The hunger faced by the I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! campmates wasn’t something runner up Owen Warner would let us forget.
The Hollyoaks actor could be heard voicing his dreams for food in almost every episode of this year’s series – but it seems the telly star wasn’t being dramatic.
The 23-year-old has revealed he lost over a stone in the three weeks he spent in the jungle when he sat down with winner Jill Scott and the Mirror to discuss their time in camp.
The gym-loving star went into the show weighing 13st 3oz, but drastically left over a stone lighter at 12st 2oz.
He told us how he’s been making up for the lack of grub since leaving on Sunday, eating anything and everything at every opportunity.
He explained: "I have eaten a lot since I left. I was getting a haircut while eating my pizza like anytime he was cutting my hair, he stopped for a second and I was shoving pizza in my mouth.
"I would also recommend it. I don't think now I am going to get a trim without food!”
But the soap star isn’t too worried about his dramatic drop in weight as he plans to put it all back on within a week while he skips the gym. He said: "I am 78kg, I was 85kg when I went in but give me a week and I will be back to 85.
“This week I reckon I am just going to eat as much as I can, pile it on and start gym next week I reckon."
The new Jungle Queen Jill Scott told us how she got through the three weeks on minimal rice and beans rations.
“I wasn’t too bad to be honest. They were monitoring us and obviously it was just the hunger element, you don’t know how many calories you’re having but you’re well looked after.”
The Lioness explained how she wasn’t worried as the stars were regularly checked over by specialists but did really miss her brew.
“There’s a nutritionist. “It’s just more the fact it’s rice and beans as opposed to salt and sugar so for me not having caffeine in my diet for the first time in however long I did miss my tea and coffee.
“I could never give up tea and coffee I was like waking up just dreaming of having a flat white.
“Somebody said you should try and wean your way off before you go in but my motto was why have six bad weeks when you can just have three?
“I didn’t get a headache or anything like that. It was just more the want as opposed to the need.”
