Emotional scenes played out during Friday’s episode of “I’m A Celebrity…South Africa” when Helen Flanagan received a phone call inviting her to her children’s home.
The former Coronation Street actress, 32, is mother to Matilda, seven, Delilah, four, and Charlie, two, with her ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair.
Helen was nominated to speak to her offspring for 90 minutes, with ex-soap star Myleene Klass being preferred because Helen was at camp longer.
Myleene, mother of daughters Ava, 15, Hero, 12, and son Apollo, 3, broke down in tears at the news.
A delighted Helen went to a nearby clearing to make her call, and her mother, Julia, answered the phone and told her the girls had looked their best.
Delighted: Emotional scenes played out during Friday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa as Helen Flanagan, 32, was treated to a call home to her children
Brutal: Helen was nominated to speak to her offspring for 90 minutes, with ex-soap star Myleene Klass being preferred because Helen was at camp longer
Screen star Helen was seen shedding some tears while thinking about her children during Thursday’s episode.
She competed against former royal butler Paul Burrell during the show, in a task in which they attempted to win a luxurious picnic for their respective teams.
Helen got emotional before the task and her roommate Myleene offered her words of encouragement.
She told her: “It’s all in your head. everything is in your head nothing will hurt you
“Also, there’s one superpower you’ve got behind you — that’s your kids. No greater power.
“Every day they make us proud, but this time you will make them proud.”
Helen and Myleene hugged and the soap star later beat Paul at the challenge, winning a picnic for her team.
Elsewhere on Friday’s episode, Joe Swash complained he had the “worst outro ever” at EastEnders as the housemates opened up about their challenging experiences in the media industry.
Family: The actress is a mother to Matilda, seven, Delilah, four, and Charlie, two, with her ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair
Family affair: Myleene and fiancé Simon Motson share son Apollo, three, and she’s mother to two daughters, Ava, 15, and Hero, 12 – who she shares with ex-husband Graham Quinn
Participants discussed the BBC One soap opera, as both Joe and his colleague Dean Gaffney had both previously starred in it.
Singer and presenter Myleene also claimed her pop group Hear’Say once received a gift from Sir Elton John as an apology for calling them the “ugliest band in pop”.
During the latest episode of the reality show, Joe and Dean reflected on their time at EastEnders.
Dean, who played Robbie Jackson on the show, revealed he would return to the show even after returning five times.
The discussion led to Joe, who previously portrayed Mickey Miller on the show, admitting, “I wouldn’t mind[going back]you know. Just because of the family. Because you know what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, when you’re doing it.
‘They never asked me to go back in, not once, mate!’
When asked how things turned out for his character, the actor added, “[It was]the worst outro ever…I didn’t even go by the end of the episode.”
“You know you’re going and you get the ‘Duff Duff’? Mine, I went to Norwich to be a bellboy in a hotel and in the middle of the scene I just walked into The Vic, said ‘See you later’, turned back to Phil, came to me and I was gone.
‘What? That was it? No “dumb dumb”. I was there for five years and not a single “Duff Duff”!’
Emotional: Helen Flanagan broke down in tears thinking about her children during Thursday’s I’m A Celebrity South Africa show
Words of encouragement: Helen got emotional before the task and her roommate Myleene Klass spoke her words of encouragement
Myleene also reflected on difficult moments in her career, including alleging that Sir Elton sent her pop group Hear’Say sympathy flowers after he made a rude remark about the band.
She said: “We were sent flowers by Elton John who said we were the ugliest band in pop.
“He realized, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have said that.’ He sent us flowers of apology… I look back on that time, it was a different time in history.’
I’m a Celebrity… South Africa continues Monday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.