UNA Healy has issued a “come and get me” plea to I’m A Celebrity chiefs — despite suffering from “nightmares” following a stint on Bear Grylls’ extreme jungle show.
She was one of 12 celebs dropped into the Costa Rican jungle to fend for themselves amid extreme conditions on new Netflix show Celebrity Bear Hunt.
Una was one of the standouts in the Celebrity Bear Hunt[/caption]
Una revealed Bear Grylls’ show left her with nightmares[/caption]
And the Saturdays singer, 43, later admitted that she experienced PTSD after filming ended — and even suffered from “aftershocks”.
But Tipperary woman Una, who was a runner-up in the survival show, has “got a taste for a challenge” now.
Asked if she would be interested in taking part in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, she told The Irish Sun: “It was my first time doing reality TV.
“I’d never done a reality TV competition before.
“I’ve got the taste for a challenge now, so I would be totally up for anything.”
Mum-of-two Una also told how she was “determined” to stay in Celebrity Bear Hunt for as long as possible.
Speaking at the Lidl’s Doop beauty salon launch, she said: “Honestly, I would love to do it again. I was so scared going into it, because I didn’t know what to expect and it’s never been done before.
“But I really surprised myself how determined I was in there. I was determined not to go out first, and I stuck to that right from the beginning.”
And Una said her children — Aoife Belle, 12, and Tadhg, ten — motivated her to stay in the show.
She said: “I was able to phone home a few times. They were encouraging me to stay in there, like, ‘Don’t come home this weekend.’
“I was like, ‘Oh, I’m in the Bear Pit again. I’ll probably be home this weekend.’
“I just kept the little voices in my head. It was lovely, but I missed them so much.
“It’s a long time to be away. I was gone a month.”
KIDS WERE PROUD
Una said she watched the Netflix hit — hosted by Holly Willoughby — with her kids and they were “glued”.
She said: “They binge-watched it and they were really proud, so I was so happy.”
Una also recently confessed her acting past in Fair City.
She made the revelation after it emerged Lidl have taken over from Spar as the owners of Phelan’s Carrigstown store, and as Una promoted a new beauty range by the German supermarket giant.
‘REAL GRAFT’
She said: “Back in the day, before I was ever known through the Saturdays, I was going around as a singer songwriter playing in bars and really enjoying it.
“It was a real graft, I worked hard to kind of earn my stripes — I guess to be ready for auditioning for big groups like that.
“I’ve got the taste for a challenge now, so I would be totally up for anything.”
Una Healy
“I gigged all around Dublin and was living in Cabinteely with my sister.
“Because I had a lot of free time during the week, I signed to an extras agency and I used to go out to RTE and be an extra on Fair City.
“I’d be hanging around for hours every day on set.
“I did get a credit once because I was a special extra. I think I might have been serving someone in the bistro.
“I was also serving pints in McCoy’s.”
