What really happens before the campmates head to the I’m A Celeb jungle?

Jake confessed he was living his best life in the five-star hotels and couldn’t believe the VIP touches.

He explained: ‘I had just come off The X Factor, so I was totally overwhelmed that I was going in the jungle anyway. And then they put me in these five-star hotels like my own suite.

‘I was like what is going on? I felt like Justin Bieber. It was great. I could have just lived in the suites for the whole time. You didn’t even need to leave.’

The lead-up to the jungle is just one long movie marathon

With days to kill before going into the jungle, the stars are pretty much left to their own devices in their rooms.

For Jake, he decided to fill up his time watching films back to back, confessing he’d once watched 15 in one sitting.

AJ similarly took advantage of his Airbnb which he described as a ‘gorgeous’ cottage.

He explained: ‘I watched lots and lots and lots of films. But the one thing for me is I always kind of have to do a [workout] routine.

‘So the routine that I would do like in the house to like press ups and sit ups would be exactly what I did in in the castle. If I don’t have a routine then that’s when I do go a bit stir crazy.’

Phones are confiscated and the internet is banned

The stars have their phones taken away from them when they check in so they don’t find out details about the show.

Jake said: ‘You don’t really have your phone on you because they don’t want you to check who’s going in with you.

‘You can’t really even look at the internet or write on your Instagram or anything like that.’

AJ, who also had to say goodbye to his phone, said that while he could watch movies, the TV was unplugged so they weren’t aware of what was going on in the outside world.

Stars are not allowed outside the hotel – but aren’t in total isolation

Jake said he wasn’t confined to his suite while he awaited the show’s launch and was allowed to ‘wander’ around the hotel.

He added: ‘They don’t lock you in your room. It’s not like you’re in like lockdown.

‘You’re allowed to go outside and get some fresh air and stuff like that, but you can’t be wandering around the streets, because one, you could get spotted, and two, all the other contestants are in hotels nearby.’

AJ revealed that he too wasn’t allowed to roam the Welsh countryside but did have a chaperone on call who would make trips to the local shops for necessities.

Forget beast mode, it’s about feast mode

Before having to eat all manner of gruesome dishes, from kangaroo balls and ostrich anus in Bushtucker trials, the stars are allowed to eat whatever they want in the hotel.

As well as a well-stocked mini bar, Jake said he said he gorged on chocolate and burgers, with his final meal before the rainforest being a snickers bar.

Aware of the endless rice and beans he would face in the castle, AJ said he made sure to get a ‘good proper meal.’

He was also allowed to order whatever he wanted in a big shop, so ate ‘normally’ in the Airbnb.

The former Strictly star added: ‘My final meal was a good steak with chips and loads of vegetables.

‘And then I kind of ate cereal bars literally two minutes before I went into the castle. I was eating them left, right and centre. I was stocking up.’

The production team give the stars pointers

While of course, the production team remains schtum about I’m A Celeb’s details, Jake did confess he was given some little hints.

The 34-year-old said: ‘They obviously don’t give too much away, but they try and help you and give you some pointers like, “You might be going here for the first night, you might not be going straight in the camp. So just be aware that anything can change” And stuff like that.