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Apprentice villainess Katie Hopkins to take on the jungle in I'm A Celebrity...



Jungle woman: Apprentice villainess Katie Hopkins is set to appear in the jungle-based I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here show


Apprentice villainess Katie Hopkins should have no trouble trampling on the competition as she should be right at home in the setting for her latest reality show.

Katie is set to decamp to the Australian jungle to take part in the latest series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Businesswoman Katie famously turned down a place in the final of Sir Alan Sugar's hit BBC1 show, The Apprentice, earlier this year.

And fans of the show were stunned were pictured emerged of the mother-of-two enjoying a sex romp in a field.

The news came as the camp in Dungay Creek, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, was given the all-clear following a pollution scare.

Show bosses no doubt breathed a sigh of relief as the series begins next week.

Health officials were called in after fish were found dead in the water. And environmental health officers launched an investigation and slapped a ban on people drinking the water, swimming in it or angling.

I'm A Celebrity producers feared it could mean this year's contestants – rumoured to include ex-Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson – would be banned from bathing in their bikinis.

There were also fears the celebrities would not be allowed to go fishing.

But the probe revealed the pollution had been caused by spray used to fight mosquitoes. And yesterday producers were officially given the green light.

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All clear: A pollution scare almost derailed the show but the camp has been given the all-clear and the celebs can pack their bikinis

All clear: A pollution scare almost derailed the show but the camp has been given the all-clear and the celebs can pack their bikinis

A spokesman said: "The show will be carrying on as planned and we are confident the water where the celebrities wash and bathe is safe."

In anticipation to Katie's arrival, the show's crew are said to have named a poisonous cane toad seen bouncing around the camp after the ruthless entrepreneur.

The cane toad – which kills prey with its toxic skin – was spotted by crew as they prepared the camp yesterday.

And in a "tribute" to the barbed-tongued 32-year-old, the crew named it Katie.

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Ant and Dec: The top TV pair will host the show which will unveil the full line-up of celebrities later this week

Ant and Dec: The top TV pair will host the show which will unveil the full line-up of celebrities later this week

The final line-up for I'm A Celebrity, hosted by Ant and Dec, will be unveiled later this week. Also tipped to take part are Kelly Osbourne, former Sex Pistols guru Malcolm McLaren and Prince Andrew's old flame Koo Stark.

A source told The Daily Star: "Kelly let slip to us about her jungle offer. We were meant to keep it hush-hush."

Bosses have pulled out all the stops to make this year's show the best. Also among those they have approached are Richard Fairbrass, 54, singer of Right Said Fred and rapper MC Hammer, 45.

Jungle babe: Ex-Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson is one of the other contestants joining Katie Hopkins

Jungle babe: Ex-Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson is one of the other contestants joining Katie Hopkins

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