ITV I'm A Celebrity star Tulisa Contostavlos forced to issue 'denial' hours before show

Tulisa Contostavlos has issued a denial over the motivation behind joining ITV I'm A Celebrity. The N Dubz star and former The X Factor judge has moved to insist this is "NOT a career move" as she shared the real motivation for the ITV I'm A Celebrity stint.

Contostavlos opened up about why she joined the show and admitted she wears her heart “on my sleeve”. She said: “I wear my heart on my sleeve, especially when I am getting to know people and it’s coming from a friendly place - so I will be loaded up with stories!

“My number one mission is to be my true authentic self. If me being my authentic self connects with people in a mass way, then it must mean I’m doing something right in life. But I am not going to go looking for it. This isn’t a career move for me either. I will always go back to N-Dubz and this is a one-off experience.”

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Last year, the Playing with Fire singer touched on how “wild” and “ridiculous” the music industry was and revealed she was leaving showbiz as a whole. She told Ferne Cotton on her Happy Place podcast: “I’m through most of it. I’ll be out in two years.

“I’m going into property… I am actually going to build some themed rentals. So I’m like a super fantasy geek, all things like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones. And I’ve always wanted to get into the property game. But I was also like, there’s some parts of it that can be a little bit mundane.

“So yeah, at the minute I’m looking for land, I want it to all be very kind of like a nature reserve, you know, cabins in a forest, Hagrid’s huts and Hobbit houses. So, yeah, that’s my plan for 2024.”