Name: David Gest

Age: 48

Celebrity Supporters: Jane Russell, Tito Jackson, Smokey Robinson

Fears and Phobias: snakes, not eating from fine bone china plates

Special Skills: entertaining, speaking 10 languages, tanning

Music mogul and producer, ex-husband of Liza Minnelli and best friend to Michael Jackson. David Gest is used to living his life under public scrutiny but having never seen a Bushtucker Trial, is the man dubbed “King of the tabloids� ready for a jungle vacation?

With a wry smile on his face he says: “I’m going on this vacation because it’s what I’ve always wanted in my life. At 48, to be stuck in Australia in a sleeping bag, with mosquitoes, no maid, no all-cotton sheets.�

He certainly has plans in store for one of his fellow celebrities to help him live a slightly more luxurious life in the jungle.

“How am I gonna cope without a maid? There’s got to be someone there that needs a job and some extra money.

“I’ve never done the dishes in 25 years. But that’s ok. There are no dishes are there?�

Contemplating jungle sustenance, concerned that there won’t be a chef on hand in camp and confessing that he only eats from fine bone china plates, David admits that his preparation for the jungle has been somewhat minimal.

“I’m absolutely not prepared for this, but listen, Eskimo’s have survived the ice, I can survive the jungle.�

With such fighting spirit it could easily be assumed that David is in it to win, but he says that this couldn’t be further from the truth.

“The important thing is to show that you’re a team player, do your best, try and overcome the obstacles and show that it’s one for all and all for one. Whoever gets the grand prize, you’ve all been part of making that person. It wasn’t Carol Thatcher that won it, it was the team that won it.�

He says, “there is no way that I’m going to walk out, but only because I like sleeping in late!”

“The odds on me will be the highest, maybe one in two million that I’ll survive one day.

“I’m not walking,� he states, adding with a smile: “You know, no matter what, I would never walk because my feet aren’t that great anymore.

David plans to put his production skills to use in the jungle, masterminding a show with all the celebrities.

“Hopefully they’ll let me do a talent show. I think it’s a brilliant idea to do a talent show with all these people.�

And when he gets out of the jungle, David has big plans for I’m a Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec:

“I’m gonna have a song written for them. I’m gonna produce them. They were once a musical team I heard, it was pretty terrible. But they’re very good. They’re like the small version of the Kray brothers! They’re obviously the best of friends.�

Courtesy Of ITV