Georgia Toffolo reveals she wanted to ‘normalise’ acne
Georgia Toffolo has revealed that she wanted to “normalize” acne while baring her makeup-free skin on I’m A Celebrity South Africa.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 27, – who was knocked out with Andy Whyment on Monday’s episode – shared in her exit interview that she was proud to break her urge to hide with concealer.
Toff has been open about her skin issues over the years, admitting that she didn’t feel quite herself on the show without her “war paint” makeup when she had a flare-up.
She explained, “If I’m being completely honest, I’ve been on a really big journey with my acne. When I was there my skin really flared up and it was really aggressive acne.
“There was a part of me that kept thinking, ‘I really want my concealer.’ Being very honest, I’m not quite myself when I don’t have my war paint on.
Skin: Georgia Toffolo has revealed she wanted to ‘normalize’ acne while baring her makeup-free skin on I’m A Celebrity South Africa
Journey: The former Made In Chelsea star, 27, – who was knocked out with Andy Whyment on Monday’s episode – shared in her exit interview that she was proud to break her urge to hide with concealer
Acne: Toff has been open about her skin issues over the years, admitting that she didn’t feel quite herself without her “war paint” makeup on the show when she suffered a flare-up
“But I’ve had it for 15 years now and it was really important to me not to hide behind my concealer.
“There are so many people who struggle with it just like me. And I wanted to show people that a) that’s normal and b) that even if you have every privilege in life that I have, you can still have it.”
She continued, “It doesn’t matter how well off you are, what school you went to or if you’re a celebrity – you can still be affected. And that’s okay. It’s not something to hide behind.
And I hope people take that away, that would make me really happy that people look at it and think, ‘You know, she normalized it and she got on television. Millions of people have watched her twice now and it didn’t touch her.’
So I think that’s my biggest takeaway. I’m 27 now and I think it’s important to show that you can have pimples, but you can also be beautiful at the same time. I had to break through that so I’m really proud of myself.
Andy and Georgia were eliminated on Monday night’s episode of I’m A Celeb South Africa.
The Corrie star, 42, and Toff of the green pride lost to Jordan Banjo and Myleene Klass of yellow pride.
She explained, “If I’m being completely honest, I’ve been on a really big journey with my acne. When I was there my skin really started to flare up and it was really aggressive acne’
Candid: She added, “There was a part of me that kept thinking, ‘I really want my concealer.’ Because I’m very honest, I’m not quite myself when I don’t have my war paint on’
Difficult: Georgia has previously revealed that she “lived in fear” that people would find out how severe her acne was at the height of her pimples when she was younger
The group competed against each other in the gold mine trial, with the winners earning a deluxe picnic, while the losing pair were sent home.
As she left Toff said, “It was delicious!” It was just great. Doing it twice has been really great.’
Andy added, “Thanks for having me back!” before the pair boarded their boats back to civilization.
Viewers were sad to see the couple leave as they complained that two entertaining and strong contestants were going home.
One said, “WHY YOU ANDY AND TOFF!” while another said, “I’m sorry, but why do the best go home first Shaun and now Toff.”
Another said, “Toff and Andy aren’t going,” while a fourth said, “I don’t really want to look any further. Toff was my favorite.”
A fifth said “toff carried the show, can’t wait for absolutely dead content now.”
Viewers kicked off Friday night as the show ended with a dramatic cliffhanger leading up to the double elimination.
Fans were far from impressed with the “cruel” turn as they took to Twitter to vent their anger, with one even asking, “What are you playing on?!”
“Let’s wait until Monday?!” enraged one, while another wondered, “What do you mean NEXT TIME???!”
“Literally end it on such a cliffhanger and we won’t know until Monday.” No. Furious,” a third raged.
“Leaving it there and making us wait until Monday… cruel,” enraged a fourth person.
Another angry viewer asked, “WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING?!”
With an extra person adding, “Tell us what’s going on because I can’t wait for Monday because it’s going to get into my head.”
Battle: Toff told in her ITV documentary In Search Of Perfect Skin last year how she had a ‘terribly low opinion of herself’ at the time
Trip: Georgia explained how she would wear layers of makeup to cover up her blotchy and scarred skin, admitting, “I’ve been hiding behind it for so long” (pictured last May)
Sad: Andy Whyment and Georgia were eliminated from I’m A Celeb South Africa on Monday night’s episode
The four had to take part in the Gold Rush trial, in which they had to find gold nuggets buried in identical mine shafts.
The object of the game was to find the gold nuggets and place them on the scales at the entrance to the mine, with each team having to find enough gold nuggets to tip the scales and win a picnic for their team – with the losers being to go home.
It was a hard fought race, with Georgia and Andy taking the lead initially, while Myleene struggled to find nuggets as Jordan plowed ahead.
But things evened out when Myleene started to find her nuggets, with the competition heating up in earnest as the stars fought desperately to come out on top.