What Billy Brownless missed most in the I’m a Celebrity jungle
Billy Brownless was disappointed to leave the I’m a Celebrity jungle, but the footy larrikin has revealed how much weight he shed and what he missed most about the outside world — and it wasn’t his children.
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Billy Brownless said he opened up about his private life in the jungle out of sheer boredom.
The footy larrikin was disappointed to leave the jungle last night, but pleased he lost 11kg after 16 days on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
He said he forgot the cameras were rolling when he had frank discussions with Rhonda Burchmore about his marriage split and being homeless.
“I had the steak and chips and a couple of frothies so I’m pretty good,’’ Brownless said.
“It is tough, let me tell you. The boredom, if you’re not in a trial, it’s bloody tough.
“Me and red hot Rhonda, it was an innocent chat down there. You actually sometimes forget you’re being filmed or miked up.
“It’s like a husband and wife doing the dishes down there and I genuinely don’t think she knew my circumstances.
“I asked her about her husband and daughter, and she asked me. It was all innocent.
“I probably could have used a better word than ‘homeless’. I wasn’t out on the streets, I didn’t have a home.
“I’d rented a joint in Melbourne and when I’d come to Geelong I was in a hotel.
“It’s a lot of thinking time. Your brain time stops a bit too.”
Brownless said he most missed knowing the news, as well as meals.
He spoke to his children last night.
“I think they were a bit disappointed, they would have liked me to show more,’’ he said.
“I was 125kg with the boots and all when I got weighed and I’m 114 now so I lost 11kg.
“And that was one of the reasons (I went in) to get off the grog and not have a beer, and to lose weight. At least I’ve ticked a couple of boxes.
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“Tomato sauce, sugar and salt. Those little things, you really appreciate it now when you’re out.”
Brownless said he thinks the romance between Ryan Gallagher and Charlotte Crosby is real.
“We have our boys chat on the way to the wood pile, and he is keen. I reckon she’s slowly coming around to him too. I reckon there might be something in that,’’ he said.
“You sit back a bit and watch the reality stars do their work and see how good they were at playing the game. You’d have a chuckle, but I just tried to be myself and be honest.”
Brownless thinks he is done with reality shows, although The Bachelor could be on his radar now he is ready to date again.
“Maybe The Bachelor if they want me, I’d put myself up for that,’’ he laughed.
“I don’t know if I’d get it. I think I might be too old for all that and I’m past it all.”