Emily Atack has urged I'm A Celebrity viewers to vote for pal Seann Walsh, saying "he's a f***ing good man!". The Inbetweeners actress also ran the gauntlet in the Australian jungle back in 2018, the same year Seann sparked a scandal by kissing his married Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones.
Emily took to Instagram to plead with fans to keep Seann, who is one of her best friends, in the camp. To show her support Emily posted a picture of Seann puffing out his cheeks on her Instagram Story with a rallying caption. "Seann - one of my best mates. I am telling you he's a f***ing good man. Keep him in," she wrote.
The picture was taken from the moment after the comedian helped to break the ice during a recent tense conversation between former health secretary Matt Hancock and pop icon Boy George. After the pair walked away, Seann was seen exhaling with relief.
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Emily spoke out as Seann's pregnant girlfriend Grace Adderley, who is expecting their first child, arrived Down Under to support her man. Sharing a picture of her partner having a heart-to-heart with Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver after struggling in the camp in Friday night's episode, she wrote "I could cry."
Seann previously said Grace was the "real reason" he decided to take part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here. Following one of the worst kept secrets, the comedian entered camp with West Suffolk MP Matt as a latecomer to the ITV reality show.
He said at the time: "Over the years I’ve read a lot of things about myself and, you know, it does hurt and so I’d love for it to be a kind of new start and just maybe change opinions. That’d be really nice."
"Grace is the main reason why I am doing I’m A Celebrity," Seann said after revealing he nearly turned down an offer to take part in this year’s I’m A Celeb because he was scared about what people would think of him. During his stint on Strictly Come Dancing he and pro dancer Katya were pictured in a clinch when they were both in relationships.
Seann said his new partner made him realise going on the hit show in the jungle would finally be a chance to show viewers what he is really like. "As you can imagine I was very scared after the last time I was on a big show because the fallout was not something you would want to go back to," he explained.
"Grace talked me into doing it. She convinced me it was the wrong attitude to have, not doing it because I feared what people would think, but to do it because I would have a wonderful time."
Explaining the scandal to Sue, he told her: "Me and my dance partner, who was married and I, who was in a relationship, we were photographed kissing when we were on Strictly Come Dancing." And Sue asked: "Why did that crucify you?"
He explained: "To be totally honest with you, my poor ex, my girlfriend at the time, then posted a statement. My girlfriend at the time posted a statement and that was the end of me."
Seann added: "I said sorry, I sat on Jonathan Ross's TV show and apologised. I sat next to will.i.am and Samuel L. Jackson and apologised." He added: "“That will forever be the weirdest moment of my life and I have to say probably the worst moment of my life."
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