I'm A Celeb fans 'dying' over Josie Gibson's savage Jamie Lynn Spears question

19 November 2023 , 22:54

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I'm A Celeb fans 'dying' over Josie Gibson's savage Jamie Lynn Spears question

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! fans were left cringing on Sunday night's launch show.

During the first episode of the 2023 series, the celebrities all met each other as they descended into the Australian jungle. And it wasn't long until Josie Gibson decided to acquaint herself with Jamie Lynn Spears, who is the younger sister of pop star royalty Britney Spears.

This Morning star Josie, 38, asked Jamie Lynn, 32: "Who got you into music then?" to which Jamie Lynn replied: "I’ve always kind of been into music, you know what I mean?" Josie then asked: "Very musical family, aren’t you?" with Jamie Lynn simply replying: "Yeah." Josie continued: "Was your grandma into it?" with Jamie Lynn revealing: "My mum played the piano a lot!"

Josie Gibson decided to acquaint herself with Jamie Lynn Spears (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Viewers were quick to cringe over the scenes and questions as Jamie Lynn is of course the sister of legendary pop star Britney, 41. Taking to Twitter, now X, one person said: "Who got you into music ahahah Josie trying to get into that Britney chat #ImACeleb!", a different account put: "I love how Josie is trying to get Jamie Lynn to say Britney influenced her career #ImACeleb!" while another added: "Josie “your from a musical family aren’t you” DYING cmon Josie get the goss #ImACelebrity #ImACeleb @imacelebrity!" 

It comes as Jamie Lynn has already proved to be a bit of a headache for I'm A Celebrity bosses after refusing to take part in media chats prior to entering the jungle. While it is not required by their contract to speak to journalists ahead of starring on the ITV show, it is incredibly rare for a celebrity to not do so. A TV source told the Mirror: "It is disappointing Jamie Lynn wouldn't speak to journalists out in Australia. She kept her head down at Brisbane airport which is fair enough after a long flight, but it is highly unusual to not take part in the media chats whilst waiting to go into camp this week.

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"In fact, it is almost unprecedented and even Boy George took part last year when he has rarely done interviews for a decade. The last contestant we can remember to refuse to do the pre show interviews was David Gest, and that was back in 2006. It is not a great sign if you are hoping Jamie Lynn is going to be hugely talkative on the show and give up lots of goss about Britney. Hopefully she finds her voice in camp."

Since it was announced that Jamie Lynn would be appearing on the show, Britney's fans have plotted to vote for her to take part in every Bushtucker Trial. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one person wrote: "Are we all in agreement - every trial needs to be Jamie, let's make her life hell!!" Another agreed: "Me voting for Jamie Lynn for every trial."

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Olivia Wheeler