Jane Moore was the initial contestant eliminated from the current season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. Upon her departure, she criticized her fellow campmates, expressing that hard work was not appreciated.
The 63-year-old spent two weeks in the Australian jungle but failed to secure enough public votes to continue. Despite receiving encouragement from her colleagues on Loose Women, Jane was unable to prolong her stay.
During her time on the show, Jane found herself in a dispute related to ‘ageism’ and ‘sexism’ when she was designated the task of washing up for the camp. She accused former boxing champion Barry McGuigan and McFly frontman Danny Jones of discrimination, claiming they were ageist and sexist for assigning her the responsibility due to her older age.
Upon her exit she told hosts Ant and Dec: ‘I had three jobs before then, I worked like a dog and then they gave me the washing up so I wasn’t pleased about that. I did a lot down there but hard work doesn’t pay off as I’m the first one out, people don’t notice hard work’.
In a warning to the remaining campmates, she said: ‘The more people get voted off, it will get apparent who isn’t doing that much.
‘I would like to see the quiet hard workers win, there’s a lot of showmen in there. I want Coleen [Rooney] or Melvin [Odoom] to win, they’re not flamboyant.’
Jane Moore is the first contestant to be voted off this year’s I’m A Cele and took a swipe at her fellow campmates upon her exit, saying: ‘hard work does not get rewarded’
The 63-year-old had been living in the Australian jungle for two weeks and despite having the support from her fellow Loose Women panelists, was unable to win the public’s vote
Speaking about her time in the jungle she said: ”I have lived it and it’s just such a weird and magical experience. People always say it’s the best experience of your life, wouldn’t say that with the rain. Never been so soaked in my life, constantly’.
‘At least there’s no more washing up, I’m never washing up again. I enjoyed getting to know the other and ask them questions. We’ve all got each other’s back. Them getting to know me was great too, because I’m a journalist they were initially like, “hang on what’s this going to be like?”‘.
‘A lot of them said they talked about things with me they haven’t for years and they felt better for it’.
Ms Moore was greeted off the I’m A Celebrity bridge by her daughters Ellie, 32, and Grace, 22, whom she shares with her ex-husband of 22 years, Gary Farrow.
In the jungle McGuigan, 63, tried to justify the pair’s decision, explaining that since Jane was 62 and a year younger than him, she might want something less strenuous but before he could finish Jane retorted: ‘So ageist and sexist’.
She said: ‘I’m not upset, I’m just saying it’s women doing the washing up again.’
But Ms Moore continued to complain throughout the week about her role, which frustrated the public, despite her fellow Loose Women panellists speaking out in support on the ITV chat show.
Janet Street-Porter, 77, said: ‘I said to you earlier Coleen, I was a bit unhappy about how they edited about Jane and washing up. When you’re in I’m A Celebrity, everything you say is being recorded and you have no control of what people at home are seeing about you.
Jane has been embroiled in a row over ‘ageism’ and ‘sexism’ in the jungle after she was tasked with the chore of doing the camp’s washing up
and accused former boxing champion, Barry McGuigan (L) and the McFly frontman, Danny Jones (R) of being ageist and sexist for giving her the role because she was an older woman
Before appearing on the show, Ms Moore told the Mail she was ‘flying the flag for the over sixties’ and went on to start the series skydiving from a helicopter onto the Gold Coast’s Byron Bay.
But she went on to be voted for only one Bushtucker Trial on Tuesday night after her Loose Women co-stars such as Coleen Nolan and Ruth Langsford encouraged viewers to do so.