I'm A Celebrity 2024 star 'got special treatment' in jungle over lifestyle choice

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Alan Halsall, known for playing Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street, has revealed he got a bit of help when it came to meal time on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Alan Halsall admits he didn't have the same meals as his I'm A Celebrity campmates.

The actor, who plays Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street, was eliminated from camp before the final. McFly star Danny Jones was crowned King of the Jungle after beating out stiff competition from Coleen Rooney and Rev Richard Coles.

Alan has since revealed he was given some extra help by ITV bosses during his time on I'm A Celeb when it came to the meals he got given. But he insists the alternative meals he got were "bland".

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Alan is a lifelong vegetarian, so ITV bosses made sure he wasn't forced to eat meat during his time Down Under. It meant his meals in camp looked a little different to those of his co-stars as he was sent dishes.

Alan is veggie, so he got alternative meals sent to him during his time Down Under(Image: ITV)

As fans had wondered what the Corrie star ate during his time in the jungle, Alan revealed he was sent a "veggie equivalent". He took to Instagram with to answer questions from his followers - and the topic turned to food.

One asked him: "Did you give up being veggie whilst in the jungle?". Alan replied: "No they send a veggie equivalent. Generally something very bland, plain tofu... etc."

Alan has reunited with daughter Sienna-Rae(Image: MANCPICSS66)

Alan has an 11-year-old daughter, Sienna, with his ex-wife Lucy-Jo Hudson. The pair met on the set of Coronation Street in 2005. Alan reunited with Sienna after flying home from Australia - the pair shared a sweet hug.

The actor had admitted it was "impossible put into words" how excited he was to see his daughter after weeks in the jungle. The Tyrone Dobbs star also spoke about how much his daughter would miss him when I'm A Celeb kicked off.

The Corrie star was eliminated before the final(Image: ITV)

He told his fellow campmates: "That's going to be really difficult. She has found the idea of me going difficult. It is only in the last two weeks or so that she has come around to the idea.

"We never spend more than two weeks apart. I am very emotional about Sienna, so it will be interesting to see how I cope. I tend to try to hide my emotions but with Sienna I'm not very good at all - I think I will have several blubs. She is 11 and so I'm hoping I won't embarrass her."

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