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Gillian McKeith is back on our TV screens once again for the special series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.
But the nutritionist, who filmed the ITV series in South Africa last year, isn't the only person in her family used to rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.
Gillian's daughter Afton McKeith was just 10-years-old when her mum first appeared on the reality TV show back in 2010 - living in France as she attended the prestigious Cours Florent French Performing Arts School in Paris.
The qualified personal trainer now lives in America and often makes showbiz revelations across her social media channels - previously revealing how budding chef Brooklyn Beckham has her blocked on Instagram.
Afton and Brooklyn, who is now married to billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz, both attended school together back in the day and even enjoyed a brief romance as youngsters.
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Afton McKeith cutting a glamourous figure with her famous mother in 2019 (LightRocket via Getty Images)
The beauty pageant winner works as a model and lives in America (Dave Benett/Getty Images)But their relationship was fleeting and Afton was reportedly left heartbroken at 17 after catching feelings for the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham.
At the time of the split, a then 17 year old Afton said: "I’m better off without him. I’m fine."
Gillian's daughter went on to reveal she got to meet Posh and Becks during her time with their son Brooklyn, saying: "They are very nice. Victoria is very protective over him."
When asked if she missed the Instagram cook, Afton's mother Gillian chimed in and answered: "No, she doesn’t. I’m actually glad he’s gone. No boyfriends now until she is 25."
Fast-forward to 2021 and Afton is well and truly over the breakup - taking to TikTok to share how her ex Brooklyn had blocked her on Instagram and laughing off the petty move.
Brooklyn dated Gillian's daughter during his teenage years (Rex)
But the short-lived romance didn't end of the best of terms (aftonmckeith /TikTok)Afton hasn't having her heartbroken by a fellow celebrity offspring hold her back when it comes to career achievements.
Last year, Gillian's daughter was over the moon to be crowned Miss USA Spokesmodel after "working really hard" to prepare for the pageant.
"I am really proud to win because I worked hard preparing for the pageant. I got to also showcase my acting skills which was a major factor in my win and a passion of mine," she told MailOnline in May.
"The platform is a great way to bring awareness to the importance of health and fitness which was my main focus as there was a also fitness portion in the competition."
Afton often shares modelling snaps with her 41,000 followers on Instagram and took to her Stories today to acknowledge her mum's latest reality TV appearance.
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Gillian's model daughter defended her mum from criticism last year (Can Nguyen/REX/Shutterstock)
Afton addressed her mum's new reality TV appearance on Instagram on Monday (Jack Dredd/REX/Shutterstock)"Can't believe it's happening again," Afton told her followers as she shared a clip of her mother chatting on I'm a Celebrity...South Africa.
Speaking last year, Afton revealed how tough it was watching her mum appear on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! the first time around.
Afton struggled as her mum endured Bushtucker Trial after Bushtucker Trial and seemingly fainted twice while in camp.
"I was very worried about her," Afton admitted when look back on her mum's time in the jungle. "It was hard watching because you see the celebrities talking to camera behind their backs. A lot of them were talking about my mum in not such a nice way on the show."
She goes on to recall how it became tough to watch the show with all the other family members around, due to how some of the celebrities were acting towards Gillian in the camp.
Gillian famously appeared to faint in the Australian jungle (ITV)Carol Vorderman - who also enjoyed a second stint in camp for I'm A Celebrity...South Africa last year - accused the former You Are What You Eat host of pretending to faint during an episode of This Morning last year.
"I did not pretend to faint," Gillian quickly replied to Carol on the ITV daytime show. "I have a medical condition. I can’t believe you’re mocking it! That’s terrible – since five years old!
Speaking with The Sun in November, Afton backed her mum up and said: "My mum does have history of fainting since she was five years old. I know she fainted for real. She has very low blood pressure sometimes when she hasn't eaten, and that's known to lead to fainting.
"It's not very nice when people make comments about it and try to insinuate it wasn't real."