot of people, and I don't think I've 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.160 ever heard anyone say a bad word about Cow. She 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.640 knew everyone, She had a lot of face time with people. Anyway, 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.440 So this is this podcast about you, my friend. This 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.960 is all about doing. I need to finish off by 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.240 asking who do you think is going to win? Not 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.920 who you think, actually who do you want to win? 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:48.960 I think that's a more interesting question. 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.760 That's a very interesting question. I really would like two 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:54.480 people to come out on top. 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.400 No, we can't do that. 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:01.280 I'll just go on. Yeah, okay, right, who do I 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:05.040 want to win? I want Tristan to win. 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.280 Okay, yeah, he's gone because I. 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.720 Think he's such a genuine guy. What you see is 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.160 what you get. He was dubbed the voice of reason 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:16.160 in the jungle for a reason. Very calm, very good 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:20.480 in a stressing situation. And a team leader as well. 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.240 What a man, What a wonderful, wonderful man. 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.120 I filmed a show once and I was in a 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.080 green room with him for about two hours. You know 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:28.560 when they put you in a green room forever when 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:30.720 they're filming a TV show and you look at who's 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:32.080 in the green room and you think, oh fuck, I've 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.040 got to talk to this Person's bloody job for the 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.400 next half now. Anyway, we were in there for ages 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.120 while they were setting up. It was hughesy, we have 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.440 a problem, so Dave Hughes's show. So I spent a 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.400 name with Priston. This is about five years ago, mind you, 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.680 and he was delightful and good to look at as well. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.240 Yes, he's a very lovely man and he let his 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:53.000 hair go living shade and looks like a rugged James Bond. 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.880 But I've got a feeling Australian might go for a 0:16:56.960 --> 0:17:02.120 big personality, you know, your callum and but you know, 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.000 if there was any justice in the world, it'll go 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:05.600 to Tristan. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.280 Okay, great, I have to wrap up. But the last 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.440 thing I ask anyone who joins my podcast, and I'm 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:12.439 so delighted. Let me tell you that you have been 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.920 on my podcast. Like there's some people you think you'd 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.880 never get the chance to speak to, so this is 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:17.960 so exciting for me. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:20.840 Well, thank you, Ben, And honestly, Ben, I'm going to 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.680 be in Melbourne in about three weeks. I'll do make 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.280 sure we keep in touch somehow, and you have to 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.119 come to the gig. I will, as you said, be 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:32.440 in the front row and I'll tend some secrets after after. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:33.960 The show, I'm taking you out for a drink, buddy. 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:35.520 But yeah, I think that I'm taking you up on 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.560 that offer. But just before you go, what is something 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.679 from behind the scenes of what it's like to be 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.120 a celebrity that gets asked to do the show? Now, 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.120 I'm fully aware that you don't know what we have seen, 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.760 but what about something that is kind of like a 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.600 behind the scenes secret of when you get asked to 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:49.800 do this. 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:51.800 Show, well, when you get asked to do a show 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:53.840 like this, a couple of things go through your mind. 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.840 You think, a hy is there's some sort of secret plan? 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.639