Myleene Klass opens up on that iconic white bikini moment as she speaks about future of I’m A Celeb All Stars
I’M A Celebrity All Stars champion Myleene Klass has opened up about that iconic white bikini moment – saying she “loved every minute of it”.
The 45-year-old mum-of-three raised temperatures when she was in the main series in 2006 by taking a jungle shower wearing a plain two-piece.
The former Hear’Say singer delighted fans when she recreated the look and slipped back into the striking two-piece during her latest stint in the South African jungle.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Myleene said that she was proud to show females that you can still wear a sexy bikini and enjoy being a woman at the same time.
Myleene told us: “I loved every minute of it being in there and wearing the white bikini and the two aren’t usually exclusive – you can still wear a white bikini and enjoy being a woman.
“The difference this time is, the white bikini is my business and I sell one every 45 seconds.”
Radio presenter Myleene recently revealed she credits her famous shower scene in 2006 for helping to launch a fashion business which now sees her sell one item every 45 seconds.
She also revealed that her original white bikini was auctioned for a whopping £7,500.
When asked at the We Will Rock You press night if she will be putting her new white bikini on eBay this time, Myleene replied: “That one is staying with me – I lost the first one.”
“I wouldn’t go as far to say I regret it, I don’t think about it too much as to where it’s gone,” she laughed.
Last month Myleene flaunted her age-defying figure as she headed to the camp shower – no doubt hoping to recreate some of the huge reaction she caused during her first jungle stint in 2006.
The mum-of-three proved she’s barely aged a day in the 17 years since she made it to the I’m a Celebrity final with eventual winner Matt Willis.
Myleene went onto be crowned champion of the first ever All Stars champion, after going head-to-head with Jordan Banjo in a grim eating challenge.
The TV star – who is mum to daughters Ava, 14, and Hero, 11, with ex-husband Graham Quinn and has son Apollo, two, with fiancé Simon Motson – said winning the show proved that small women are “tough”.
“I’m officially a legend but at in my household I’m just mum,” Myleene said.
“What I think was so nice about it – is because we are smaller that we’re not tough, we are made of pretty sterling stuff.
“It was brilliant to do it, I just wanted to get home to my family.
“I came a long way to be able to throw my hat in the ring.
“It was 16 years since I donned that white bikini, so it was in for a penny, lets go.”
After a challenge three weeks in the South African jungle, Myleene admitted it was a lot harder than she had anticipated but said she would like to see the All Stars format return with another batch of former contestants.
“In the Australian jungle – they put you one skyscraper, here they put you on an equivalent, they said it was going to be bigger and scarier and they were not kidding,” she said.
“I’ve already got the crown, but I’d like to see it return.”
Myleene is now swapping the jungle for Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show, as she steps in as his temporary replacement later this month.
“I’m going to be the official host as of the 26, so it’s going to really ramp up, I’m really excited.
“I think it wasn’t something I had necessarily anticipated but what’s actually happened is you become a mum and then you become more aware of what’s going on in the world and what needs to be done.
“You realise it’s going to take a mum to change it – I’m going to start with this miscarriage bill, so of course I’m more politically incentivised now, I’m waiting for Maria Caulfield to take a meeting with me.
“I will take on the MPs who don’t serve the people who they were voted to serve.”
Myleene continued: “I’m really honoured to do it, I think it’s really great that I haven’t necessarily come from a political arena but you just become supercharged when you realise that there are so many people that need to have a voice and have it heard and you can genuinely make a difference.
“I’ve spent a lot of time Parliament and I’m utterly shocked, I’m horrified at how little gets done by the people who are put there.
“So rather than complain about it, I’m just going to roll my sleeves up and do something about it.”