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Ulrika: Myleene Klass’s career was dead before I’m A Celeb

Ulrika Jonsson has accused Myleene Klass of using reality TV to revive her "paralysed" career.

Jonsson said the 30-year-old former Hear'Say star only appeared on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2006, for which she was reportedly paid £100,000, so she could boost her public profile.

Criticism: Ulrika Jonsson turned up her nose at TV's celeb jungle

In a magazine interview, Jonsson, 41, said: "I know I'm A Celebrity pays well and it's been known to enhance even the most paralysed of careers — ie Myleene Klass — but I don't like the thought of being stuck in the same rainforest as Robert Kilroy-Snake."

But Jonsson is no stranger to reality TV, having taken part in Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, ITV's Dancing On Ice and Channel 4's Come Dine With Me.

Jonsson spoke to Closer as tensions rose in the jungle camp last night. Timmy Mallet pushed contestants to the limit with a smug victory in the Bush Battle, with Page 3 girl Nicola McLean saying she wanted to "knock him out".

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