FORMER Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale faced a stomach-churning politically-themed challenge as she made her jungle debut on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The Lothian MSP, who arrived on the reality show last night alongside fellow newcomer Iain Lee, was plunged into the deep end in a nauseating Bushtucker trial as part of her induction.
In the challenge, dubbed Downing Creek, Dugdale and radio DJ Lee were tasked with retrieving red stars buried deep within boxes filled with raw meat and fish guts and a variety of creepy crawlies.
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Each box had a pun name attached based on politicians, including as Sickola Sturgeon, Margaret Scratcher and Theresa Dismay, and the other celebrity campmates watched their attempts from green tiered benches to match those in the House of Commons.
However, Dugdale struggled to complete the challenge and lost out to Lee.
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As she entered the jungle, Dugdale said that her biggest worries about appearing on the ITV reality show involved insects, as she was well practised in the art of “dealing with rats and snakes”.
READ MORE: Alison Rowat reviews Kezia's jungle debut
Dugdale’s appearance in the reality programme has divided viewers and politicians.
However, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is cheering her political rival on as a member of “Team Kez”, and laughed off the ‘Sickola Sturgeon’ pun.
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A spokesman for the First Minister said: “She will be cheering her. She’s already said she’s Team Kez.”
“In fairness I don’t think Sickola Sturgeon was an invention of Kezia Dugdale I think this was something foisted upon poor Kezia by the producers.”
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