Shappi Khorsandi
Occupation: ComedianAge: 44Phobias: Heights, and I’m dreading not being able to drink a cup of tea.Biggest misconception you want to dispel in the Jungle: I worry people think I’m too serious but I’m really not.Role in the Camp: Shoulder to cry on, the Mum and someone to inject fun.What you will miss the most: My family, cats, tea and music.Dream Campmate: Mel and Sue would be a real laugh and I’d love to chat to Emma Thompson in the Jungle.
Stand-up comedian Shappi Khorsandi is taking the prospect of Jungle life seriously – she’s spent the last few months being a vegan in preparation to survive on basic food rations. Though it’s not food, but tea that she’s most worried about giving up.
“I don’t know how I am going to cope without tea,” she says.“I drink it all day. Tea is my life.”
Shappi says she’s looking forward to getting stuck in (literally, it can be boggy out there!) and wants to make her children proud.
“When it comes to the Trials, it will be my son and daughter who I will be wanting to impress,” she says.
“I’d like to think I am gutsy. You can’t let people down. I am a single mum and I’ve always had to do my best and get through everything.”
As Shappi prepares to swap the stage for the Bush, she insists she’s not set her sights on that Jungle Crown just yet.
“The only thing I have won before is the egg and spoon race in 1981. I don’t want to see other people as competitors. That would take the fun away.”
That’s what they all say before they’ve had a glimpse of Jungle victory, Shappi…