I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
ITV, January – February 2004

At last. Some proper prime-time TV! Johnny Rotten in the Australian jungle with a bunch of wannabe’s, live 24/7. Nobody knew what to expect, not least John. He only went for a laugh, and he certainly gave us one: “Carry on Camping: Rotten Style!”

The knives were out right from the start, but John quickly proves there’s more to the man than the press would have you believe (but you already knew that anyway). Head tea brewer and ‘master of the fire’ Mr Rotten more than rose to any challenge, or media set up, they threw at him…

Among his many adventures John gets pecked with “Fat Budgies”(ostriches to you and me), caught in a 20 foot trap, kills some vermin, makes the rice pudding, and generally shows the so-called celebs what it’s all about. Oblivious to him, John soon found himself favourite to win the show, but he wasn’t there to compete with anyone; it wasn’t about that. After 10 days in the jungle he’d had enough and left (by his own will) much to the disappointment of 12 million of the Great British public (or as he had jokingly called them “fucking cunts”!). Johnny Rotten: the housewives choice. “True Anarchy!”

It’s been said that John was the “real winner” of the show, but surely it was the Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Sierra Leone who found themselves £100,000 better off. Save the little Monkeys!

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