She explained that after several years recording competition spots for the show, she received the surprise offer to stand in as a main host, and was given just 15 minutes to prepare.

During the chat, Fred asked Josie: ‘When you were on Big Brother, did you think it was going to lead to what you’re doing now?’

Tough time: Josie Gibson opened up about the struggles she faced breaking into the TV industry during Wednesday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

Throwback: The presenter is now best known as one of the rotating hosts on ITV staple This Morning, but first became a household name when she won Big Brother in 2010 (pictured)

She then went onto explain: ‘Never in a million years, no. I wrote a bucket list when I was with my aunty and on that bucket list it said ”be on tv”.

‘I auditioned for Big Brother, ended up winning it. When I came out I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried for three years.

‘I remember all the people I’d reached out to and it was like 72 people over three years… One day, This Morning gave me a job.

‘They give me one day for a couple of minutes, then they give me another day for a couple more minutes, then they give me a day for a couple more minutes… and then they would give me more and more and more and challenge me and challenge me and challenge me and then one day I got the call, I was on my way to a competition in work and I got the call to host This Morning.

‘Everybody was ill… I honestly thought they were joking.’

Asked whether she was nervous ahead of hosting for the first time, Josie said: ‘I didn’t really have time to be. I had 15 mins to get ready.

‘I went straight in, had 15 mins in make-up and then straight to the studio floor. So I didn’t have time to be nervous.’

Speaking in the Bush Telegraph Sam said: ‘Everyone’s got a story and it’s never as easy as it looks. Really awesome for someone like me to hear, if you believe you can do whatever you put your mind to. I really liked it.’

Candid: Josie shared that her first competition spot on This Morning came out of the blue, after trying to land another job in TV for three years

Riding high! Josie first began working as a relief presenter on This Morning in 2021, and has now become a regular host for the programme

Josie first began working as a relief presenter on This Morning in 2021, and following Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s departures, has become a regular host for the programme.

Earlier in the show, Josie went wild for Marvin Humes’ six pack after he washed off in the shower.

The JLS star, 38, and Fred Sirieix, 51, were seen working out together in camp using rocks.

They then started singing their own jungle song: ‘Jungle living, living in a jungle…’

Fred laughed: ‘It could be a Christmas hit!’

As Marvin headed up to the shower where Josie was washing her clothes, Josie exclaimed: ‘Bloody hell Marv is that your body? How many times a week do you work out? Jesus!’

Marvin laughed: ‘Coz I’m not eating babe, I’ve lost a lot of weight.’

Josie in the Bush Telegraph said: ‘First it was Nigel Farage‘s bum, now Marvin’s six pack… loads of surprises. Just don’t know what’s going to come next.’