I'm A Celeb star exempt from jungle trial for surprising reason

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ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! is back for another series, with a new line-up of celebrities braving the jungle and the ghastly Bushtucker Trials that come with it.

However, there's one celebrity who won't have to eat any kangaroo testicles - and that's Coronation Street's Alan Halsall. The soap actor, who plays Tyrone Dobbs on the show, has revealed that he's a vegetarian but has no idea, having never eaten meat growing up.

Speaking to OK! in an exclusive chat, Alan said: "I don’t know why I’m vegetarian, because my family all eat meat. My mum said that I was just adamant from toddler age that I wouldn’t eat meat or fish,” he said. “A couple of years ago, I went away with [daughter] Sienna and she was eating all this great food so I started to try to eat chicken.

I would cut it up into small pieces and hide it in curries – but my dinner was becoming like a Bushtucker trial!” The Coronation Street star is joining the likes of McFly's Danny Jones, WAG Coleen Rooney, Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse, Loose Women's Jane Moore and N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos on the ITV show as they attempt to stay sane for three weeks in the Australian jungle.