Rebekah Vardy predicts tension between two I’m A Celeb campmates who are set for an awkward run-in

Rebekah Vardy has predicted there could be some awkward tension between two campmates after tuning into Friday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity.

The 42-year-old WAG has joined the show after Coleen Rooney entered the jungle last week, with whom she was locked up in an infamous libel trial in 2022.

In her most recent column for The sunRebekah mused, “I feel that, Maura [Higgins] It will be a handful, but I love her already.

“I wonder how Barry will feel when he sees her again, especially after dating his son!” Come on, Maura! Spill the tea!’

When Maura and Reverend Richard Coles finally leave the Jungle Junkyard where they have been staying and join the main camp, they will meet all the other celebrities.

And the Love Island star, 33, is reunited with boxing legend Barry McGuigan, 63, six years after dating his handsome son Shane, 36.

The WAG, 42, has joined the show after Coleen Rooney entered the jungle last week, with whom she was locked up in an infamous defamation trial in 2022 (Ant and Dec pictured)

It could come as a shock to Maura after Barry was revealed at the last minute as a replacement for 62-year-old ex-footballer Ally McCoist, who he claims has dropped out for the third time. The mirror.

The stunner dated boxing coach Shane in 2018, a year before he found fame on Love Island, when she was working as a ring girl and he was commentating on a match.

A source said The sun at the time: ‘Maura has brains and beauty and she quickly caught Shane’s attention’.

‘They went on a few dates and had fun, but Maura lives in Ireland, Shane runs his successful boxing gym in London, and then she was traveling for work so it wasn’t easy getting started.

“There were no hard feelings when it ended. It turned out to be short-lived and the spark flew.’

Shane has followed in his father’s footsteps and has become one of the most successful boxing trainers.

Barry and wife Sandra share Shane, as well as sons Blane, 40, and Jake, 36. Their daughter Danika, an actress, tragically died in 2019 from colon cancer aged just 33.

I’m A Celebrity viewers praised Barry for speaking openly about his grief when discussing his daughter’s death during Monday night’s episode.

When Maura and Reverend Richard Coles finally leave the Jungle Junkyard where they have been staying and join the main camp, they will meet all the other celebrities.

And the Love Island star, 33, is reunited with boxing legend Barry McGuigan, 63, six years after dating his handsome son Shane, 36 (pictured)

It may come as a shock to Maura after Barry was revealed as a last-minute replacement

She dated boxing coach Shane in 2018, a year before she found fame on Love Island, when she was working as a ring girl and he was commentating on a match (Shane and Barry pictured in 2014)

Fans called the ’emotional’ moment the ‘most touching moment in I’m A Celeb history’ as all the campmates broke down in tears as they supported Barry.

Viewers wrote on X: ‘That was one of the most moving moments in the history of I’m a celeb. What a lovely bunch, put them all in the final!!! #ImACeleb’.

Barry revealed that Danika struggled with her health from a young age after being diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 11.

Barry told the camp: ‘[Danika] had leukemia when I was boxing with Daniel Day Lewis.

‘Three weeks after the end I had to leave because she was diagnosed with leukemia.

‘They thought she wouldn’t get better, but she fought back and won. She had chemo for two years.’

As he started to cry, campmates gathered around him, with Danny Jones and Tulisa giving him a hug, while Barry burst out, “Thank you, you’re all so kind, I really appreciate it.”

Barry and wife Sandra share Shane and sons Blane, 40, and Jake 36. Their daughter Danika, an actress, tragically died from bowel cancer in 2019 aged just 33 (pictured in 2008)

I’m A Celebrity viewers praised Barry for opening up about his grief when discussing his daughter’s death during Monday night’s episode

Later, telling Loose Women’s Jane Moore about Danika’s second and final battle with cancer, he said: “She had a pain in her stomach, but she was making the film, she put it off and went to the doctor, and called all of us.

‘Stage 4 colon cancer, 5 weeks, 5 weeks she died.’

Danika McGuigan, who worked as an actress, died surrounded by her ‘devastated’ family.

She starred in films such as Philomena, Mammal and Wildlife and was known as Nika McGuigan in her professional work.

Danika attended Princess Anne’s old school Benenden in Kent before completing a drama degree in Dublin.

A family statement at the time read: ‘It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of our beautiful daughter and sister, Danika ‘Nika’ McGuigan,’

‘After a short but courageous battle with cancer, Nika passed away peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday 23 July, surrounded by her loving family.

‘As a family we are devastated and ask for complete privacy during this difficult time so that we can mourn our Nika.’