Me Life Story by Scarlett Moffatt (best classic books of all time txt) 📗

has the most contagious laugh and honestly he is so cheeky. His character from Emmerdale, well, that’s basically him, he played himself – a cheeky loveable guy.

Then it was just Joel and me. I was pleased that Joel was technically, no matter what the outcome, the new King of the Jungle because he is a decent bloke. The one question all my friends asked me when I got out of the jungle was, ‘Did you fancy Joel?’ Now obviously I was with Luke when I was in the jungle and I am not one to even look at men in that way if I’m in a relationship. But if I was single then of course I would fancy Joel, not just because he has a beard and a six-pack but because he is kind, funny, he has the sweetest mum, Penny, and he’s just as awkward as me (I’ve never known anyone else like that in my life). But even if I was single, he dates models and unless I’m modelling watches you won’t be seeing me walking down any catwalks soon.

Getting back to the final, statistically it is men who normally win – I think because it’s mainly young girls who vote. In fifteen years, only five women had won: Kerry Katona, Carol Thatcher, Stacey Solomon, Charlie Brooks and Vicky Pattison. I thought, ‘I know that I haven’t won, but this is still amazing. I got to go in at the beginning and then I have lasted until the end.’

As Joel and I left the camp, I remember walking across the bridge and actually hearing other people. That was weird because for ages it had just been a small group of us. So to hear other people was like, ‘Oh God, I feel I am going back to reality.’

I almost did not want to leave because it was lovely in the camp; it was like a little bubble and there was no TV or phones. I thought, ‘Oh no, it’s over.’ That’s all I could think of as I was walking across the bridge. My mind wasn’t even thinking about who had won. I just kept thinking, ‘Oh, it’s over.’

What was it like the moment I found out I’d won? Amazing! It all went so quickly. We stood and we watched our best bits, and I stood next to Joel and held his hand. I was all ready to say, ‘Yes, mate, you’ve won!’

Then, when Ant and Dec announced the outcome, I was just in hysterics because I was really shocked and I didn’t think that I would ever win. I just burst into tears. I couldn’t help it.

I was sitting on a throne in the middle of the Australian jungle. I had just been crowned Queen of the Jungle on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! The shock and awe of it all completely overwhelmed me.

Why was I crying on the throne? I honestly do think it was because I went from just sitting on the couch watching I’m a Celeb to sitting on the couch watching it and being on TV watching it, to knowing that I was sitting on that throne while people were sitting on their couches watching it. It was really weird. It was not like anything I’d ever experienced.

Another reason for the tears was because it all happened to me so quickly. I was sort of catapulted onto TV. It is not like I’d been doing adverts since I was a child, where people gradually learn what it’s like to appear on TV. I was never that person really. I was in a complete daze.

I still find it hard to believe. I was thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m sitting on the throne, and it’s just bizarre.’ Even Ant and Dec said, ‘I just feel like I need to give you a hug,’ because I was just in shock.

I was like, ‘What on earth is happening?’ Then when I walked across the bridge, I jumped because the fireworks were louder than I was expecting. Thank God I didn’t fall off.

I could see my mam, but I couldn’t get to her because the people had to take photographs of me first. So you can see me on the bridge trying to get to her with everyone shouting, ‘Stay there!’ I started crying again because I just wanted to give her a big hug.

Even today, I look back on that moment and go, ‘Wow, how did that happen?’ It is bizarre, but my dad always claims it stems from him. He has always said to me – and I’m sure every dad says this to their kids – ‘You are destined for better things. That is why we couldn’t give you little first names. We had to have you up there, on another level.’ That’s why I was called Scarlett Sigourney.

But it’s very nice that my parents always had great faith in me – and they were right to as well, you know. My success means that some people’s dreams are a little bit closer because when I was growing up there were literally no women with northern accents on the telly.

You never think it’s possible, but now that it’s happened, it’s a good thing. I feel that because I’m from such a small town that nobody has heard of, it is nice if kids watch me and think, ‘Oh well, I’ve got an accent like that. So I could maybe do that if I wanted to.’

It was so sweet. All my friends and family back home were so supportive. I couldn’t wait to see everybody and thank them. I called Luke as soon as I got back to the hotel. I mean he did actually come on Skype on the Extra Camp show but he was that emotional, bless him, he couldn’t even speak.

‘Luke, can you believe it?’ I cried as I called him.

‘Of course I can, of course I can believe it. Oh, Scarlett, wait till you get home, you are