- Kelly Brook has expressed disappointment about an awkward interview with a US pop star.
- She revealed the cold treatment towards her after being ignored on air.
- Kelly joins the cast of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’.
Kelly Brook has revealed the huge US singer who left her more than unimpressed during a painfully awkward on-air encounter.
The TV and radio personality, 45, who has arrived down under for the new season of I’m A Celebrity, opened up about the tricky interaction in a new chat.
The model hosts Heart Drive with Jason King, which comes with the chance of interviewing the who’s who of the music world, but there was one pop star that she called her ‘worst’ star interview.
‘I do have one. Mine was Lizzo,’ she said at the MITS awards, according to The Sun.
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Expecting the two to get along, especially given the themes of female empowerment in Lizzo’s hit songs such as Truth Hurts, Kelly was left surprised by their interaction that left her feeling non-existent.
‘I thought she would be a bit more for the women but she didn’t take her glasses off and she didn’t look at me once.
‘She just spoke to JK. For me, someone like Lizzo is a strong woman and I just thought she would be a bit warmer towards me. But it was like I didn’t even exist.
‘It was weird. It was weird. Most people we love. It’s very rare we get one that’s like that. That was unusual,’ she recalled.
The star will be joined by the likes of Martin Kemp, Jack Osbourne and Ruby Wax in the jungle, but there could be yet another awkward encounter in her future.
Who is in the confirmed line-up for I’m A Celeb?
The confirmed line-up for this year’s show is:
- Martin Kemp
- Eddie Kadi
- Kelly Brook
- Alex Scott
- Jack Osbourne
- Ruby Wax
- Aitch
- Lisa Riley
- Shona McGarty
- Angry Ginge
She featured as a fourth judge on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 but exited the reality series after just a few days, making this her onscreen reunion with hosts Ant and Dec.
At the time, her departure was down to the four-judge format not working, but, as she told The Standard in 2012, Kelly spoke about an alleged feud between herself and the iconic presenting duo.
‘The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it.
‘I would love to have stayed on the show. I really felt it was working out. Ant and Dec had never been anything but pleasant to my face, but clearly, they didn’t want me on the show,’ she reportedly said.
Even Ant and Dec have reflected on the strange dynamic between the three on the show, with Kelly asking them what they do on her first day of filming.
‘I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, “And what do you do?’” was the Queen when I met her at the party for ITV’s fiftieth anniversary,’ they wrote in their memoir, adding there was ‘no good reason’ for Kelly to be on board.
Although Dec later told Metro that ‘there is certainly no bad blood from our side.’
A source has now claimed: ‘It’s been a long time since they last worked together, so understandably there is apprehension on both sides,’ about their reunion.
Metro has reached out to Lizzo’s representatives for comment.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here returns to ITV on Sunday, November 16.
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