I'm A Celeb's Rev Richard Coles unrecognisable as 80s pop star when 'girls threw knickers at him'

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The I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! campmates reflected on the point at which they realised they were famous during Tuesday’s episode of the popular show.The Rev Richard Coles surprisingly announced that he once came on stage to a "barrage of knickers" while he was in pop duo The Communards.The 62-year-old TV presenter wasn’t always a man of faith.

In fact, he boasts quite an impressive pop career with singles topping the charts in the mid-80s. Richard founded The Communards alongside former Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville.The band formed back in 1985 after they recruited bassist Dave Renwick.

Although they achieved a top 30 song on their debut album, their biggest hit cam a year later when they covered Thelma Houston’s Don’t Leave Me This Way.The Communards ultimately released two albums before they split in 1988.

Earlier this week, radio presenter and author Richard, told his fellow campmates: "The big thing for us came when we had Don’t Leave Me This Way and it was number one for weeks and weeks, and I remember we were playing in Ireland and we were booked into a sports stadium, we came on stage and there was this barrage of knickers.