Ruth Jones warns Gavin and Stacey co-star Joanna Page 'they're gonna make you stick all manner of matter in your gob' in hilarious message from Nessa as she arrives for I'm A Celeb

Ruth Jones has shared a hilarious message with her co-star Joanna Page after it was revealed the Gavin and Stacey star was heading into the jungle. 

Joanna, 49, is left Barry Island behind as she arrived in Australia on Tuesday ready to take on the creepy crawlies. 

And Ruth, who plays Stacey's best friend Nessa in the beloved sitcom, made sure to wish her well as she warned her about the Bushtucker Trials. 

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday she wrote: 'The glorious @iamjoannapage has gone into the jungle and I’m beyond excited…

'..and my friend Nessa Jenkins said: “O! Stace - they’re gonna make you stick all manner of matter in your gob. And I’m not talking Gwen’s omelettes…just don’t over do it, alrigh’? 

'"You knows what a weak constitution you has. But have a crackin time. You makes Barry very proud I’m not gonna lie".'

Joanna was the sixth celebrity to touch down in Australia on Tuesday, as she arrived at Brisbane airport in leopard print trousers ahead of her appearance on the ITV show.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Joanna said: ‘I’ve come a very very long way from Barry Island! I wish Nessa was with me now.

‘I had a really nice flight it made a change from looking after four children. It was nice to have a flight where I can just sit down, watch a film and eat some food.

‘Do you know what I was sitting on the plane and I was excited because Love Actually  was on the entertainment and also Taskmaster was so I got quite excited about that. And every airport I got to had a Christmas tree!

‘But I chose not to watch that (Love Actually). I don’t think I could sit down and watch that in front of everybody so I watched some other stuff instead.

Talking about what brought her to Australia, she said: ‘I just want to have a bit of me time before Christmas. A bit of time without the children maybe some spa treatments, maybe a mud facial, try to local cuisine and have a bit of a relax.’

Meanwhile Wayne Rooney is leading this year's lineup as he prepares to follow in his wife Coleen's footsteps by swapping their £20million mansion for the jungle.

The former footballer, 41, has revealed he is hoping to rehabilitate his public image and prove how 'genuine' he is on the show.

Posing alongside Wayne and Joanna in the 11-strong line-up are, Ade Adepitan, Sharky, Chloe Burrows, Ricky Wilson, AJ Odudu, Claire Sweeney, Jack Skipper, Mariella Frostrup and Leomie Anderson.

'This is probably the biggest exposure I've ever had, being on TV every night for three weeks. 

'I hope people see I am a genuine person,' said Wayne, adding that he is a 'fun guy' who enjoys 'pranks'.

During a successful footballing career that was marked by a number of personal scandals, Wayne is likely hoping that appearing on the ITV series will allow him to show a whole new side of himself.

in Australia, was proud of him, he replied: 'She is obviously.'

He added: 'I think because she has done it, she knows what it is, so she knows how difficult it is as well. It will be nice for her to sit down and be invested in it.'

It is a show he has always wanted to do, he said, particularly after seeing wife Coleen's experience, where she came runner-up in 2024.

'Me and Coleen would sit there watching and we both always said: "If we were going to do one, it's the show to do",' he said.

And while his younger sons Kit, 10, and Cass, eight, are 'very excited', his eldest sons Kai, 17, and Klay, 13, fear he will embarrass them on national television, he said.

'The younger two are very excited. I think my older two are worried that I will embarrass them,' he said.

'I tend to do that a lot when their friends come round [to our house] and I think they are more worried about me embarrassing them.'