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David Gest

Profession: TV producer and Concert Promoter
Place/Date of Birth: Los Angeles, California, 11 May 2020

Myleene Klass, Jason Donovan and Matt Willis will now go head to head in the ITV show’s final today.

Learning the result of the public vote, David told the group: "It’s good. I had a great time."

Jason, who has frequently talked about his friendship with Gest, said: "That’s shocked me."

Speaking in his post-eviction interview with presenter Ant and Dec, David said: "It was a great ride. It just was fun. I loved every day of it."

He added: "When I first got that helicopter [into camp] I thought, ’I will leave the first day. Why did I do this?’"

But he said the camp’s "real camaraderie" won him over. "I think we will all see each other after this," he said.

He was also delighted with his weight, revealing he had lost two stone during his jungle stay.

But he refused to disclose whether various tall tales he told the group were fiction, maintaining that yes, he had someone to brush his teeth, was once lost in the Grand Canyon for a week, and employed a maid called Vaginica.

Earlier yesterday, Dean Gaffney, who played Robbie in EastEnders, was evicted, losing out to David and Jason in the public vote.

Heading to the jungle – Nov 2006
Heading to the jungle to appear in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, 2006. read more

Other contestants:
Jason Donovan
Dean Gaffney
Lauren Booth
Myleene Klass
Matt Willis
Toby Anstis
Faith Brown
Jan Leeming
Scott Henshall
Phina Oruche

Biography

David Alan Gest was born in LA in 1953. A television producer and promoter he married showbiz royalty Liza Minnelli in 2002 amidst tabloid mayhem. Apart from being persistently forced out of the closet by journalists, friends and even family it was also noted that Gest owned one of the most extensive collections of Judy Garland memorabilia in the world.

Gest split with Minnelli after just eighteen months, choosing to sue the actress for $10m claiming that she had been violent and abusive during their marriage. He now lives in Memphis, Tennessee.