Reverend Richard Coles caused a stir when he entered the I'm A Celebrity jungle alongside Love Island star Maura Higgins, 34. Not only did they stay in a separate camp from the other celebrities, including none other than Coleen Rooney, 38 and McFly's Danny Jones, 38, but they also lied about it - and brought BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough, 32, in on the ruse.
However, after the campmates sussed them out, they moved back to main camp - and tensions have been running high. However, outside the jungle, it turns out viewers are only just realising why Richard, 62, is famous - and it's not just for being a Reverend.
Taking to TikTok, online content creator Brooke Hewer revealed to her 551k followers that she'd made "a discovery" after one of the recent episodes. She explained that although she'd seen him on TV before, she didn't really know what he was famous for.
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Getty Images)After looking him up online, she realised that he is part of the 80s duo The Communards. She then played a clip from one of their biggest hits, Don't Leave Me This Way. "Are you kidding me," Brooke added. "Is that common knowledge, or have I just been living under a rock?," she asked. "Stop it, he's an icon."
And it turns out Brooke was not the only one who didn't know. "Did not know this!! TUNE!!," said one person. Another wrote: "Omg. How am I only finding this out. Imagine Maura finding out. 'Sorry father'".
A third commented: "Omg I'm 54 and have lived under the same rock as you. One of my favourite bands was the communards. I didn't know this at all."
Another TikTok user called Paddy Smith also shared in a video that he only just found out that "Rev Richard was in The Communards" after looking him up on Wikipedia.
Reverend Richard rose to fame in the 80s alongside singer Jimmy Somerville. The duo went on to have three UK top 10 hits, including Don't Leave Me This Way in 1986. They split after three years together, and Jimmy went on to have a solo career.
Eight years after they split, in 2005, Richard was ordained. He had studied theology at King's College London in 1991, where he became a Roman Catholic, before returning to the Church of England in 2001. The TV personality then went on to train for priesthood in West Yorkshire in 2003, and was ordained two years later.
Later in his career he also worked as a radio presenter, and appeared on TV shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You.
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