Whoever convinced Keira McGuire to go to South Africa and stick her head in a bucket of chilis for national television should just get their end-of-year bonus right bloody now.
The ‘Bachelor Australia‘ villain has become the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!‘ intruder (and villain), which are about as far away from each other as it’s possible to be, while still sticking in the reality show format. On one, you dress up in nice clothes and swill champagne; in the other, you sleep on a camping bed and eat cockroaches.
Hours after Keira intruded on the I’m A Celeb camp, and she was demanding medical attention after sticking her head in a box of chillies and claiming she was dying.
“This is not okay, this is not okay,” she wailed into a towel. “I can’t believe you did that to me. You don’t even know how much it’s burning.”
She and AFL legend Dane Swan had taken part in the Grim Gallery Tucker Trial, in which they stick their heads into boxes of gross shit in order to win food for the camp.
“Yeah, but you don’t know how this feels right now,” Keira snapped back. When Julia assured her that the challenge had been tested by a number of people and in fact they did know what it felt like, she retorted: “But they’re not on national TV, like, dying. I’m not even over exaggerating this situation.”
And then Keira dropped my personal favourite: “Just like, no one needs to talk right now. I have a very strong pain threshold. That was so bad, worse than any treatment I’ve ever had on my face and that is fucking painful. Like burning my face so bad and no one even cared. NO ONE EVEN CARED.”
After a few more sobs, she asked: “Is this really what it’s going to be like the whole time?”
“Pretty much,” said Dane.
“Like that was really bad,” she replied.
“I got a couple of stings too,” he said. “I got a few bites.”
The challenge was a success – Keira and Dane collected 10 out of 12 stars, which meant the camp got extra food. A win!
But you know who was really happy? The folks at home, ragging on them (her).
Oh Keira. Isn’t this what u ‘signed up for’???
The trials are EVIL. Keira’s reaction is what we all do, inside #keiracracks #imacelebrityau— Chrissie Swan (@ChrissieSwan) February 15, 2017
Literally everyone right now at #KeiraCracks #ImACelebrityAU pic.twitter.com/Iu4mubW8MR
— tara ? (@taraplier) February 15, 2017
I guess Botox and chilli don’t go well together #KeiraCracks
— Cosmerc (@rosacantstandya) February 15, 2017
Australia watching #KeiraCracks on #ImACelebrityAu pic.twitter.com/hfwg2woz8N
— Emma Winship (@emmymoo24) February 15, 2017
Keira loses it and zero f*cks were given by Julia, Chris and Dane #ClassicMelt #KeiraCracks
— Kraken (@GoTheKraken) February 15, 2017
As #KeiraCracks, Australia watches… #ImACelebrityAU pic.twitter.com/rbVqEw5D8z
— ??? Claire ??? (@ClaireeBear95) February 15, 2017
Everyone hearing keira whinge every second #ImACelebrityAU #KeiraCracks pic.twitter.com/usMZSm7df3
— Lauren Saunders (@laurensaundss) February 15, 2017
Watch the meltdown below:
We threw everything at Keira but she pushed through to help grab a handy 10 stars for camp ?? #ImACelebrityAU #KeiraCracks pic.twitter.com/5KHno86zPZ
— #ImACelebrityAU (@ImACelebrityAU) February 15, 2017
Photo: Channel 10.