I’m a Celebrity star Alan Halsall’s soap star ex has set the record straight after a deluge of speculation about their relationship.
Coronation Street actor Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV series, is entering the jungle for the 2024 series, which is being launched on Sunday (16 November).
He was due to join the show in 2023, but had to drop out due to a leg injury. This year, he will join a line-up that includes McFly singer Danny Jones, former X Factor judge Tulisa and Coleen Rooney.
In the run-up to the latest edition of the show, there has been numerous articles about Halsall and his ex wife and former Corrie co-star Lucy-Jo Hudson, with one unfounded report claiming she would be voting for Halsall to endure the show’s grisly tasks.
Halsall, who joined Corrie in 1998, started dating Hudson in 2005. They divorced in 2018 after almost nine years of marriage. They have one daughter, Sienna, who is 11, and, in 2020, Hudson had her son Carter with new partner Lewis Devine.
Hours before the new series of I’m a Celebrity was set to begin, Hudson, who played Katy Harris in Coronation Street, shared an Instagram video denying any hostilities between herself and Halsall. She captioned the post: “Just wanted to put the record straight.”
Hudson told her followers: “First of all, me and my ex have been divorced seven years. I actually can’t believe it’s a topic of conversation because it’s pretty boring.
“We share Sienna 50/50. We communciate. She’s a happy kid. We get on great. We have to work out weekends – what we’re swapping, certain days he wants, certain days I want. We’re constantly communicating because it’s important for Sienna and to plan what we’re doing. We don’t want her missing out so we change things for each other.”
The former Wild at Heart star continued: “Second of all, myself and Lewis will be sat down with Sienna watching the jungle. We wish him nothing but the best.
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“We are going to be there for Sienna supporting her throughout this journey because, yes, she’s going to miss her dad. He’s in her life all the time, so this is quite a strange thing. He is who he is to you guys, but for Sienna, it’s her dad and we’re supporting her through that.”
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! starts at 9pm on ITV – follow along with all the live updates here.