It's been 20 years since squeaky-voiced Joe Pasquale befriended two emus, lay submerged in rats during one of the most gruesome ever Bushtucker trials and won I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The trip to Australia changed his life forever and made him the fearless, adrenaline-loving comedian that he is today. Now, as ITV gears up for the new series, starting on November 17, Joe, 63, recalls: “I was asked if I wanted to do the show and I said, ‘not really.
It’s not for me,’ but I didn’t have a gig so I thought, ‘what’s the worst that can happen?’ READ MORE - Katie Price looks unrecognisable with new face as she gives away secret behind look READ MORE - Nineties icon 'lucky to be alive' as she shares shocking breast cancer treatment photo “On the way to Australia I read this book - Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway . It changed my life. After that I jumped out of a plane.
I thought, ‘if I can do that, what else can I do?’ It was definitely a life-changing moment. “If I look at something and think ‘I’m scared of that,’ I’ll make sure I do it. It’s another reason I enjoy doing stand-up.
It still scares me every time, but I enjoy that feeling you get. It's the same feeling you get when you’re doing a parachute jump - when I feel the most alive. “For me, it’s about not wanting to curl up and die and learning new things.
“I’d be an astronaut if I could!”. First gracing our TV screens as runner-up on the hit 1987 talent show New Faces, .
