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<\/p>\nNick Pickard has revealed the jungle secrets \u2013 with some shocking and hilarious scenes we haven\u2019t seen on screen.<\/p>\n
The Hollyoaks star, 48, was the fourth person to leave camp via the public vote. He praised his campmates but claimed boxer Tony Bellew used his microphone like a phone to alert producers to an intruder.<\/p>\n
Nick said: \u201cI thought, \u2018What is he doing\u2019 because we\u2019ve all got the radios on and he\u2019s going, \u2018There\u2019s a massive spider in here\u2019. It was on the TV and it was like a tarantula.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut the guys send in the security and you don\u2019t ever see them on the telly but the security guys come in and couldn\u2019t catch him because they\u2019re fast. And so he just batted it into the bushes and went, \u2018You\u2019re alright it\u2019s just a huntsman, right\u2019.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTony never went to bed the rest of that night! He said, \u2018I\u2019m not sleeping in there, it was massive\u2019. That was funny.\u201d Nick also revealed that Bellew stood on the campmates\u2019 grub, adding: \u201cHe accidentally put his size 12s right in the food.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut all 12 people still queued up for seconds! How low we\u2019ve sunk.\u201d He says Hollyoaks bosses may need to write about how his character has been on a health kick – after shedding almost eight kilograms in the jungle.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old is known to millions as Tony Hutchinson in Hollyoaks. But the character will be looking a little slimmer in the New Year.<\/p>\n
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Nick said: "I've lost one stone and three pounds. They weigh you at certain points during the trials and things because there are weight restrictions and I was trying to look(at the scales) but the medic wouldn't show me. So it makes it all the more interesting when you come out.<\/p>\n
"I'm going to definitely try to do no more midnight trips to the fridge, because that's where you put on your weight. I'll try and keep it off as much as I can.<\/p>\n
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"They might try to write it into Hollyoaks, I don't know. It's one of the things that we say 'I will keep it off' – but I've come out here and it's Christmas. So it will probably all go back on!" <\/p>\n
Whilst in camp and slimmed down, Nick became a heartthrob on social media with many admirers. But told the news, he said: "My girlfriend told me that, It's a bit late in life to be becoming that. I am nearly 50. But that's nice to know."<\/p>\n
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He also confessed he felt a bit tipsy when he drank the champagne and spoke to Ant and Dec in his exit interview. Nick said: "I have to admit I had champagne and felt a bit wobbly like I've downed that a bit too quickly. I'm a lightweight, the best of times."<\/p>\n
Reflecting on his time there, he concluded: "My girlfriend just said she's really proud of me. She was really happy because you just worry about how you come across, that's all that matters because you never know how these things are going to portray you when you're outside.<\/p>\n
"I've been in the game long enough to know the way it goes. But yeah, so far it's been very positive. I can't wait to watch some of the show back."<\/p>\n
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