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May
11, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity ... NOW' - Interview |
Last
night Toyah guested on ITV2's I'm
A Celebrity ... NOW, looking
rejigged and back to her usual
lovely self, to be interviewed by
the double barrelled duo, Mark
Durden-Smith and Tara P-T! Tara
introduced Toyah with a little
poem:
Outrageous,
courageous, the queen of punk,
did her trial in a pond
that stunk,
gonna turn this jungle
inside out
she's turned herself
proud, without a doubt,
too cool for school,
this lady rocks,
give it up everybody,
for Toyah Willcox
Toyah,
again, said: "I'm so happy.
It's the darkness, it was cold,
dark, damp and stinky."
Asked how she had spent her first
hours of freedom, she replied:
"I got out, I had a bar of
chocolate. Got to the hotel, had
a bar of chocolate. Had lunch,
had a bar of chocolate!"
She
said she thinks, or hopes, Wayne
Sleep is going to win: "He's
so good. He doesn't belong in the
jungle. if he wins it'll be so
funny.
Mark
read out Toyah's "Jungle
Obituary", Toyah had stated
that she would be a "24 hour
camp flirt" before going
into the jungle, "I have to
admit, there was no one to flirt
with as far as I was
concerned," she said
redeeming herself.
Toyah
also revealed that her manager
had told her off for "not
being controversial enough."
And she took a couple of phone
calls, asked if she'd had to have
got "hot and heavy"
with one of the males, she said:
"I'd like to try and turn
Wayne straight. I have a
reputation in the outside world
for turning gay men straight
(!!), I'd like to have got
together with him under a
waterfall." Another caller
asked how the jungle experience
compared to punk: "Nothing
compares to punk, but I'm glad
I've had two great experiences
now."
And
to round off Toyah's jungle
exploits, Tara presented her with
the "ITV2 Pooh! You Stink
Like Shit" award!!
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May
11, 2003:
Toyah's jungle liberation -
Reprise |
Thirty
minutes after Toyah's
"eviction" interview
she was back on ITV1 in the I'm
A Celebrity ... jungle
greenroom, appearing with a mug
of tea. She
repeated that she was
"really, really happy to be
out," and said: "I've
hugged my husband. I've realised
how much family means, cos you
take it all for granted."
Toyah
spoke about some of her jungle
mates; Linda: "I'll miss
her, she felt like a real girl
friend.", Chris: "I was
shocked when he went. I thought
he was a good bit of eye candy,
and great
conversationalist.", Antony:
"We had a few moments. We're
so similar. He told me to stop
getting ratty, and I said 'I'm
not getting ratty, I'm my own
leader'.", Wayne: "I'm
worried about Wayne. I think,
like me, he has aged 100
years."
Robert
also made an appearance, saying:
"It's very rarely that I'm
stuck for words. In England when
I went to bed I saw my wife
getting up, and when I got up I
saw her going to bed!
"I
thought she was being completely
herself, very focused and very
centred. I noticed Fash saying
she wasn't a natural leader. My
wife has the, very rare, capacity
that she can step forward to the
stage and take charge,
occasionally that might seem
bossy, but she is also well
equipped at stepping back into
the ensemble. Probably that has a
lot to do with her theatrical
background."
Toyah
asked Robert if she had
embarrassed him: "Never,
never, never.", and if he
would have been embarrassed if
she had streaked: "No,
no."
Tara
Palmer Tompkinson also guested,
and Toyah told her that she was
glad she had kept that she was a
good cook a secret, "I hate
cooking," she laughed.
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May
11, 2003:
Toyah's jungle liberation |
Tension
seemed to be in the air on Friday
night as Ant and Dec announced
that it would be Toyah leaving
the jungle, the fifth to be
evicted. To hugs
and shouts of "good
luck" and "well done,
T", Toyah made her way out
of camp and along the bridges to
be greeted by Ant and Dec, while
clips were shown of the other's
talking about her: "Toyah's
been fantastic, she's great with
entertainment and she inspires
people," said Chris Bisson.
Anthony Worrel Thompson said:
"Toyah's energetic, she's
fun, she's lovely. She's good at
bringing a little bit out of
people.", and Linda Barker
said: "She is very
energetic, and she's a real kind
of up person. So she makes you
feel quite bouyant quite
instantly."
Immediately
Toyah said "I'm glad to be
out," and then her jungle
highlights were played to the
sound of Madonna's 'Ray Of
Light'.
"I
wanna kill that cameraman,"
laughed Toyah, after the montage
finished with her walking back
across the bridge in her bikini
after her BTT.
Toyah
was surprised to hear that there
had been bitching in the camp,
and said she wasn't bothered by
the formation of the self-styled
"Terrible Trio" of
Linda, AWT and Phil, "I've
experienced it at school, in
theatre companies, let them get
on with it. Why try to break up a
friendship?," she replied
sensibly.
Toyah
enthused about her old Cabaret
partner, Wayne Sleep: "Wayne
didn't want me to go, we were
very close."
She
chatted again about that, now
famous, Bush Tucker Trial:
"Did I surprise you?,"
she asked Ant and Dec.
"Yes!,"
they both replied.
And
then Toyah stepped outside to be
met by a glass of champagne, an
explosion of flash bulbs from the
press photgraphers, and a big hug
from Robert, who was waiting
proudly to greet her.
"I
missed you so much, truly,"
Toyah whispered to him, while the
flashbulbs popped and, er,
flashed!
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May
11, 2003:
'Sunday Mirror' - Toyah took the
biscuit |
Toyah
Willcox was fed extra biscuits by
producers after falling ill with
hunger during her jungle ordeal. The
former punk-rock star had a giddy
turn on set and medics were
called in.
As
a child Toyah, 44, suffered from
severe anamia and in her own
words has a "sensitive
system". It was feared her
blood sugar had dropped
dangerously low.
After
a 12-day spell in the jungle, the
first thing Toyah did after being
interviewed by show hosts Ant and
Dec was to spend two hours
gorging on food with husband
Robert Fripp at the nearby
six-star Versace Hotel on
Australia's Gold Coast.
"They
looked like first-date
lovers," said a hotel
employee.
Toyah
enjoyed her first Coke for two
weeks and tore through three
courses. She even insisted on
taking a bowl of chocolate
ice-cream with her so she could
keep on munching.
Then
the couple went window-shopping
in the nearby Marina Mirage
shopping centre.
But
a few hours later and it was time
to eat again. They met up with
Danniella Westbrook and her
husband Kevin Jenkins, and Sian
Lloyd and her partner Lembit Opik
MP, and they all headed out for
dinner in a limo.
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May
11, 2003:
'News Of The World' - I'm A
Celebrity ... UNCUT |
Today's
'News Of The World' includes an
eight page pull-out
special, I'm A Celebrity
... Get Me Out Of Here! UNCUT. Included
is a day-by-day look at each Bush
tucker Trial, by show presenters
Ant & Dec. Toyah features on
Day 10:
DAY 10: Oh boyah,
Toyah
Ant says: The smell of
the Teatime In Hell pit was
horrendous. I knew we looked odd
with our face-masks on but I tell
you - we needed them.
As
well as all the things rotting
inside the pit there were several
gases coming out. It was a
mixture of garlic, sulphur and
death. I can still smell it now.
Toyah
could smell it before she got
there and I was surprised she got
in. I was chatting to her before
and I could see that she wasn't
talking back because she was
trying to hold her breath. She
got five stars which is
excellent.
We
went off to have a long, scented
bath afterwards. I felt so sorry
for her, traipsing back to camp
stinking like that. No one gave
her a hug.
Also
in the pull-out is last year's
winner, Tony Blackburn's comments
on each celeb. Tony isn't the
slightest bit shallow, y'know!!
TOYAH:
"Like most of the women, she
looked a bit rough. The change in
the girls when they get a bit of
make-up on is amazing."
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May
11, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' Toyah-related
newsybits & pieces - Issue 13 |
Toyah is
interviewed in today's 'Mail On
Sunday' in a piece titled:
"I'm a celebrity TV crew
could have killed me" -
Yikes! Check back soon for the
full text.
In today's 'News Of The World'
Catalina again enthuses about
Toyah: "Wayne is just the
sweetest person. Toyah has to be
one of the most amazing women
ever."
It looks likely that all ten
contestants will appear on
tomorrow night's live final
Then all ten will gather once
more for the reunion show in
London on 21st May.
'The Guardian' (Friday 2nd May):
Toyah gets hubbie's vote - Robert
Fripp, the slightly strange
musician who fronted King Crimson
and, even stranger, is married to
Toyah Willcox, appeared on GMTV
this morning. "Look at that
little luvvie! What a bright
spark," he exclaimed,
watching live footage of the I'm
a Celebrity... Get Me Out of
Here! compound. Unfortunately, he
then blotted his copybook by
admitting he'd voted for his own
wife to take part in a challenge
that involved rooting around in a
pool of dirty water filled with
crocodiles. "Gosh, I hope
your marriage is OK when she
comes out and finds out that
little fun fact, " chirped
presenter Kate Garroway. Luckily
for Fripp's marriage, the general
public's desire to see model
Catalina take up the challenge
instead meant Toyah was spared.
"I thought she would love to
do it. Maybe I'm perverse,"
replied Fripp. Although, given
that the crocs turned out to be
made of plastic, maybe he knew
something the rest of us
didn't.
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May
11, 2003: 'IC
Teesside' - It's time for
Toyah |
Eighties
pop star Toyah Willcox was saying
goodbye to the Australian
rainforest tonight, after being
voted off I'm A Celebrity ... Get
Me Out Of Here! She gave
disappointed glances to her
jungle friends, who returned her
glowing praise, calling her the
"backbone of the family.
She
told hosts Ant and Dec: "The
first day was hell!"
"It
was quite remarkable in there
because you have to face so many
issues.
"There
were moments when we could have
had a big gangfight."
But
she said they often felt
"drunk on hunger",
adding: "I'm going straight
to a hotel and having everything
on the menu."
She
was evicted by the public in one
of the tightest votes so far.
Willcox
said some of the best fun during
her 12 days came from getting
filthy.
But
the back-stabbing had passed her
by.
She
said: "I enjoyed not
bathing, I enjoyed not changing
my clothes and I enjoyed just
getting muddy.
"There
wasn't even any back-stabbing.
There wasn't any secret
whispering."
She
was amazed to hear from Ant and
Dec that she was wholly wrong in
believing the contestants were
"all prepared to
compromise".
They
were all suffering from the lack
of food: "Everyone is
exhausted. I think we are
becoming anaemic because we are
living off beans and rice."
But
she had praise for celebrity chef
Antony Worrall Thompson, who
"fed us out of
nothing".
She
added: "If he had failed in
that we would have been on him
like a pack of wolves."
Wilcox's
eviction from the jungle camp
means the group now consists of
ex-footballer John Fashanu,
dancer Wayne Sleep, and the
clique of three, TV star Linda
Barker, cricketer Phil Tufnell
and Worrall-Thompson.
But
the closeness of the three was no
problem for Willcox.
"Phil
needs quite a lot of support. He
really is a delicate little soul.
Linda gives him support and then
Antony supports them both,"
she said.
Tufnell
remains odds-on at 2-5 with
bookies Coral to win the show.
Meanwhile
Fashanu, who escaped by a margin
of less than 1,000 votes tonight,
is favourite to be evicted next,
at 13-8.
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May
11, 2003:
'CBBC Newsround' - Hungry Toyah
voted out of I'm A Celeb |
It seems
ex-pop star Toyah worked up an
appetite in the jungle. After
becoming the latest star to get
booted off of I'm A Celebrity...
Get Me Out Of Here!, she said she
wanted a slap-up meal.
Toyah
told the show's hosts Ant 'n Dec
that she was heading for a posh
hotel and "having everything
on the menu".
She
also revealed that one of the
best things about being on the
show was not having to
wash!
"I
enjoyed just getting muddy,"
she laughed.
But
she said it was hard living on
jungle rations, adding:
"Everyone is
exhausted."
Now
Toyah's been voted off, there are
just five contestants left.
They
are ex-footballer John Fashanu,
dancer Wayne Sleep, designer
Linda Barker, cricketer Phil
Tufnell and chef Antony Worrall
Thompson.
Phil
- who Toyah described as a
"delicate little soul"
- is being tipped to win the
show.
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May
11, 2003:
'Offical IAC Website' - Chat with
Toyah |
Toyah
was the fifth celebrity to leave
the jungle and after 12 days in
there without her luxuries and
even basic items was she pleased
to finally be out?
"So how was
it?" Ant asks "I'm
glad to be out" Toyah
replies "the first week was
hell. It was like another day in
hell."
"I
was happy to be out coz I've help
my husband and it was getting to
the stage where I was waking up
crying. But I've realised how
special and how deep my family
are because you take it all for
granted. And in there I couldn't
speak to them [her family] or
even get a message to
them."
"But
it seemed like you made the most
of it" prompts Dec
"It
was good. It's remarkable because
you have to deal with certain
issues. There were moments when
we could have easily had a big
gang fight but we were so
determined not to do it and to
stick together."
When
asked about the worst thing about
being in the jungle Toyah had a
lot to say.
"The
worst thing had to be the
starvation. There were about four
days when we were as high as a
kite on hunger. We were swaying
about - it was
horrible."
"But
you seemed to enjoy it?" Ant
inquired
"I
enjoyed not bathing and not
changing my clothes and just
getting muddy."
Toyah
agreed that there were some
strong personalities in the
jungle, which could have caused
problems within the group.
"There
could have been [some problems]
but I think we were prepared to
compromise and when you've got
good leaders why add to the pot?
Everything was running smoothly.
The structure worked very
quickly."
However,
Toyah was very shocked to hear
that there had been some
backbiting and bitching within
the group. But she didn't feel at
all threatened by the close bond
formed between Phil, Linda and
AWT (the terrible trio).
"I
didn't care" she declared
"I saw it that Phil needed a
lot of support, he's really like
a delicate soul, and Linda gave
that to him. And that AWT gave
them both support. It didn't
bother me. Why destroy a
friendship and that's what they
had."
Toyah
has recently noticed a difference
in the group dynamics.
"I
think the group is moving apart
and slowly dividing. Linda is
slowly moving away, not as
enemies but as a necessity as she
knows they are going to split up
at some point."
When
asked about her thoughts and
feelings about the rest of the
group Toyah was very
complimentary.
"I
was shocked when Chris went
because we were really pally and
he was good eye candy. I got on
really well with Fash but even
he's bossy. I will miss Lindy
because I thought she was
wonderful and like a real
girlfriend. I like all the blokes
but will I miss them? I'm not
sure that I will."
She
admits to having a few
confrontations with AWT.
"Ant
and I did have a few moments
because we are very similar. He
started off in a very powerful
position by leading the walk out
on the third day and I thought
'he's not going to lead me down
that route because I want some
dignity in this'. We did have a
few run ins but he knows when
you're riled by him and he backs
down and that's an excellent
quality in a man."
On
Wayne Toyah shows concern.
"He's
grown to rely on m e so I'm a bit
worried about him. Wayne is a
showman and he needs an audience
but the three of them [AWT, Linda
and Phil] are passive to him but
they are not cliquey."
Her
memory of Fash will be his view
that women should be proper and
dignified.
"When
I was going to barter a streak
for chocolate Fash came up to me
and said 'Do you really have to
do that?'"
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May
11, 2003:
'Reuters' - Toyah gets marching
orders from jungle camp |
LONDON
(Reuters) - One-time punk
songster Toyah Willcox has become
the fourth contestant to be voted
out of the Australian jungle camp
created for reality television
show "I'm A Celebrity Get Me
Out Of Here". Willcox,
who had a string of chart hits in
the 1980s, told the shows'
presenters Ant and Dec on Friday
that she and her fellow
contestants had suffered from
lack of food.
"The
worst thing was the starvation --
we were high as a kite on
hunger."
Although
Willcox said it was difficult in
the camp, she still enjoyed the
experience. Several of the
contestants said they felt she
had played a key role.
Former
footballer John Fashanu called
her the "backbone" of
the camp "family" while
chef Antony Worral Thompson said
she was a "natural
leader".
Willcox,
who has been an actress and
television presenter, said she
believed that cricketer Phil
Tufnell will win the show, but
that if interior decorator Linda
Barker is voted off the remaining
contestants will be in
trouble.
"If
Lindy goes they are in stuck --
she is the gel that holds it all
together."
Weather
presenter Sian Lloyd was the
first casualty of the show when
she was voted out on
Monday. She was followed
by former EastEnders star
Danniella Westbrook who quit in
tears while on Wednesday
Coronation Street actor Chris
Bisson was voted out. On Thursday
model Catalina Guirado got her
marching orders.
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May
11, 2003:
Toyah leaves the jungle camp -
Various reports |
ITV Teletext: Weekend
TV Review
Toyah Willcox was booted
out of the camp on Friday night
and she revealed that the other
celebrities all know that Phil
Tufnell will win. Toyah
actually claimed to have enjoyed
the nud, rain and ghastly food.
But like the five other stars she
looked hugely grateful for being
booted out. Wyne wants to follow
her.
IC
South London - Toyah is the
latest'celebrity' casualty
Toyah Willcox has become
the latest casualty in I'm A
Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here.
She
seemed disappointed as she was
voted off the show in one of the
tightest votes so far.
Her
'jungle friends' regarded her as
the "backbone of the family.
She
told hosts Ant and Dec: "The
first day was hell!"
"It
was quite remarkable in there
because you have to face so many
issues. There were moments when
we could have had a big
gangfight."
She
said, however, she was craving
good food. "I'm going
straight to a hotel and having
everything on the menu."
"I
enjoyed not bathing, I enjoyed
not changing my clothes and I
enjoyed just getting muddy.
"There
wasn't even any back-stabbing.
There wasn't any secret
whispering."
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