Shappi Khorsandi is the latest high-profile masochist to put herself through the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! wringer. Landing in Australia yesterday, the stand-up comedian and author joked that her “ideal man” for a jungle romance would be “one who has snuck a mobile phone in”.

For the sake of all of us stuck at our desks and looking for distraction, we have to really hope she finds the rule-breaker of her dreams. Because Khorsandi is officially one of the most sparkling voices on Twitter: when Stylist ran a poll to find the funniest British woman cracking jokes on the social media site, she ranked in the top 10, alongside Caitlin Moran and Stylist columnist Lucy Mangan.

Khorsandi often tweets about her kids, and her attitude to parenting is one we can definitely get on board with. 

She really loves her cat. 

Though he does not seem fond of her non-furry children.

And she understands the struggles of being British. 

But as well as cracking jokes, Khorsandi uses her public platform for advocacy. She’s of Iranian origin, and has been vocal about the wrongful imprisonment of British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe in Iran, and Boris Johnson’s appalling mishandling of the situation. 

Khorsandi will be joined in the jungle by YouTuber Jack Maynard,  soap favourites Jennie McAlpine and Jamie Lomas, Vanessa White from The Saturdays, Georgia Toffolo from Made in Chelsea and footballer Jamie Vardy’s wife Rebekah. There will be two sports figures: boxer Amir Khan and fooballer Dennis Wise. 

There could be a few tense Bushtucker Trials over the next few weeks as the celebrity completing the line-up is Stanley Johnson, father of the foreign secretary. 

Speaking to The Sun yesterday, Johnson senior insisted he had no idea what had happened with Zaghari-Radcliffe. “I’ve been out of touch for three weeks,” he claimed. 

Either way, we know who we’ll be cheering for when the show starts on Sunday (19 November) on ITV.

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