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Nika Shakhnazarova

Katie Price moans about Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins being tougher than the jungle

Katie Price has complained about Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins being much tougher than I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of here.

The former glamour model, 41, has described the jungle as a "holiday camp" compared to the Channel 4 show after she was pushed to her limits on the military training programme with 12 other celebrity recruits.

The celebrity recruits left their glamorous lives behind and lived together in a derelict farmstead on the remote island of Raasay on Scotland's west coast - and the experience made a huge impact on Katie.

Katie left the show after 48 hours because she found the process too difficult - before admitting she has a "phobia of water".

Katie Price said SAS was tougher than the jungle (Pete Dadds / Channel 4.)

Speaking of her short stint on the gruelling series, Katie said: "I knew I was in trouble from the minute we arrived ‘somewhere in outer Scotland’. I hate the cold, I have a phobia of water."

“It was equally the most terrifying and exhilarating thing that I have ever done. It was like being in the jungle but the military, SAS-version.”

Katie appeared on I'm A Celeb in 2004 (ITV/Shutterstock)

The mum-of-five then went on to moan about how much tougher this TV stint was than being in the jungle - which she has done twice; in 2004 and 2009.

She said: "The jungle was a holiday camp in comparison – there was definitely no time for any romance. I think Ant should be the next Bond – I would gladly put my life in his hands to protect me. I have never felt so safe, which is bonkers but true.”

Katie and the other recruits (Minnow Films)

Recruits were forced sleep in basic conditions, eat food rations and take part in dangerous and difficult tasks.

On previous versions of the show, contestants have had to take on hair-raising challenges such as jumping out of helicopters into freezing waters.

Katie again appeared on I'm A Celeb in 2009 (ITV / Rex Features)

Katie admitted she was not expecting “extreme conditions, the cold” before taking part in SAS, saying the climate was a “real eye opener to the real-life training they do go through".

She added: "Well, we had the holiday-camp version compared to what they really do go through in training – we didn’t get waterboarded!”

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