ROBERT KILROY-SILK

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Age: 66
Occupation: TV Presenter and Politician
Phobias: None
Special Skills: Chopping wood
He says: “My wife would say I’m difficult. My daughter would say I’m difficult. My son would say I’m difficult. So I assume I’m difficult.”

Politician Robert Kilroy-Silk has revealed that his family are dreading him going into the jungle because they are worried about what he is going to do.

The former TV presenter has also revealed that he has a surprise in store for Ant and Dec this year – he plans to make sure they get a taste of any Bushtucker Trial he has to endure.

He says: “Every member of my family is full of apprehension about me going into the jungle because they think I’m going to be a nightmare and screw up in some way. They’re dreading it.

“My wife would say I’m difficult. My daughter would say I’m difficult. My son would say I’m difficult. So I assume I’m difficult. I don’t know what difficult means. I’ve never understood that. I don’t go out of my way to be difficult but even my mother would have said, ‘Oh he’s a nightmare’.

“But I don’t know what they mean by all that because I am actually a really nice, gentle, kind, considerate person.”

He says Ant and Dec ought to experience what the contestants go through. “They really need to know don’t they?

“If you are asking people to do things then they ought to experience them so that they can empathise and ask the right questions.”